Opinion: Alarmist reactions to census language data are predictable

On Wednesday, Statistics Canada will release the 2016 census results on the languages Canadians first learned (their mother tongue), the language(s) they speak at home and their knowledge of English and/or French.
Here’s a safe prediction, based on many years of observation: Some politicians, academics and pundits will state that mother-tongue francophones are becoming a minority, a plight they suggest will result in a doomsday scenario, the dominance of English. 
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