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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Elementary education and military spending
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Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 16:48:05 EST
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> ...On the other hand, as a Canadian nationalist, I
> support spending considerably more money than we presently do on our Forces,
> provided ... that the
> Forces are compelled to follow the Charter of Rights in their recruitment
> and assignment policies...

Agreed, provided that "follow the Charter of Rights" means being fair rather
than engaging in "affirmative action" types of reverse discrimination.  If
there is a shortage of Francophones qualified for pilot training, then the
*wrong* thing to do is to lower the pilot-training qualifications for
Francophones in particular.  (Sadly, as I understand it this is *not* a
hypothetical example.)  The important thing is qualified pilots, not the
percentage who happen to speak French when they're off duty.  (Speaking
French as a job requirement for work with Francophone units is a stickier
issue, but that's not what I'm addressing.)
-- 
"We must choose: the stars or	Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
the dust.  Which shall it be?"	{allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry