8 - Friday, February 21, 1992 — North Shore News

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Lack of French limits experience

Dear Editor:

Impressed by the defence of
French in Canada (‘It’s time to
put the corn flakes argument to
rest,"’ Dec. 31, '91), I want to add
a few remarks, hoping that more
of such expressions will help to
preserve a united Canada.

Those hating everything French
in Canada use the argument that
the French language is shoved
down their throats. To this i an-
swer that at school we are forced
into many subjects like chemistry,
physics, etc., to prepare us for
future life, because nobody knows
who will need what special know!-
edge 20 years from now.

I was very glad that in my
younger years I was induced to
Jearn subjects, considered useless
by many, that permitted me to
work successfully on three conti-
nents and in five languages.

Parents who oppose the modern
trend to a broad education do a
disservice to their children by
limiting their professional capabil-
ities in a fast-developing world

Could care
less about
loony tunes

Dear Editor:

lt wasn't necessary to atten
Preston Manning's Reform party
meeting to identify the profes-
sional loony tunes screaming
obscenities outside. They’re pro-
fessional bitchers with recogniz-
able voices and comments.

Surely they don’t actually think
anyone in his or her right mind
cares about a group that’s rude,
crude and totally obsessed with
the -assumption that the world
owes them a living?

S.E. Clarke
Delta

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and by limiting their mobility in a
more and more global market.

You cannot expect somebody
not speaking English to be
employed by the municipality of
Vancouver. How can you expect
the Montreal municipality to
employ somebody not speaking
French? And Quebec constitutes
one-quarter of the not-so-big
Canadian labor market, even
more in the high-tech industry.

Not speaking French means ex-
clusion from the labor market.

To close this letter just one
comment.

A few years ago while waiting

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in the Belgrade airport for a plane
to Warsaw, | started a conversa-
tion with a Japanese traveller.
After completing his management
course he was sent to several
European countries on a familiar-
ization trip, of which a 10-day’s
stay in Poland constituted the last
element.

Responding to my mild
astonishment, he explained, ‘‘Only
by knowing the world and show-
ing our interest and respect to our
customers can we take advantage
of the arising opportunities.”
Alexander Kadulski
North Vancouver

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