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Learning A Second Language

Mackenzie King, John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson each made a
significant contribution to the valorization and extension of a second
official language, through out the whole of the Canada .  For example,
there were the Armed Forces under King, the CBC under Diefenbaker and
the embassies under Pearson. The federal administration has spent
billions on second language training. Some provinces like Ontario,
without any court order or coersion from Ottawa,  have translated all
their laws and set up special centers, where court proceedings take
place in the country�s official second language. Almost a million
university students have participated in the Monitor Exchange Program.

Today, there are  many Canadians who were of  the generation, which
started to grow up under Lester Pearson. In addition to participating
in the tearing down of the Union Jack, they were keen followers of the
Bilingual and Bi-cultural Commission. It was during this formative
period that many of them developed an interest in acquiring a second
language. When  the opportunity presented itself, they make a choice
that would promote this interest.

At great personal expense, they relocated to Quebec City to continue
educating themselves. Through a disciplined and persistent personal
effort, they acquired a second language. However, many  believe that
the price they  paid, was too great.

Quebec City is a hostile and brutal place. The people of that city
beat them with: the thief, the life, the job, the baby, slander,
manipulation and by taking them. They were exposed to the insidious
hatred of the Quebec Anglophone, who regarded them as a traitors,
because they wanted to acquire a second language.

Today, some of them meet others, like  a certain young woman from
Sarnia, whose mother tongue is English. She too had developed an
interest to acquire a second language.  Acquaintances had advised her
against the Quebec City option. She saved her money and went to live
in France for two years. Now she speaks  a very full and comprehensive
second language, without an English accent. She was not throttled by
the people in France and did not have to absorb any anglophone hatred
there.

Any young Canadian, who contemplates acquiring a second language, is
well advised to stay away from Quebec City. If you follow the example
of the young woman from Sarnia, you will certainly have a much fuller
and happier experience.