James Moore in Canadian Bacon: en francais s’il vous plait
Minister of Apologizing for Arts “Cuts” James Moore is upset with Vancouver 2010 organizers for not including enough French in the opening ceremonies, despite it being used as the first language for narrating events. Bilingualism bureaucrat Graham Fraser agreed whole-heartedly, being the objective public servant that he is. No mention needed of Jean Charest, who never misses an opportunity to play the nationalist and victim cards in order to prove to his provinces more excitable advocates that he is actually one of them.
Nobody argues that there should not have been French used in the opening ceremonies, but at some point our leaders begin to sound like Dan Aykroyd in Canadian Bacon.
Check out these two famous scenes, and please accept my appologies for posting anything by this film’s director.
February 16, 2010
Tags: Bilingualism, Canadian Bacon, French, Official Languages, Olympics Posted in: Blog Content
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We must not upset quebec, they may separate ya know. As far as I am concerned it can’t happen soon enough.
Doesn’t it seem incongruous they’d have uniligual signs during the 1976 Olympics. Maybe they’re just being satiric. Les ‘Quebecois’ sont arrivés.
Most Canadians west of the Ontario/Quebec border couldn’t give a toss about speaking French.
Yet they have to endure seeing their tax dollars go towards having a sign that says ‘SUD’ on a highway in the middle of nowhere, Alberta.
I wonder if Moore will require that UFC event in Vancouver he’s been lobbying for to be fully bilingual, too.
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