Speaking of which, how is the language issue handled in other democracies with significant language minorities? Are Swiss or Belgian leaders expected to all speak German/French/Italian or Flemish/French? How about South Africa or India? I imagine it'd be very difficult to find someone who speaks all of their umpteen languages.
I would imagine the other countries that it is seen as a plus though not necessarily make or break. But those countries don't have official forced bilingualism to quite the degree Canada does.
