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From: cbs@geac.UUCP (Chris Syed)
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Subject: Re: Notwithstanding clause -- truly a sad day for Canada
Summary: exception proves the rule?
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Date: 3 Jan 89 15:34:52 GMT
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In article <89Jan2.143344est.38114@neat.ai.toronto.edu>, derome@ai.toronto.edu (Philippe Derome) writes:
> 
> A Montreal, malgre la loi 101, quand d'importantes reunions d'affaires
> se tiennent entre Quebecois (francophones ou anglophones),
> il y a de fortes chances que la discussion soit en anglais, qu'on
> demande aux employes francophones de rediger de la documentation
> interne en anglais. 
 
  A couple of years ago, the Learned Societies meeting was held in Montreal,
  and will be again this year. (Not hardly a business group, I know). At the
  outset of our group's meeting, the co-ordinator asked how many Anglophones
  there were, and if they would they like a translation. The three or four
  of us in attendance said no. For three days, we listened to French 
  presentations - the first time for me since high-school, and I found that
  it all came back - especially since they were speaking of topics in our
  field. Sadly, I can't remember enough French to write this in that language,
  but I'm looking forward to the next Congress. I thought this approach was
  fine, and it certainly kept me awake. More than I can say for a lot of
  conferences! 8-)

      {uunet!jtsv16,utgpu,yunexus}!geac!cbs (Chris Syed)