Keith Spicer
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Keith Spicer (b. March 6, 1934) is a Canadian academic, public servant, and writer.
Spicer was the chairman of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission from 1989-96.[1]
He also was the first Commissioner of Official Languages of the Government of Canada between 1970 and 1977 and served as a researcher on the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism from 1964-1965. During his term as Commissioner of Official Languages in 1973, the Canadian parliament established both English and French as the working languages of the government.
In November 1990, in the midst of the national unity crisis caused by the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord several months earlier, Spicer took a leave from his duties at hte CRTC after he was appointed by then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to chair the "Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future", which was described as "a dialogue and discussion with and among Canadians ... to discuss the values and characteristics fundamental to the well-being of Canada."[2] The Forum's report, which was popularly referred to as the "Spicer Report", was published, under the title "Report to the People and Government of Canada," in June 1991.
Spicer has worked as a broadcaster in both English and French, and wrote editorials for the Toronto Newspaper The Globe and Mail. He served as editor of the Ottawa Citizen from 1985-1989.[3]
He is currently listed as a visiting professor at the Sorbonne in Paris and as the Director of the Institute for Media, Peace and Security at the University for Peace.[4]
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Office established |
Commissioner of Official Languages 1970–1977 |
Succeeded by Maxwell Yalden |
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- ^ Spicer, Keith
- ^ The mandate of the Citizens' Forum is reproduced in full in Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future, Report to the People and Government of Canada. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services, 1991, pp. 149-151.
- ^ Spicer, Keith
- ^ Keith Spicer biography
