CFN-Earlier today members of the local Language Fairness for All – LFA group were joined by members of the Ottawa area Canadians for Language Fairness – CLF umbrella group in front of Cornwall’s taxpayer-funded French-only medical clinic.
In late May the groups converged in Chesterville, catching James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, quite off-guard. We covered that story. That day some members carried a makeshift coffin decrying the (near) death of democracy in Canada. Today they were sporting a cardboard bus and shouting: “Back of the bus, English; know your place.” The groups are drawing attention to the apparent lack of fairness in current language laws, their interpretation and heavy public funding of minority language groups outside of the province of Quebec. Today, they were specifically pointing out the disparity in funding and access to service, whereby hospitals and clinics are being pushed to be 100% bilingual or French-only, while English-only is no longer an option.
In our video clip you’ll see and hear their demonstration as well as hear from some participants, including a few newcomers.
african americans ?? regulation17?? i don`t get yur point oppreesion 2…why insist on discumbobulating the message of FLSA…. ???? it is not for everyone… only for those who understand the greater good…!!!lfa and clf certainly are not the answer,…..
Oppression 2 you’re absolutely right! I wasn’t aware of Regulation 17 (which isn’t right either) but we’re long since past this. The pendulum has since swung to the opposite direction and is stuck there as evidenced by the gross misinterpretations of OLA and FLSA in Ontario.
I’m also a supporter in that I think that languages should be taught at home. Business language is good when it reflects the majority of the population to which it would cater to. I say this, when business is done in gov’t terms. I think it’s okay that French is the majority language in Quebec – MOST OF THE POPULATION IS FRENCH! But to legislate a law out of existence; much like what is being attempted with the English language inside of Quebec, this screams of propaganda and hate crimes altogether but worse off because it is legislated by the governing bodies themselves! There should be nothing wrong with private companies advertising in whatever language they want to!
I tried learning a third language in university, which was Russian. The professor, in his introductory remarks, said that any of us with English or French as a first language would have trouble learning to speak, write and read Russian. Boy, how correct he was! After 2 weeks of not making any progress, I had finally given up. It was too difficult and I didn’t see myself getting a passing mark after a 4 month studying period.
All the above to say that the learning of a second language should correspond to one’s wishes. If parents wish to teach a second or third at home, all power to them. If someone in their adult lives wishes to learn a second or third language, all the more power to them. But do so at a COST TO THEMSELVES, AND NOT THE TAXPAYING PUBLIC!
bottom line is… no one will always be happy everywhere with any decision a politician makes in reference to language… the better part of valour is accept all and remember that people matter no matter which language hey speak . but if insisting that one language is better than the other because of “perceived majority” than you set priorities based on dis respect for the minorities rights…. anything that smacks of denying or enlisting language and cultural hatred is tantamount to a “hatecrime” section 318,319 criminal code Canada. In loathing or denying other rights to a minority…it needs to be dealt with by the authorities,,,especially after the very Ontario government sees no ill or discrimination in the very existence of health care in french…if your group is looking to initiate confrontations..CLF or LFA, they must accept the consequences of the law ….
again……Cory,french and bilingual people pay taxes….they have the same right you do to expect services ….
Sure I’ll touch that one in AGREEING WITH YOU Habitants. I also think Brian Mulroney was one of the worst PM’s in history. Not to mention his lacklustre attempt at Meech Lake Accord.
Not too much of a fan too with his effects of Globalization on Canada.
So tell me, Les Habitants, why write: “…but i see you don`t want to touch that one….” To what were you referring to?
Was it that you thought I was picking on Trudeau but not on the Conservative, Mulroney or any other PM regardless of membership in whatever political party? Is that the case?
Let me tell you, other than possessing a certain amount of charisma, I’m not too impressed with Trudeau’s accomplishments. Nor am I too impressed with Mulroney, King, nor Harper!
I think our past and present politicians have done little for Canada’s real social and economic problems.
Make Canada a Republic; where the provinces have more say over what happens in their individual provinces.
I don’t know, Quebec seems to be functioning well in their small republic!
Confrontations, The law :Do you honestly think that the Gov is willing to address this issue?
The media?
The message is controlled!
The only way this would happen is through internet -Gov has little control here nor does the media !!!
Hence that is why we are writing here but REMEMBER many read but don’t write!
