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 @9C5Q4RVfrom Alberta answered…11mos11MO

I think you mean English or French. And yes, to a basic proficiency in listening and speaking only, as long as the government funds free language classes.

 @9CBVDMHfrom Alberta answered…11mos11MO

Not required but encouraged with free courses to learn either French or English

 @9C9G73Gfrom Alberta answered…11mos11MO

I'm 50/50 with this one. Learning a new language can be a very difficult task for some. And we should be embracing diversity, but, this, in the long run, does make it easier for immigrants to communicate what they need.

 @9C65KGFfrom Alberta answered…11mos11MO

 @8P3F3JTfrom Ontario answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, current legal immigrants should be required to learn fluent english, french , and spanish

 @93MLQGTfrom Ontario agreed…2yrs2Y

In order to gain citizenship immigrants must past an english fluency test with some french fluency so it would make it easier for them to live in canada and to better assimilate

 @9LLKTTYfrom Ontario answered…1wk1W

Yes, but only if they are not immigrating to Québec or another francophone region of the country, in which case they should instead be required to learn French.

 @9L8JRVWBloc Québécoisfrom Ontario answered…4wks4W

Yes, but not legally? Like they wouldn't get fined or something if they don't learn it, but if they want to be functioning members of society they are expected to.

 @9L4XKWXfrom Ontario answered…1mo1MO

I feel like they should learn English or French, but only to help them with their communication in the country. Not to remove their sense of where they came from in their language. It would only be to help the communications in the country for everybody's benefits.

 @9KTFCM7from Ontario answered…2mos2MO

No, but the government should provide and heavily encourage the use of free language learning courses.

 @9KNV289Liberal from Alberta answered…2mos2MO

No, because we live in a Bilingual Country. Immigrants should be highly encouraged to learn either French or English

 @9J2KZ54from Ontario answered…4mos4MO

Yes, unless they are mentally unable to (such as cases of dementia where a family member enters the country on humanitarian grounds)

 @9HCPZTCfrom Ontario answered…5mos5MO

Require them to learn either English or French, and the government should provide free language learning courses

 @9H6FV3D  from Montana answered…5mos5MO

Yes, but for immigrants in Quebec, French should be learned first. Ideally, immigrants should learn both.

 @9GCJ9X9from Ontario answered…6mos6MO

Immigrants who wish to be citizens need to learn either English or French in order to pass the Citizenship exam. The government should provide French or English class to immigrants who wish to become citizens who are under age 50.

 @9G8YBFPConservativefrom Ontario answered…6mos6MO

Yes, but the government offers a free language learning courses as well as embrace the diversity of the immigrants and add to our country

  @Joshua-Thoreson from British Columbia answered…7mos7MO

They are required to learn English if they want to go into any profession, however it does not make sense for the older generations to be forced to learn English at their age.

 @9G6PZWLfrom Ontario answered…7mos7MO

If they are immigrating to Quebec, they should be required to learn French, New Brunswick either, and all other provinces English.

 @9G5RL8Rfrom Ontario answered…7mos7MO

They’re coming into our country, they should respect us by learning Canadian language and laws and respect

 @9FQ2ZJYfrom Yukon Territory answered…7mos7MO

Yes- english or french, but english or french courses should be provided for free

 @9FM9QN9from British Columbia answered…7mos7MO

 @9FD467Tfrom Ontario answered…7mos7MO

yes and no, just make sure you can understand a bit of English when u come to Canada. or if you would like there are classes.

 @9F98QSTfrom British Columbia answered…8mos8MO

 @9F5KMPVfrom Alberta answered…8mos8MO

English should be taught for free. English is useful for communication. It's important to have a shared language even if people speak different language at home.

 @9F4MWW4Conservativefrom Quebec answered…8mos8MO

Learn either English OR French and pass Canadian language standard for atleast one.

 @9DYB4K3from Quebec answered…8mos8MO

They should be required to learn both French and English, to a varying degree depending on where they are going.

 @9DRYGB6 from Ontario answered…8mos8MO

 @9DF67SVfrom Ontario answered…8mos8MO

Not required, but language learning courses should be provided without any cost

 @9DB86MGfrom Ontario answered…8mos8MO

 @9D8CP57Conservativefrom Ontario answered…9mos9MO

 @9D4V5MCfrom New Brunswick answered…9mos9MO

They should be required to learn the official language of the province they reside.

 @9D36K4QLiberalfrom British Columbia answered…9mos9MO

It would help them, but we should also embrace multiculturalism and the opportunity we have to become more tolerant as a society towards different groups.

 @9D2HTDYfrom Ontario answered…9mos9MO

 @9D2HG9Qfrom Ontario answered…9mos9MO

No, but provide free language learning courses for those who wish to

 @9CM6JT8from Alberta answered…10mos10MO

They should have to learn written and spoken English and be able to hold a conversation without the true Canadian being confused or misunderstanding, before they leave their own country.

 @9CLLY99from Saskatchewan answered…10mos10MO

I think we should embrace the diversity immigrants provide but also provide free english courses if they decide they want to learn it

 @957Y5LJfrom Alberta answered…2yrs2Y

No, but the government should provide free language learning courses and multilingual translations.

 @952NWZXfrom Alberta answered…2yrs2Y

No, we should embrace the diversity, and also the same thing with French.

 @94QT78PNew Democraticfrom Ontario answered…2yrs2Y

 @94B8ZS9Liberalfrom Ontario answered…2yrs2Y

That or French. To be honest though, I don't see how an immigrant could live in this country for any amount of time and not eventually learn either English or French. I don't believe there needs to be any compulsion from the government, they will just learn the language(s) naturally in order to get by.

 @945C4M2from British Columbia answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, it would help but we should also embrace different cultures and languages that make us more tolerant and knowledgeable.

 @9449HS3from Ontario answered…2yrs2Y

 @93WXGY3from Alberta answered…2yrs2Y

 @93WL6VFfrom Ontario answered…2yrs2Y

Canada is a bilingual country, immigrants should also have the choice to learn French.

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