Should bilingualism be a requirement for senior officials in government? Why or why not?
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A response from Kim McConnell of Canadians for Language Fairness follows.
It is very clear from the responses to the various comments that the policy of Official Bilingualism is getting a serious review from most of your viewers. It is just a pity that it has taken over 40 years and many billions of dollars to come to the conclusion that the policy is a total failure. Only the French-speakers are beneficiaries of this policy and it was brought in to unite the country which it has totally failed to do. In actual fact, it has caused a lot of division between the French-speakers (the minority) and the English-speakers (the majority). Merit has been replaced by proficiency in French, which has reduced drastically the quality of our public service - many people will attest to that.
It has also given rise to unreasonable demands from the French groups who are so used to being treated with so much "sensitivity" that they think they are the only group with a monopoly on that human emotion. Just because French is a language that is on life support and would die over-night without massive financial support does not mean that the language should be treated like the Crown Jewels. If you want your language to be kept alive, do so in your own homes & in your social activities. Stop forcing the rest of us to take a back seat because you have been given the opportunity by Trudeau & the Liberal government to take advantage of your minority position. Tyranny of the Minority is what is happening in Canada today and this is not a healthy situation if you want the country to prosper. Spending money to elevate a minority group to a superior position is definitely a recipe for social unrest!
More Canadians should be speaking up on this issue!
Kim McConnell
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