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 De Sun, 4 Oct 1998 16:07:31 -0400,
<6v8kid$3fm$1@supernews.com>, 
"Phil Essing" <phile@generation.net> 
a �crit dans le message (Re: Racism in Quebec)...

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>I doubt it's 99%, but I agree that it's surely very high.  And, politics
>aside, they should be accomodated in their own language as much as possible.

yeah... chinese signs in china town is great eh... I think so.

>But, this country's official languages are English AND French, and if you
>come to this country you should make some effort to learn them.

This is my point.  Yes, French is one of the languages that should be
spoken or understood anywhere in Canada.   There are a lot of
francophones in BC you know... I saw a lot of fruit pickers from QC
1-2 years ago.

>-Phil



>>>Using the entire province of British Columbia as a comparison is
>>>inadequate,
>>>nobody expects bus drivers in Quebec City to speak English.  Were talking
>>>about Montreal, the so-called BILINGUAL Metropolis.  A better comparison
>>>would be Vancouver.  I can't quote you actual numbers, but the number of
>>>Francophones in Vancouver is nowhere near the number of Anglophones in
>>>Montreal.
>>>
>>>-Phil

>>maybe all bus drivers in Vancouver should speak Chinese since 99% of
>>riders (?) are Chinese speaking.   I am not talking about this in
>>Montreal.   I am talking about this in Vancouver =)


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