I wouldn't say that it is common, although there is nothing preventing it. It is a bit more difficult to approve the activities of bilingual stations in the Montreal market, since the opposite is often true. However, in francophone minority communities, there is nothing preventing it. We see it with Aboriginal languages, in the north. For part of the day, the programming can be in another language. The commission does not have a policy that is totally opposed to that formula. If people want to use it, they can.
On February 28th, 2013. See this statement in context.