There is no constitutional requirement that a Prime Minister has to speak French. In fact there are hardly any requirements to be Prime Minister, as long as you are a Canadian citizen and of voting age (18 or older). So if an 18 year old somehow became leader of a federal party and won a majority of seats in Parliament, he'd be the new Prime Minister.
That being said, if you don't speak French then chances of your party winning any seats in Quebec, which has the second highest amount of seats after Ontario, are almost zero. They wouldn't be able to participate in the French debate or communicate with French Canadians at all.
Some Canadian's Speak French because during the time of immigration to "The New World" settlers came from France, and England, who took over Canada. Most Canadian's are indeed English, however in the central part of the country they have larger masses of French speaking populations.
Because Quebec was once a French colony.
Togo speaks French because it was a French colony from 1918 to 1960
Since 1902, all British Prime Ministers have been members of the House of Commons as opposed to the House of Lords. As Winston Churchill was Prime Minister post 1902, he was a member of the House of Commons, not the House of Lords. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_lords
The de facto languages of Cameroon are French and English, however, French is by far the most recognized language in the nation; except in the northwest and southwest regions of the country, where a significant number of indigenous languages are widely recognized.
Canadian isn't a language. People in Canada speak either English or French...Prime Minister Harper
There is no law requiring the prime minister to speak French. For that matter, there is no law requiring the prime minister to speak English either. But for more than a generation, the prime minister from time to time has been able to speak both official languages. The last prime minister to be unilingual English speaking was John George Diefenbaker (1957-1963). (That's Dief, as in chief, followed by en, and then baker.) Diefenbaker used to joke that when he spoke French, every English speaking Canadian knew exactly what he was saying. His pronunciation of the French that was written for him was absolutely dreadful. As a practical political reality, it is now unlikely that anyone would become prime minister who was not bilingual.
If you become an officer in the Canadian forces you must learn to speak French fluently, so yes, the navy would speak French as well as English.
Canadian is not a language. Do you mean to ask if they can speak French Canadian? If so: Est-ce que vous parlez francais-canadien?
Canadian and Canadian English, they also think they are French
a PRIME MINISTER should be funny. Also should speak lots of languages and also be open minded
Roughly 7.2 million people in Canada speak French as their first language, primarily in the province of Quebec but also in parts of other provinces. Additionally, over half a million Canadians speak French as a second language.
They're Canadian but if they're born in Montreal and speak French then they are French Canadian.
It seems like you may be confusing the language spoken in Prince Edward Island with a specific dialect or accent. The official languages of Prince Edward Island are English and French, with English being the most widely spoken. People in Prince Edward Island speak Canadian English, which is a variation of English spoken in Canada.
Canadians speak English and French.
Canadians speak English and French.
Yes, approximately 8.5 million Canadians reported speaking French at home in 2016, according to the Canadian Census. French is one of the two official languages in Canada.