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''Bilingual Today, French Tomorrow: Trudeau's Master Plan and How it Can be Stopped'' was a controversial 1977 book by Jock V. Andrew, a retired Canadian naval officer.
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It alleged that the
prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
Pierre Trudeau's policy of
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was a plot to make Canada a unilingually francophone country, by instituting
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against
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. The book inspired the formation of the lobby group
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See also

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Le Livre noir du Canada anglais ''Le Livre noir du Canada Anglais'' (''The Black Book of English Canada'') is a series of three polemical books written by Quebec journalist Normand Lester. Les Intouchables published the first volume in 2001. The essays relate from the author's ...
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1977 non-fiction books Bilingualism in Canada Books about politics of Canada Canadian political books Books about conspiracy theories {{Canada-poli-book-stub Books about prime ministers of Canada