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Theres no quicker way to committ political suicide than by having your party leader not be bilingual, and theres even a law that states they have to be.

So yes, all prime ministers must be bilingual, thats one position in the government thats should be bilingual.

   

There is? Could you post something in that regard?

   

Prime Ministers are public servants, if mail clerks and delivery drivers have to be bilingual so does a prime minister.

If they werent, youd here about it from these people.

http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/


But doesnt it makes sense that a prime minister should be ?

   

Yes.

   

A Prime Minister is NOT a public servant! He is an elected Member of Parliament. Do all elected members have to be bilingual in this country? Not on your life. Good Grief.

It only makes sense to me that a Prime Minister speak and write clear and effortless English. Whether they speak French or not is immaterial to 70% of the citizens of this country.

   

Oh, and bodah. You really don't want to hear my opinion of "these people"

http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/

What other government on earth tells people what language(s) they must speak? Canada has opened a Pandora's Box when it started meddling into what language people should speak and where. It has and will rue the day.

   

Bodah, I'm still waiting to hear about the law that states Prime Ministers must be bilingual?

   

Believe me Saskanna Im not a fan of official Bilingualism. I believe in its origins its intentions were good but somewhere along the line things got fucked up, really fucked up.

Does it matter if I can provide the law to you or not ?, I havent bothered looking because to me, its an uspoken law at the very least. And the Office of Official Languages would be all over this new unilingual Prime Minister like a fat kid on a smartie if it happened and would provide you with some sort of law at that point Im sure,

But none the less...

What if you were a Quebecer and the leader of your country couldnt speak french, considering the progress we are making with Quebec I think it would be a big step backwards dont you think to have a prime minister who wasnt bilingual ?

   

Actually, the question is sorta moot because its not theoretical. The question is whether or not Quebec will vote for a unilingual PM. Probably not. We can debate till we're blue in the face whether thats fair or not, but that doesn't matter. What matters is what Quebec would accept. And since its unlikely English Canadians would ever vote for a unilingual francophone, I don't know why anglophones would believe francophones would accept a situation they would not. Plus, the PM should be able to communicate directly with a quarter of the population.

   

It hardly seemed to matter that for more than twelve years we had a Prime Minister who could barely speak English or (for that matter)French? Or that we had several top level Ministers (i.e. Dion and Pettigrew) who were and are pretty much incomprehensible in English? That isn't supposed to bother the rest of us in Canada? Or does it?

I don't think language should hold such importance in this country. Most Quebecers speak and understand English. The majority of Canadians speak and understand English. If the man is a good leader and well qualified, it shouldn't matter at all if he is unilingual. I'd rather have a unilingual francophone leading Canada than some of the buffoons we've been electing in the past three decades.

In fact, I would be totally behind a movement to enlist Lucien Bouchard to run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada and become Canada's next Prime Minister. I think he is a superior human being and an extremely intelligent leader. Too damned bad he wasted his time with separation. I firmly believe, even today, that Lucien Bouchard could unite this country as never before.

   

You'll get no argument from me there.

Quebec should be Canada's bilingual Province, first and foremost. A shining example of what two languages, two (and more) peoples can accomplish working together for the good of all. Instead, it is almost a crime to speak or be English speaking in that Province! That is unconscionable.

   

What progress? Do you mean the millions and millions more dollars that are sent into Quebec by the Federal Government (from Alberta and Ontario's public purse) so they(Federal Parties) can reap the reward of more votes from Quebec? If that is how we intend to build Canada we are in deep doodoo. Quebec cannot continue to have the lowest tuition rates in Canada and a lower cost daycare program than any of the other Provinces and then turn around and accuse Ottawa of underfunding. It just doesn't wash. Especially in the WEST.

   

Lucien Bouchard a "superior human being" who could "unite this country as never before"?!?

With all due respect, you're a madwoman, Saskanna. An absolute madwoman.

   

I actually enlisted in the ranks of seperatism because of Lucien Bouchard. He, like many others, looked towards seperatism as the only solution to the unwillingness of the rest of Canada for change. Though it seems, with Stephen Harper, that the rest of Canada is willing to change.

   

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