Les Habitants, you wrote:
“In loathing or denying other rights to a minority…it needs to be dealt with by the authorities…” You wrote this in the context of the laws in Ontario ensuring that receiving health care is available in French to a French speaking minority.
I also see nothing wrong with having Fracophones receive health care in French.
French only health care clinics though, reeks of elitism!
You wrote: ,,,especially after the very Ontario government sees no ill or discrimination in the very existence of health care in french
Hey, I wouldn’t disagree with that either! But French language services are presently available in ALL health care clinics in Cornwall and at the hospital.
Let’s go back, shall we, to your comment: “In loathing or denying other rights to a minority…it needs to be dealt with by the authorities…”
So, where are the authorities in Quebect to ensure the following issues. Can you answer this, honestly:
The below is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_Quebecer
On Bill 101, see directly below:
“Other Charter provisions, though, deeply alienated English-speaking Quebecers[citation needed]. The Charter cut off access to English schools to all but children who had a parent who had received their education in English in Quebec. The Charter also eliminated the Constitutional guarantee to English legal proceedings, eliminated English translations of Quebec laws, and banned the use of languages other than French from commercial signs. The law has therefore polarized Quebec along linguistic lines to this day.”
“Young highly educated anglophones, despite high rates of bilingualism[citation needed] and increased contact and openness to francophones, cite limited economic prospects caused by perceived linguistic discrimination and an unsatisfactory political climate as the major factors in their departure. By 2001, 50% of mother-tongue anglophones had left the province.”
Hymmm, Les Habitants, seems to me that the Province of Ontario does indeed do well, very well indeed in securing French language rights. So well in fact that elitism is practiced with French only health clinics. I wonder if after you have read above, if you think Quebec treats its minorities in the same way?
Habitants, you wrote: “again……Cory,french and bilingual people pay taxes….they have the same right you do to expect services ….”
Absolutely, however French only clinics are a duplication of services that ALL PRESENT HEALTH CARE CLINICS AND HOSPITAL IN CORNWALL CAN ACCOMODATE.
If there is a need for another health care service provider in Cornwall or anywhere else in Ontario, why not make it a biligual one? If your argument is correct, which I have heard before, cannot a bilingual employee(s) or centre accomodate more people? I mean, bilingual employees can serve more people because of languages spoken, by your argument, right? So why couldn’t a bilingual health centre also serve more people?
Gotcha!
Patrick you wrote “to think that just because of language, your not getting a job.”ITS NOT” its because of qualifications”
Wrong again Patrick, don’t forget these are unionized jobs, if you are the applicant with the most seniority, the job is yours. Doesn’t matter if you are the worst possible person for the job you will get it. The only qualification that prevents this from happening is language.
Rozie… ¨The only qualification that prevents this from happening is language.¨ …then you agree with me…
I could be wrong I have been once or twice in my lifetime, I don’t think thats true… you can apply for a job in a school, hospital or anywhere else, BUT, if you apply for a job that requires specific qualifications or requirements, and you can’t fulfill them…the job is not automatically yours.
Only alternative Rosie is to learn French. But what happens when we don’t? We either end up leaving our own towns we grew up in? Nope, we can’t live and work in the language of the majority or what we grew up with. It could be worse though, right? I hope they don’t put us in concentration camps. 🙁
Right now I currently work in a position that kids of French parents do on the weekends. There are thousands of us who are serving French kids fries on the weekend as well. We (English speaking workers) are underemployed, underappreciated and not being understood. We are second class citizens. As you can see from Patrick’s comment Rosie, he endorses this system wholeheartedly.
Time for the United Nations to step in.
I have had recent African immigrants whom I work with begin to ask me questions about this issue. Without any prompting from me, they are asking why are all the good jobs taken by people with French accents. Many have visited gov’t institutions for help of some kind and are noticing that when not serving the public, they speak french to one-another in office foyers and the like. I don’t want to tell them anything other than shrug my shoulders.
THEY, again, THEY, tell me that this is reminiscient of what they have experienced back in Africa years ago.
