Graham Fraser’s new work reminds us of Canada’s crisis in the 1960s

The 1960s saw Quebec’s Révolution tranquille, the rise of separatism, and the terror campaign of the FLQ. Confederation, it seemed, was hanging in the balance.

The legacy of members of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, including Clément Cormier, left, André Laurendeau, Jean-Louis Gagnon, Frank Scott, and Paul Wyczynski, was the Official Languages Act of 1969 and greater support for institutional bilingualism, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Graham Fraser

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

January 26, 2022

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—"We have been driven to the conclusion that Canada, without being fully conscious of the fact, is passing through the greatest crisis in its history.” These insightful words made headlines in 1965 when they appeared in the preliminary report of the Royal Commission on Bilinguali...

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