One of the great issues in current time, and some deem a major controversy, is the serious tension between French and English Canadians over the air-ground bilingualism of air traffic controllers. “Whether French was to be used, along with English, in the control towers of Quebec’s airports was the main issue of dispute in the strike of air pilots in the summer of 1976” (Laxer, 1979, p. 31). Timing for the nine-day strike by the air pilots could not have come at a worst time because of the impending Olympic Games. Of great concern was that the distraction would continue for months and put at risk the Games being held later in the year in Montreal, especially since all air traffic was presently at a standstill.
The passionate debate over air traffic control bilingual communications was mainly the result of two-century-old tension between the French and English. The acceptance or rejection of French as one of two official languages in Canada is an issue that has surfaced......

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Title: Bilingual Tensions In Canada
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