I will be posting no responses to the ‘Press Corps’ on this story when they start chatting this up. I’m not interested in trying to justify stories that others have told me. Remember, Press Corps followers, these stories were told to me after these immigrants moved to Canada.
cory… how do you reconcile your anti- french in everything stance with agreeing that french language and bilingualism is still important….first you denounce any french requirements for any jobs in hospitals and then you say it is duplication of health care and is elitist!! patronizing won`t win you any friends Cory!!!!but you still cannot meet the job requirments in CCH the wyay your Beth trudeau leads the disciples …sooooo ..you see your political flaws.. don`t you.?.. wolf in sheeps clothing because you fear the law is at hand and perhaps you are breaking it by trying to blockade a legal service to taxoaying ciitzens of a different language culture and ethnic backgrounds… yes many caribbean countries and african countries are french too Cory.. if they settle in Cornwall you are stopping them from aquiring the health care they deserve… .. as well as english clinics… hypocracy i amd patronizing are not a virtues either Cory!! you like to have your gateau and eat it too.. c`est degoutant.. the law works for all.. and it certainly sees section 319 when warranted…
soft soaping your bilingual stance will get your fingers rapped by galganov and beth!! lfa and clf are training you well… patronixze when necessary and hide behind the \Charter of Rights and Freedoms by denouncing it at the same time…H-y-p-o-c-r-a-c-y…..
Cory, if all second and third languages should only be taugth at home with no educational taxpaying support or schooling or health care education ,how do you not see that as a genocide? english first nd only.. and no other rightful education spending on the other official language of Canada .. that is genocide of the french language and that is worse than regulation 17… criminal code beckons …….lfa…..stop a language from flouishing keep complaining , keep up thenoise and the bad messages because you don`t like that it makes french people equal…
and other minorities are moving in tooo…..
Francophones pay taxes and they DO receive healthcare and any other services. NOT ALL nurses and doctors or other service providers have to speak French, particularly native grade French, to provide services, particularly at CCH where all medical records and administration are carried in English.
Nurse position requires specific MEDICAL qualifications which Chris Cameron obviously has. Therefore, nurse job must be his.
Requirements are put in place to bar people from something they otherwise qualified for. It calls discrimination. French language is an artificial requirement for which even political conditions do not exist anymore. Dalton McGuinty lives in the past and soon will disappear into the dust of time, along with so-called bilingualism.
no rozie, its not to learn french…its to apply for a job that you have the qualifications for.
Patrick for your information I did give it a try. I was educated entirely in French from Grade 1 to Grade 8, when I entered high school after my first class in French history, I decided on my own to switch to the English curriculum. You see then I ended up in Basic French again for 4 more years. First job interview, of course I didn’t have the command of the French language they wanted. I found work that didn’t require French while I was in Ottawa; returned to Cornwall a few years later and thought it best to brush up on my French, went back to St. Lawrence College and took night classes in French. I do not live in the City… Looked for work and found temporary part-time because you see after being turned away I wasn’t bold enough to say that I was bilingual and I missed out on good full-time opportunities. It Happens, you know you get bitter. One of the part-time positions I had, I took French Courses offered through the organization, again night classes, in Cornwall. So Patrick please don’t tell me to learn the language and please don’t tell me to speak French for the fun of it, to learn the culture…I’ve been there and I’m done with that. As as far as school goes? right, if you are English and a certified teacher and all you want to do is teach English, do you know that the first question that is asked……yes DO YOU SPEAK FRENCH? Hospital you say, it appears janitorial is the only area where French is not required, you must have read that one, right, I’m not a janitor and as far as everywhere else, have a look at what’s out there when it’s clerical you are looking for…
You know Cory the amount of energy you put into opposing the French language in Cornwall at the hospital (Hiring practices) you could have take n private lessons and be on your way to being bilingual… Concentration camps get real sir!!!!! BILINGUALISM IS HERE TO STAY get used to it!!
Did you watch any of the Canada Day celebrations… lots of French talent on the TV show!!!!!
We need QC and QC needs us the intelligent folks that is
Commence pas avec moi la, JaneDoe…sil vous plait…pas ce soir. Et tu, JaneDoe, est-ce que tu parle, ecrit, lis en Francais?
Interesting how I can switch back and forth, eh?
JaneDoe, ta nom propre sil vous plait.
Merci, puis bon soir
I kinda like how Cuba works.
Educational television there at night plays all the time. You can learn languages this way. As-a-matter of fact, I saw English, French, Russian, Spanish languages being taught through FREE television shows through educational television. You see, there was something to be said about a culture that concentrates on culture rather than the latest reality t.v show.
Hymm, I met a woman there on my first trip to Cuba in Holguin who had learned a total of 5 languages (English, Russian, Italian and hold on to your hats here Press Corps, including learning that of FRENCH), through educational t.v and worked for the tourism industry. She had of course learned Spanish as Spanish is the language of the majority and that of her ethnic background.
