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Punjabi Now In The Top Three Languages Of Canada..!!

Whatta proud moment for Punjabis worldwide..!!

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The BIG news came down to me and I was like..wohooooooooooo…Punjabi is actually among the top 3 languages spoken in the Canadian Parliament..!!

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This historic announcement was recently made after the election of 20 Punjabi-speaking candidates to the Parliament in October…in which Indo Canadian candidates were 18 Liberals and two Conservatives.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau-designated is scheduled to unveil his Cabinet this week and some of these Liberal MPs are expected to be included in the front bench.

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Navdeep Bains of Canada’s Liberal Party said :”It speaks of our commitment to diversity and allowing individual to play an important role in our political institutions”.

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MP Deepak Obhrai of Conservative Party said, “The voice of the Indo-Canadian community will now be very well represented in the Parliament. In the overall aspect of it, the South Asian community won.”

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Some stats on languages spoken in the top 5 Canadian metropolitan areas:

  • In Toronto, about one-third spoke one of five languages: Cantonese (8.8%), Punjabi (8.0%), Chinese, not specified (7.0%), Urdu (5.9%) and Tamil (5.7%).
  • Montreal: Arabic (107,000) and Spanish (95,000) account for nearly one-third of people speaking an immigrant language
  • Vancouver: Punjabi is the most frequently reported immigrant home language
  • Calgary: Punjabi and Tagalog are the top immigrant home languages
  • Ottawa – Gatineau: Arabic and Spanish are the most frequently reported immigrant home languages
  • Edmonton: Tagalog and Punjabi are the most reported immigrant home languages.

Mubarkaan Punjabio…this surely calls for a celebration..!!

Amneet Kaur
Amneet Kaur
Pure Punjabi blood, with a sarcastic Indian within me, brings the 'Khurki’ in me alive...No pun intended!

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