You weren’t wrong. The link provided does not say that French is an official language of Manitoba, just that it can be accessed for government services etc. The other commentator appears to be confused
It literally says its an offical language in the legislative and Judaical branches. And then the post about the premeier literally says this
As a practical matter, Manitoba is already an officially bilingual province under the Constitution of Canada though not in quite the same way that New Brunswick is.
Now did Manitoba not follow the Manitoba act and Ottowa let them sure but doesn’t mean they are not offically bilingual.
Manitoba may very well be officially bilingual and have French as an official language of the legislative and judicial branches but not have French as a full official language (which is what my original comment was about). I know it’s pedantic but the legal matters like this are notoriously pedantic
The article about the Premiere and that site both say they are official languages not to mention the Manitoba act. So if Wikipedia is wrong there is a reason because if it is not it is very confusing or do you have a very specific definition of official language.
It wasn’t official, as per the link they posted the languages are the official languages of Canada and thus services are offered in both.
When Manitoba joined Canada it was bilingual but Ontario resettled it with Irish people to erase the French (and indigenous) with the language eventually being dropped from it’s elevated status.
Wikipedia does not say that. I will have to read the article.
Wikipedia is wrong :)
Remember in school when they told you to not use Wikipedia as a source? This is why.
The site I linked is an official Government of Manitoba website.
Sometimes Wikipedia isn’t updated fast enough, yes we shouldn’t rely on it too much :D
You weren’t wrong. The link provided does not say that French is an official language of Manitoba, just that it can be accessed for government services etc. The other commentator appears to be confused
It literally says its an offical language in the legislative and Judaical branches. And then the post about the premeier literally says this
As a practical matter, Manitoba is already an officially bilingual province under the Constitution of Canada though not in quite the same way that New Brunswick is.
Now did Manitoba not follow the Manitoba act and Ottowa let them sure but doesn’t mean they are not offically bilingual.
Manitoba may very well be officially bilingual and have French as an official language of the legislative and judicial branches but not have French as a full official language (which is what my original comment was about). I know it’s pedantic but the legal matters like this are notoriously pedantic
The article about the Premiere and that site both say they are official languages not to mention the Manitoba act. So if Wikipedia is wrong there is a reason because if it is not it is very confusing or do you have a very specific definition of official language.
https://parliamentum.org/2025/10/06/premier-wab-kinew-wants-to-make-manitoba-the-second-officially-bilingual-province/
It wasn’t official, as per the link they posted the languages are the official languages of Canada and thus services are offered in both.
When Manitoba joined Canada it was bilingual but Ontario resettled it with Irish people to erase the French (and indigenous) with the language eventually being dropped from it’s elevated status.
Hence why it’s not official but sort of is.