° get this straight e IT IS possible that the people of English Canada wilt take up arms against the sea of troubles that afflicts them on the federal scene, but I doubt it. The major media are too stunned and too obsessed with not being ‘‘bigots the alarm. Have you ever heard of John Paul Gariepy? He is the assistant administrator in the Vancouver of- fice of the Federal Court. In the normal course of events, he could have been expected to replace his boss, regional administrator Charles Stinson, who is being transferred. But events are not normal, so the French-dominated Ottawa ** to sound through the federal jurisdiction, any French-speaker, no matter how perfect his English, would be able to demand that his superiors deal with him in French. This case, however, was in the works long before the new Act was passed. But Ottawa was already wotking on the same principle: French first, English second. The bilingual imperative! Bitinguat-imperative! Roll it round your tongue. Wars have been fought over lesser causes.”’ establishment wishes to appoint a francophone to the post. in the of- ficial parlance, this is called ‘‘the bilingual-imperative.’’ And it is in line with the Tories’ policy of plac- ing as many Quebecers as possible into as many key positions as possible. Great, eh? This is unilingual Vancouver, and the number of persons who would need to be dealt with in French in the Federal Court wouldn’t fill a rowing boat. Nevertheless, a well-qualified English-speaker gets pushed to the back of the queue. I’ve told you about this sort of thing before. When the new Of- ficial Languages Act was before Parliament, it was clear that right You're Pregnant And Need Support: 1 GIRTHRIGHT | Call 987-7313 « Free Pregnancy Test + : E 229 Lonsdale In Vancouver Calt is North Vancouver is sponsoring a. 67 718 E- Your agent heard about Mr. Gariepy quite by accident and for obvious reasons he refuses com- ment. But he hasn’t taken it all ly- ing down. He has become a plaintiff in his own court, claiming that his being passed over is illegal and discriminatory. He claims further that conditions of employment were created that made it impossi- ble for him to take a position for which he was qualified. Mr. Justice F.C. Muldoon issued an injunction that blocks the Ottawa move pro tem. “The court finds by inference that there is no significant demand for services in the French language at the Vancouver registry of this court.”’ And again: “tis clearly incredible to assert that such a demand has arisen all of a sudden with the departure of the incumbent, Mr. Stinson.’ (Who, incidentally, is not bilin- gual. It was only after his impen- ding transfer was announced that the job was made bilingual- imperative.) Don’t you love that bit of jargon? Bilingual-imperative! Rou it round your tongue. Wars have been fought over lesser causes. Pending a final legal decision, Mr. Gariepy is in limbo, even though the job is now cpen, at least temporarily, on a ‘‘non- imperative’ basis. He cannot be the most popular man in the hierarchy. If | know anything about these things Ot- tawa will now do its damndest to go through the motions of the competitive process and then anoint the chosen person. That's the way it works, Jt will also screw this troublesome priest any way it can, How DARE he fight the French! Out on the ranch, the Alberta Law Society told the Conimons committee some months back that the Official Languages Act could cost anglophone fawyers appoint- ments to the bench and other gov-~ ernment work. Fat lot of good it did them, though, because the Baloneyites got their steamroller into action. As you may have heard, only nine MPs voted against this sellout of English Canada. That number didn’t include Chuck Cook or Mary Collins. When are we going to wake up? 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