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Our Government, is supposed to represent the majority of Canadians. However,
under the pretense of providing linguistic service "where warranted", they have
made a tiny portion of our population the ruling class of our country and they
are  "the bilinguals". By extension all unilinguals, be they English or French
are relegated to that of followers, permitted only to pay the wages and pensions
of the bilinguals, sharing not one iota in the fair distribution of government
largess. It also just happens that virtually the only people with any need to
speak both French and English, (the bilinguals), are the French.

News wrote:

> > And we're all still Canadians (no i'm not a separatist). So who cares if
> > there's more francophones than anglophones??? Just learn the french
> language
> > and be bilingual and get hired / promoted too !
>
>     The problem goes further than that.  Other than the fact that French is
> the Official Second Language, what good is it the average Canadian?  I'm not
> trying to be a prick, I'm serious.  I can't think of a single point in my
> life where being fluent in French would have been beneficial.  We don't do
> business in French, we don't socialize in French, we don't do anything in
> French.  It's simply not a part of our lifestyle.  (Specifically in the
> West)
>
>     And what really annoys me is that the Federal Government feels that it's
> so extremely important to know a second language, but there is virtually no
> support for anything other than French.  I've spent thousands over the past
> couple of years on private Spanish classes, but there is no support
> whatsoever from the Federal Government.  If the classes are through a
> certified college or university you can claim Tuition, however school
> doesn't fit my lifestyle as I am in mid-career.  Instead, I found a
> certified teacher (A university professor) and do regular night classes.  I
> understand fully that French is our country's second language, but it just
> doesn't make that much sense to me to be pumpin 750 Million into French, and
> *nothing* into languages like Spanish or Chinese.  At the risk of
> infuriating any native French speakers reading this, I see speaking French
> as more of a novelty than a useful skill.  I've never been in a situation
> where knowing French would have been helpful, with the exception of French
> Class in High School!!  But I use my Spanish on a pretty regular
> basis....especially when dealing with clients in the United States.  Maybe
> my rant is pointless.....but I just wish there was a little more support for
> "Languages" as a whole, and not just "French".
>
> > And while I love english because it's a very practical and direct
> language,
> > french is so beautiful and poetic! It's worth to learn it just to read all
> > those french books.
>
>     If you're good with French, try out Spanish.  It should be "Easy" for
> you.  I know that I can understand a lot more written/spoken French now than
> before I started taking Spanish classes.  And then move onto the "Romance
> Languages" retarded stepchild.....German.  I've never heard such a brutal
> sounding language, although there are a few very interesting characterictics
> to it.