Re: Bilingualism has ruined Canada but there is still hope.

From: mb (azythos2_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: 14 Dec 2004 19:26:58 -0800

Ja ne znaju wrote:
> "mb" <azythos2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1103063222.216874.140560@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > CLFMember wrote:
> >> The Canadians for Language Fairness is
> >> the original organization which launched the fight against
official
> >> biligualism because the English-speaking majority of Canada should
> >> not be brow-beaten into accepting the policy of Official
Bilingualism
> >> which essentially discriminates against most Canadians. Their
> > website
> >> is www.languagefairness.ca
> >
> > Fairness in any bilingual country would require knowledge of the
other
> > language for any jobs when dealing with the public. Why would
Canada be
> > an exception?
> >
> You are correct about fairness.
>
> The fact is that many public service posts requiring bilingualism are

> occupied by francophones. This is because the vast majority of
bilinguals
> are native francophones. If the English want to occupy these posts,
the
> solution is for them to be further educated and to learn French. The

> stupidity of the organization "Canadians for Language Fairness" is
that they
> think that the solution is to deprive the francophones of services in

> French.

This level of stupidity has crept up here and there in Europe, too.
However, in many places --take Switzerland (where applicable), Finland,
even Belgium-- the fact is that it's not even imaginable that anyone
would finish high without the minimum requirements in the other
language. I am not familiar with the Canadian school curriculum.

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