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