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[repulsewarrior]

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Madame Marios wants children to learn and communicate in French and in English. This is good,

...but in my Quebec, that is not good enough.

Someday travelling this 'nation' to discover the richness of its people, close to their land, I will find each region's distinction refined, where its citizens have their aptitudes sustained, their heroes, their history, their music and their words, a central part of the learning experience in their schools. In my Quebec, the National Assembly may define a central principal, or a minimum standard through its 'Official Languages Act', yet it may never restrict our Rights as Individuals to Free Expression, as persons it should not restrict our Association either.

In my Quebec, my Montreal would have French predominant on the emergency signs in the Metro, a pictogram, along with other languages, including English.

In my Quebec, as the world's greatest Communicators, our ability to be transparent with our Language, serves our Global Partners needs. We should be even more capable than our much larger competitors.

Imagine a German (businessperson) who moves here because he knows that by learning French, translating his German 'work' to our Official Language; he knows that its translation from 'this' French to a whole array of Languages seamlessly, is possible. Imagine that by learning French he has the opportunity to travel and exchange a wealth of culture not unlike the Canadian mosaic, but made up of Quebecois. Power over Language, regionally, will do this.

A multi lingual ability at Governmental levels assures our credibility as a power which serves.

Our future, for 'us' to compete in this Age of Information, at its advent, is in essence measured as a number of bytes. In Quebec we have the opportunity to accommodate the needs of the rest of the world with our Language, and its potential, measuring it in traffic is enormous.

If we, as a People, stand against assimilation, then we must guard that we never become Assimilators. Diversity, and the richness it offers to our own Official Language would be a refreshing change to the homogeneity that is presently offered.


...does this sound eerily familiar to you, in Cyprus?