[Canadian] Governments Spending Up to $1.8 Billion Every Year to Meet Federal Bilingualism
marketwire -- May 06, 2009 06:00 ET The Fraser Institute: Governments Spending Up to $1.8 Billion Every Year to Meet Federal Bilingualism RequirementsMONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - May 6, 2009) - Canada's federal government and other bodies subject to the Official Languages Act spend up to $1.8 billion annually providing French-language services, according to a new study released today by independent research organization the Fraser Institute.
The peer-reviewed report, Official Language Policies at the Federal Level in Canada: Costs and Benefits in 2006, measures how much the federal government spent on implementing bilingualism policies in 2006 and estimates how much it would have cost the private sector to offer French translation of federal services instead. The complete report is available in English at www.fraserinstitute.org and in French at www.institutfraser.org. |
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