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From: frank@rsoft.UUCP (Frank I. Reiter)
Newsgroups: can.politics,can.francais
Subject: Re: Notwithstanding clause -- truly a sad day for Canada
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Date: 22 Dec 88 17:49:59 GMT
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In article <560@cavell.UUCP> gilles@cavell.UUCP (Gilles Simon Dionne) writes:
>
>   I don't want to start a flame war over this( I'm not even sure if I
>support Bourrassa's action concerning this ) but ,let me ask you Brad, how
>would you feel if half the signs in downtown Toronto(or Kitchener-Waterloo)
>were in Swahili only? Would you not be bothered by the fact that the
>merchants didn't have the decency to advertise in your language(English)?

I could understand a law that demanded that all Swahili signs also be posted
in English or French, but I cannot agree with a law that prohibits Swahili
signs altogether.  I must agree with Braqd, this is a very sad thing for
Canada.


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