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Should immigrants be required to learn English?

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75%
Yes
25%
No
62%
Yes
20%
No
12%
Yes, but the government should provide free language learning courses
4%
No, we should embrace the diversity that immigrants add to our country
1%
Yes, and remove multilingual translations from government documents and services
1%
No, but remove multilingual translations from government documents and services

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 @B46V7MRfrom Alberta  answered…1mo1MO

My preference would be a complete halt to immigration and the reallocation of immigration-related funding to be used instead to pay Canadian families to have children at above replacement rate. I would need to see data comparing the effective contributions of immigrants of European/English decent, vs. non-English speaking arrivals, as well as some sense of the undoubtedly large cultural cost to increased diversity, in order to accurately assess this question. My preference would be to reject anyone outright who did not have significant cultural overlap with the founders of this country, meaning French or English would be one of may bare minimum expectations for immigrating. What little remains of the cultural identity of Canada (going back as recently as the 1990s) lies festering and we cannot afford any more progressive colonization

 @B4HS26Pfrom Quebec  answered…2wks2W

Not required but strongly encouraged by the government providing free language learning courses for english and french

 @8P3F3JTfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

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

 @B4T6RNGfrom Quebec  answered…5 days5D

All people should be able to speak both English and French. These are the official languages of Canada.

 @B4RV6M9from British Columbia  answered…7 days7D

Yes and the government should provide free language courses. The vast majority of immigrants learn English very quickly once they arrive in Canada

 @B4NWMMBfrom Ontario  answered…2wks2W

Yes if living in a predominantly English-speaking area. French should be learned if living in a French-speaking area.

 @B4NR5QLfrom Ontario  answered…2wks2W

No, but they should be required to learn or know EITHER (doesn’t need to be both) of our national languages (English & French).

 @B4NLL6Dfrom British Columbia  answered…2wks2W

No, but there should be free language learning courses and programs that encourage immigrants to integrate into their communities.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…6mos6MO

Axis of Desperation: Russia Recruits North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine War

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III confirmed on Wednesday that North Korea had sent troops to Russia to join the fight against Ukraine, a major shift in Moscow’s effort to win the war. Mr. Austin called the North’s presence a “very, very serious” escalation that would have ramifications in both Europe and Asia.“What exactly are they doing?” Mr. Austin told reporters at a military base in Italy after a trip to Ukraine. “Left to be seen.” He gave no details about the number of troops already there or the number expected to arrive.Mr. Austin cast President Vladimir V. Putin’s need for North Korean mercenaries as a sign of desperation.“This is an indication that he may be in even more trouble than most people realize,” he said. “He went tin-cupping early on to get additional weapons and materials from the D.P.R.K.,’’ he said, using the abbreviation for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, “and then from Iran, and now he’s making a move to get more people.”But he said intelligence analysts were still trying to discern whether the troops were moving toward Ukraine.Ukrainian officials insist they are headed there, and Ukraine’s defense minister was quoted on Wednesday saying he expected to see North Korean troops in Kursk, the Russian territory that Ukraine has occupied, in the coming days.Mr. Austin’s statement came as American intelligence officials said they were preparing to release a trove of intelligence, including satellite photographs, that show troop ships moving from North Korea to training areas in Vladivostok on Russia’s east coast and other Russian territory further to the north.For two weeks, there have been reports of the movements, fueled by the Ukrainian and South Korean governments, that more than 12,000 North Koreans were training to fight alongside Russian soldiers.American officials have said they estimate that 2,500 North Korean troops have been dispatched. But they made no estimate of how many more might follow, or even how well they might perform on territory that the North’s conscripts have never fought in, amid fellow fighters who speak a different language.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…5mos5MO

Kamala Harris is considering running for president again in 2028

Kamala Harris has been lying low since her defeat in the presidential race, unwinding with family and senior aides in Hawaii before heading back to the nation’s capital.But privately, the vice president has been instructing advisers and allies to keep her options open — whether for a possible 2028 presidential run, or even to run for governor in her home state of California in two years. As Harris has repeated in phone calls, “I am staying in the fight.”She is expected to explore those and other possible paths forward with family members over the winter holiday season, according to five people in the Harris inner circle, who were granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. Her deliberations follow an extraordinary four months in which Harris went from President Joe Biden’s running mate to the top of the ticket, reenergizing Democrats before ultimately crashing on election night.“She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,” said one former Harris campaign aide. “The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.”“She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,” said one former Harris campaign aide. “The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.”Harris concedes: 'We must accept the results of this election'SharePlay VideoMost immediately, Harris and her advisers are working to define how and when she will speak out against Donald Trump and reassert her own role in the Democratic Party. Closing out her term as vice president, she’s set to preside over certifying the November election she lost to Trump, and then appear at the once-and-future president’s inauguration on Jan. 20.“There will be a desire to hear her voice, and there won’t be a vacuum for long,” a person close to Harris said.At the same time, Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will have a long checklist to plow through before they leave the Naval Observatory for good.They have to decide whether they’ll take up permanent residence at their home in Los Angeles, or establish a base elsewhere. No matter where Harris and her family live, some around her have expressed concerns about safety, as her Secret Service protection expires six months after stepping away.

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