Canada’s capital city is now officially bilingual

With very little fanfare and almost no publicity over the Christmas and festive season, the City of Ottawa became officially bilingual, in large part, as a result of the resolve and determination of Nathalie Des Rosiers, MPP for Ottawa-Vanier.

Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, pictured on Oct. 12, 2017, at the opening of Terry 'Aislin' Mosher's exhibition of editorial cartoons 'Trudeau to Trudeau' at Ottawa City Hall.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JEAN T. FOURNIER

January 29, 2018

OTTAWA—What better way to mark the end of an unforgettable year of celebrations, events, and activities of all kinds across our country and the beginning of a new year. Coming out of the blue and a complete and welcome surprise to most of us, 150 years after Confederation, Canada's capital ci...

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