[lg policy] Petition to ‘Stop the Official Languages policy in Canada’.

[Harold Schiffman]

Petition to ‘Stop the Official Languages policy in Canada’.

Full story: metromonctonnews.com<http://metromonctonnews.com/petition-to-stop-the-official-languages-policy-in-canada/>
Kim McConnell ,the president of Canadians for Language Fairness has
launched was is hoped to be a National petition to* 'Stop the Official
Languages policy in Canada'.* The petitions Preamble states: The Official
Languages Act was passed in 1969 by the Liberal government under P.E.
Trudeau with the expressed purpose of making French-speaking Quebecers feel
more a part of Canada. It has failed in this primary objective because
French Quebecers feel even less a part of Canada now leading to the
widespread belief that we are now two separate entities, a French-speaking
Quebec and an English-speaking Rest (Most) of Canada. While outside Quebec,
English-speakers are discriminated against in jobs which are clearly in
favour of French-speakers, the opposite is true in Quebec where many
anti-English laws have been passed in Quebec, resulting in the exodus of
more than half a million English-speakers from Quebec. If Quebec is allowed
to be French-speaking, then the Rest (Most) of Canada should be allowed to
be English-speaking without being discriminated against for not being able
to function in French. The petition reads as follows: We, the undersigned,
want the Federal government to stop this policy which clearly discriminates
against the English-speaking majority. The OLA clearly states that this
policy should only apply "where numbers warrant" - this was deliberately
never defined. We demand that the Federal government defines this criteria
clearly so that the English-speaking majority is not excluded from
meaningful employment within all levels of government.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-official-languages-policy-in-canada.htmlThis
petition gives the signer the option of masking their identity as
Anonymous to all but the petitions organizers.

http://www.topix.com/forum/ca/moncton-area-nb/TK4H74LSS0M4DCUSD

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