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| From | Mike Vancha <mvancha@sasktel.net> |
| Subject | Re: He Has Spoken |
| Date | Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:29:05 -0600 |
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on 12/20/07 11:15 AM, rickbilous at rickbilous@yahoo.ca wrote:
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>
>> That got me wondering what percentage it actually is that don't
> speak French
Hi Rick,
Where do you live in Canada? Out west here in the prairies and in BC, we
don't learn French in school at all and it's only an option in high school.
Some students take it in high school but no one ever learns how to have a
conversation in French. An example of that is that every politician in
western Canada, including the current Prime Minster, Stephen Harper can't
speak French in parliament until he takes a course in French...
Apparently only 1 % of Torontonians speak French.
Mike V.
>> and here's what I found on Wikipedia. It looks like about 75 % of
> Canadians
>> speak English only but if you go outside the province of Quebec to
> the other
>> 9 provinces and 3 territories, 90 % of the population speaks only or
> mainly
>> English:
>
> Okay, do you really think Wikipedia is a good source of information? A
> site that you can add/delete whatever you want to? Terribly
> unreliable, Jesus was born in 1942, according to them/it.
>
> Honestly though, French is a mandatory subject in school in ALL
> Canadian provinces, up to Grade 6. After that, it is an
> option/elective. Some provinces it is mandatory up to Grade 8.
> Regardless, anyone who grew up in Canada and is under 35 should have a
> basic understanding of French. Every major city has a French TV
> channel, and all of our packaging is bilingual. It seems rather
> strange to me that Canadians don't seem to recognize that.
>
>
> NP American Heartbreak - strong POWER POP if you like the Exies and
> Robin Black
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