She (Bia), when I told her of how it works in Canada, found it weird that we spend all of this money on just one other language.
She said why didn’t we have a channel or two on our television stations dedicated to language learning. I found it a great idea but explained to her about the difficulties of doing this in a for-profit capitalist society.
It’s funny, I see the Press Corps continously egging me on and raising my blood pressure with silly antics and ways of demeaning me. It’s sad, really. We come on here, several of us and expose ourselves with real stories about how we’ve been afflicted with this bilingualism issue. What really, really concerns me is the fact that many of you criticizing us are parents. What kind of ethnocentrism are you teaching your kids? What kind of values? Ethics too?
Patrick, you sat here and told Rosie how she should learn French to work. Really?
So far, I’ve seen LFA members stick their necks on the line to expose what they feel as injustice. When was the last time you did something like that?
I mean, Christ, most of you won’t even give us your real names?
Jane ..AGREED.
Rozie, and if your a teacher in Cornwall, and you teach only french, or in french, you get asked…do you speak english….that is not a problem for me. And i doubt that CCVS teachers get asked do you speak french…I doubt it even makes a difference.
– You shouldnt denigrate the janitors …they work very hard.
– If you did take french for 8 years and can’t speak well now…thats a problem…and that is sad…frustrating at times as a franco ontarian to read and meet people that have french names but can,t speak a word of it.
I guess some of us have alot of fun with google translation..
Cory for your info I am completely bilingual… I was even a Union President in QC (local level) for 10 years and did the Collective agreement all in French and was the only Anglophone at the establishment I worked for.. so oui, je parle et j’ecris en Francais… SO IF YOU CANNOT GET A JOB HERE THAT REQUIRES BILINGUALISM AND YOU CLAIM YOU HAVE IT 100% IT MUST BE FOR OTHER REASONS .. maybe just not qualified?
There are very personal reasons I cannot give my real name for your info…. BILINGUALISM IS HERE TO STAY!
Bilingualism is dying in Canada -very few people anymore want to be oppressed by( language)’
We need the Government to be accountable here and use measuring tools in the OLA as well as the FLSA -if the community is say as Cornwall 22%
Thereby it would be fair and equitable to have 22% bilingual -no more no less.
So what justifies the hospital to hire 50%bilingual?
The health unit 100% bilingual?
Courts 60% min bilingual ?
Federal institutions 66% bilingual ?
Provincial institutions 60% bilingual?
OH by the way Ontario is not officially bilingual !!! soooo WTF is happening ?
IF private companies where to discredit potential employees and choose by language (or only from the 22%) it would be a detriment to their business –
DO YOU HONESTLY THINK ONLY THE BEST INDIVIDUAL COMES FROM THAT 22%?
Thereby the remaining 78% is not qualified purely on language as for the above institutions !
If any of these institutions were private we would not be writing here because it would not be in the interest of the company to have most of its applicants french -but to be best in their field takes priority !-They can hire a translator!
So government setting policy as such is already restricting its hiring to the 22%of the population -Does all the fr…. fascist believe that the best people come from 22%?
So do the french religion fascists(FRF) believe that representation by population is unfair ?
Do the (FRF) believe that the service in french is of utmost importance that it should trump experience and skills?
Do the FRF believe in democracy whereby representation by population !
If you want the french language to be maintained FRF-go to Quebec and speak it -we are not a bilingual country when Quebec does not agree -therefore outside of Quebec-french accounts for 3-4% .
FRF -You can`t tell me we are bilingual Country for 4% !!
When Quebec treats its minority English with the same respect as Ontario does to its french minority and respects both languages equally as we do in Ontario -then maybe we can call ourselves a bilingual country!
Till then we have one language priority for that 4% OF THE POPULATION!
French is the 11th most spoken language in Ontario -yet the only language that gets life support
support via french services language act –
FRF-should the 10 languages above have rights too, or FRF is the french language the only to be funded to the tune of 3 trillion as quoted by S.Allen-wow 6X our national debt…..My FRF you must feel privileged !
Reality is any other language -culture should fund themselves and teach it to their own children and not have it legislatively enforced by Quasi democratic government!
perhaps as CORY SAID BEFORE MAYBE THE UN NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED
It is disgusting how a minority is provided more rights through the perversion of policy!!!
