Path: utzoo!mnetor!philmtl!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!uqv-mts!vm.ucs.ualberta.ca!TMCLELLA From: TMCLELLA@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca (Tim Mclellan) Newsgroups: can.general Subject: Re: postings in the French language Message-ID: <701@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca> Date: 27 Sep 89 19:22:22 GMT References: <1178@mannix.iros1.UUCP> <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca> <1989Sep26.153200.959@utstat.uucp> <29431@watmath.waterloo.edu> <1989Sep26.181439.28060@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Reply-To: TMCLELLA@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca Distribution: can Organization: University of Alberta VM/CMS Lines: 21 Disclaimer: Author bears full responsibility for contents of this article In article <1989Sep26.181439.28060@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, norvell@csri.toronto.edu (Theo Norvell) writes: > >As a unilingual, I am glad that the civil service has a bias toward people >who can speak to the public in the languages spoken by the public. That >way I can speak in the language of my choice. I dare you to speak to a civil servant in Russian, Japanese, Ukrainian, or Italian. See how far you get. Hardly the language of one's choice. The french could be conceived as being either the loudest non-English-speaking group of people, or perhaps the largest non-English-speaking group of people, or perhaps a desired trophy on the mantels of elected MP's. Whoever they are, they are NOT the only non-English-speaking people in the country. Does anyone deserve more or less consideration from our Federal Government? -- Tim McLellan University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada "Personal shopping only" ( I only work there ) Bitnet: TMCLELLA@UALTAVM.BITNET