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Caricature from January 8, 1991

alt= "Translated from original French artwork. Title: The Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse has to submit its brief to the Spicer Commission in English Illustration: A man speaking to the anonymous members of a commission of inquiry exclaims “Fuddle Duddle!”.

Acadians in south-western Nova Scotia and Halifax are denied the right to express themselves in French during hearings held by the Spicer Commission, a citizens’ forum on Canada’s future. The Fédération acadienne even had to submit its brief in English. The expression “fuddle duddle” refers to the swear words used by Pierre Elliot Trudeau in the House of Commons in 1971.

Credit: Le Droit, January 8, 1991.