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Brigitte Pellerin: The Ottawa city councillor only has three words in French on his election signs, and he got them wrong — twice.

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Did you catch the Césars in Paris the other day where Jim Carrey accepted an award in French? It took him months of dedicated work to be able to speak for eight minutes, because he wanted to get it right. If only mayoral candidates in Ottawa were half as devoted to their francophone constituents.

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