Chilot Zegeye: Federal Government

BORIS MINKEVICH Dept: Starting next month, if you want to be a citizen, you better talk like a Canadian, according to Winnipeg Free Press. It's good for the country, federal government spokespeople say, pointing to studies linking language ability to income levels and ali Saeed with Chilot Zegeye and her children from left Tigist Yirdaw, Alemayo Yirdaw and Womnesh Yirdaw. Zegeye, a stay-at-home mother, has few opportunities to learn English. BORIS MINKEVICH / For the first time in Canada's history, people applying for citizenship will have to provide documented proof of their proficiency in either official language. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.