Quebec's priorities

Quebec has a chronic nursing shortage, but the language police has nonetheless ordered the firing of two veteran nurses at an English-language hospital because they failed a written French test.

It might be "un-Canadian" to point this out, but if you need something as oppressive as a "language police" to make sure the demon English isn't infecting your little French utopia, that's a sign you've already lost the battle. If the Brits had set up a government agency to make sure other tongues weren't "corrupting" the English language, would it be so dominant today?

Posted by damian at January 4, 2005 09:14 PM