were sending their children to English schools and private schools, each time they had the financial means to do it. They therefore followed the same path. Their bilingualism seemed absolutely necessary to them, and they never stopped demanding neutral bilingual schools, so that their children could get the best possible training. The report recommend the government to give Quebec a policy in which the general objective would be: "to make French the common language of Quebecers, that is to say, a language which, being known to everyone, could be used as a communication tool in contact situations between francophones and non-francophones." Thus far, English, the language of the majority in Canada and North America, the language of socioeconomic promotion for most workers, had been playing a much greater role than French as an interethnic language inside Quebec. The commission recommended the Quebec government make French the sole official language of Quebec and declare French and English the national languages of Quebec. The report also included some 31 measures devised to reinforce the position of the French language in the workplace. Following the presentation of this report, the National Assembly of Quebec, then under a Liberal government, passed the Official Language Act. The Act was ultimately supplanted by the 1977 Charter of the French Language. See also Demolinguistics of Quebec Languages of Canada Language policy Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism Notes References Commission d'enquête sur la situation de la langue française et sur les droits linguistiques au Québec. Rapport, Livre I : La langue de travail, Québec, Éditeur officiel, 1972, 379 pages Commission d'enquête sur la situation de la langue française et sur les droits linguistiques au Québec. Rapport, Livre II : Les droits linguistiques, Québec, Éditeur officiel, 1972, 474 pages Commission d'enquête sur la situation de la langue française et sur les droits linguistiques au Québec. Rapport, Livre III : Les groupes ethniques, Québec, Éditeur officiel, 1972, 570 pages Political history of Quebec Quebec language policy Quebec, Commission of Inquiry on the SituatiOn Of The French Language And LInguistic Rights In Quebec