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Ottewell

Patricia Knowles from Ottawa, Canada writes: (Globe and mail)
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Canada has two official languages and that is English and French. Not English and Mandarin.

(加拿大的官方语言是英语和法语,不是英语和中文!
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3 X3 T- s7 H4 zWhen every single Canadian knows the official languages of this country is the time when Canadians learn alternative languages. Doesn't make any sense if Canadians go out and learn another language when they haven't fully learned either English or French.

- n* s0 t/ t- h7 E& a# }; e5 bMany jobs in Canada only hire bilingual individuals and the workplace I work at is one of them. There were many qualified and even over-qualified people whose resumes were turned away because they lacked a language (in this case French). Children should master both languages for their own good. It should be a must.

Canadians should know both languages. Not focus on some other foreign language that will probably have no effect on them.
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2 b9 g: y1 h" H  w5 }$ }[ 本帖最后由 Ottewell 于 2006-5-23 13:08 编辑 ]

多伦多来客

just heard that Chinese has become the second largest language in Canada, someday it will become the second official language of Canada.