Democracy is dying people …do you not see the forest for the trees!!!!!!
JaneDoe wrote: “There are very personal reasons I cannot give my real name for your info…..”
Hymmm Jane Doe. When one doesn’t give her or his real name; I feel it questions the very essence of what is being said and to me it loses its validity. This indicates to me that what your typing is controversial to say the least and you’re afraid what others will read and the repercussions of what you’re saying for your family, career, etc should you make your real name known.
It must be very tiring/exhausting to go through life that way. Living in fear has a draining effect on one’s soul…alas I digress.
Why did you leave Quebec? Ou, pourquois a tu partir Quebec? Si vous besoin, tu peut ecrit en Francais, Je suis capable a lis …
Serge Joyal, Minister of State Trudeau’s cabinet 1982 also told us;
“Everything we undertake and everything we are doing to make Canada a French State is part of a venture I shared for many years with a number of people! The idea, the challenge of making Canada a French Country both inside and outside Quebec – an idea that some people consider a little bit crazy,-this is something beyond ordinary imagination!”
This is the reality people -Oppression /segregated populations in Canada –
UNITED NATIONS WE NEED YOUR HELP-I FEAR OF WHAT MAY COME ?
Jean-Luc Pepin in 1970,- Minister of Trade and Commerce;
“We were a small group, Trudeau, Pelletier, Lalonde, Chrétien, and myself and a few people in the civil service, say 50 in total. We were bringing off a revolution! We held the key posts. We were making the civil service, kicking and screaming at the time, bilingual. We were a well organized group of revolutionaries, just like them.” (ref. to the FLQ)
Former Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau in this one simple statement explained the objective of the current ethnic cleansing war precisely: “Unilingual Anglophones will be sentenced to a lifetime of job immobility.”
WELCOME TO THE MINORITY TAKEOVER…….THIS WAS ALWAYS THE OBJECTIVE –
“BILINGUAL TODAY -FRENCH TOMORROW “-TRUDEAU 1969
Cory…….why are you always requesting that french people post with their real name? What about oppression and of your the rest of the crew?
By the way I was talking to someone from IRAQ and they were wondering why the English speaking people were trying to seperate the country. Of course I didn’t really get involved…….I just listened and shrugged my shoulders. **SMILE** Sound familiar. Know what…….anyone can fabricate a story but only the feeble minded will believe it.
While I am at it Cory…hmmmm did you not advise your subordinates not to discuss the language issue anymore? You are not setting a good example. Then Oppression says keep up the discussion………who is one supposed to listen to?
Know what? My message may get deleted…but here goes. It is french hating people who will destroy this country. We are considered as a peace keeping nation, well liked and the envy of many other countries. BUT because of jealousy, hatred and trouble makers we will become like the middle east where they are fighting their own. Who are you to say what the GOV. can and cannot do? Who are you to dictate how this country should be run? Unless you are an ELECTED OFFICIAL what makes you think you have the power or gives you the right to try and change our country and it’s policies. It’s people like you that start revolutions even though I must say you are far from having
the support you claim you have……and that you can take to the bank **SMILE**
You can claim discrimination all you want………it must be proven first. As for the gov spending on french language…..why do you just focus on that funding? What about the $227M going to Afghanistan or funds for immigrants? Are you going to start another group of “FAIRNESS to whatever” for that also? You are obssessed with this language thing for no other reason than jealousy PERIOD!!! Pathetic that people would try to destroy a country because of jealousy and hatred of another culture. That my friends is scarry stuff and that what’s starts war. Thinking if any of you are thinking of running in the next election……I would advise you to change your tune. I can assure you with your way of thinking you will never get in. Learn your lesson from what happened to GALGANOV
Just trying to help as always **SMILE**
OMG Carlita, give it a rest will you. We are all well aware of your opinions, and no matter how wrong they are, you have been given more than enough space here and at the freeholder to express them. But when is enough, enough? Why do you think your opinion is worth so much more than anyone else’s?
If you are bothered so much with foreign spending and immigration perhaps it’s time you start your own group to protest the fact that the money they are spending could be better spent fighting the elimination of the unions you hate so much. Hard to tell who you dislike more unions, foreigners or english speaking Canadians who refuse to do your bidding.
Please, dearest Stella, put a sock in it for awhile will you?
