[Vision2020] Words Bring Pause

[Ted Moffett]

J-

And not only India, as Dave Sarff points out, but Canada is officially
lawfully bi-lingual. I thought everyone knew that Canada is
bilingual. Excerpt below from Canadian government web site:

http://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/so-ac/english/tools_outils/identitity_identite.htm

As Canadians, we are privileged to enjoy the many things our country has to
offer. One of its greatest characteristics is its unique bilingual identity
reflected by the harmonious co-existence of its two official languages,
English and French. Throughout Canada's history, the English and French
languages have co-existed. However, it wasn't until 1969 that Canada adopted
the Official Languages Act. "This Act stipulates that English and French are
the official languages of Canada for all matters relating to Parliament and
the Government of Canada". In 1988, nineteen years after the official
languages policy had been in place, Parliament adopted a new Official
Languages Act. The provisions in this new Act were more specific than those
of the 1969 version. According to Canada's Official Languages Act, the
Government of Canada must ensure that its employees and those working on its
behalf promote the presence of both official languages.

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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett


On 3/11/07, J Ford <privatejf32 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry - gotta disagree with the good Senator.  In NO other country in this
> world is this type of discussion ever even taken place or considered.  You
> move to a country - YOU LEARN THE LANGUAGE!  Period.
>
> What does the Senator suggest - we all learn his father's language?  What
> about the Japanese or the Latin or the Haitian or......it goes on and on
> and
> on.
>
> Having one language that everyone speaks, to me, guarantees that we will
> at
> least be able to talk to one another and THAT is where democracy
> starts.  We
> can't talk, we can't agree, we can't get anywhere.
>
> Remember the Tower of Babel......
>
>
> J  :]
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> >To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >Subject: [Vision2020] Words Bring Pause
> >Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:42:03 -0700
> >
> > >From today's (March 11, 2007) Spokesman Review with a very special
> thanks
> >to
> >State Senator Edgar Malepeai -
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Words Bring Pause
> >
> >The Idaho Senate voted 20-15 in favor of Senate Bill 1172, declaring
> >English
> >to be the official language of Idaho, in a debate that took a personal
> >turn.
> >
> >"It's not for shutting people out, but bringing people in," Sen. Mel
> >Richardson, R-Idaho Falls, lead sponsor of the bill, told the Senate.
> >
> >Sen. Edgar Malepeai, D-Pocatello, said quietly, "Looking around the
> >chamber,
> >I think I'm probably the only one that has English as a second language."
> >Malepeai recalled that his late father and uncles served proudly in the
> >U.S.
> >military. "They spoke very, very broken English, but they were proud
> >American Samoans," Malepeai said. Democracy and freedom "is what unifies
> >people in this country," he said, "not the English language." A hush fell
> >in
> >the Senate after Malepeai's comments, and no one else debated the bill.
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >
> >Tom Hansen
> >Moscow, Idaho
> >
> >"I love my country but fear my government."
> >
> >- Author Unknown
> >
> >
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