Thanking you in advance
Bella-b
xoxo
Here is my advise to you being my posts bother you. When you see: “stellabystarlight” written at the top…..skip over it, go to the next one……….that’s what I do with yours……just happened to read this one because it was right under mine and there were no other post……..
now bella-b ,admin makes those decisions … not you…move on back to the other sites…
i have to give admin full marks… he is letting the discussion floow as many paths as there are opinions….
Yeah, ok.
lmao
silly goose!
xoxo
Loved your post Jane Doe….Just wanted to share this, when checking a lottery ticket this weekend, the machine said…..winner/gagnant…..Hmmm made me smile!!!
CORY…google translation doesnt mean you can speak the language. but you get an A for ingenuity ..
I have a sneaky suspicion that one of the hitmen for Galganov is blogging here. His(ahem) her claws are showing now. LMAO!!!!
Stella I am not French.. let Cory think what ever he wants to think..LOL I just like to look at the big picture.. I learned French as a child and never looked back while working in Toronto many moons ago in Accounting i was as to go to HR as they had a French person looking for work in the plant who could not speak English.. I was asked to act as a translator..
As far as i am concerned we have two official languages in Canada and I respect this… It6 is like the US they will soon be having to speak Spanish… It is not far away..
excuse the spelling errors in previous post..
Why don’t some of you people take a break from here and go break some windows in downtown Montreal or something. This is really getting old.
Thanks Patrick. Very kind of you to give credit to one who has learned your language. Not surprising, coming from you. You must think we are pretty simple, if we’ve tried but cannot reach fluency. Not everyone is as fortunate as Jane Doe; to have had the opportunity to work as a translator to a French person who couldn’t speak any English. Toronto company hires someone who only speaks French and lucky for her she learns English on the job. Funny how that only works one way.
bilingual today french tomorrow …probably a quote taken out of context again…or maybe just a book written by a APEC member…oh wait, IT IS!!
The united states has one official language -unlike Canada they are a democracy and when the numbers warrant 50.1 % then that’s another issue!
In Canada 17% is a majority thereby legislation language regulation occurs!
The USA already knows the shortcomings of legislative language laws :they have only to look at us !!!!!!!!!!!
The working language is English-the government mandated language is french -all other languages are not considered an asset bilingual in Canada means french.
So to the french religion fascists (FRF)not to worry your language will always trump all others -the Gov considers your language the most important right?
Now if I can buy a gadget that translate would I be considered bilingual ?
Technically with the translation gadget I could speak many languages -thereby the GOV could now hire all people with skills as opposed to priority of language -right?
OR is it not good enough -do all males have to pull their pants down to see if they are circumcised and designated areas for us ?
If you dont have a french last name -perhaps you can be a gardener for the elite GOV class employee?
Well its not hard to figure out on here who is the elite Gov class employee-les ,Patrick,stella -get back to work you gov workers we English majority pay you for this !!!!
Wait your french Gov managers probably advocate you on here fighting for your PERCEIVED lost rights ,yet superiority is the french clause -right?
Get back to work elite Gov employee’s
have a good day ****smile***
oppression 2 you would not be considered bilingual or trilingual or quadrupal lingual…..if your battery dies!!!!!devices are to encourage learning not replace actual learning….this is not the US ..newsflash….
You accuse people of being elitist but Ii would beg to differ… it is your little band of unmerry “men” and ‘women” who want to deny legal rights and language junctions like bilingiualism…yet you would expect the french and bilingual and all other cultures..to fatten your wallet with our taxes right??? wrong…!!! In designated regions bilingualism is here ..and a good thing too.. At least investing in people and kids gives them choices that you are trying to take away… smacks of the root of envy, not fairness.. to me and many others….
and oppresion2 to accuse all bloggers or commentators of “working” for the gov ause they are bilingual and having cushy lifestyles..ha!!!the plea of the desperate…blame anyone else for shortcomings except yourselves… not a pretty message…
if he learned the language, I’m jennifer Lopez..
LFA, members of the Public,
I have received a written response from the Prime Minister’s Office regarding the issue of ‘Official Bilingualism’ and it’s impact on unilingual English speaking Canadians…
I have been referred to Minister Moore to which I responded with a link to this site.
Let’s keep at it,
With Kindest Regards,
Cory
…to quote i don’t know who said it on this site. Bilingualism is here to stay. There is nothing wrong with giving more then 7 million people rights to be served in their own language.