Forget the “‘so-called’ war on terrorism” (trademark CBC liberals)
—Liberals would rather fight a war in Canada, using as weapons feigned indignation and outrage over total buttkiss (Russian-made model!).
The Commander-in-Chief is the liberals’ media (otherwise known as Cap’n Crap) which is leading their little weenie brigade against conservatives, on pages A1 through A-9 across Canada and on state-run TV.
This article appeared at the top of page A-5 in the Vancouver Sun. Below it —with a headline in much smaller print— was the story of the Liberal Senator who was ousted from caucus and is now under criminal investigation by the RCMP, arguably thirteen to twenty-six times more important (and damaging to the troops—friendly fire incident warnings went off everywhere apparently).
Solberg under fire for comments about Asian immigrants
Immigration minister says they have more difficulty learning English and French
Elizabeth Thompson, Montreal Gazette
Published: Friday, June 09, 2006OTTAWA—Federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister Monte Solberg came under fire Thursday after he suggested immigrants from Asian countries have more difficulty learning English and French than immigrants from European countries.
“To make that kind of statement and to label people is clearly bad,” said Liberal MP Denis Coderre, a former immigration minister. “This is the ministry of Canada, for God’s sake. You’re supposed to be inclusive. You’re not supposed to make those kinds of statements.
“It’s a slippery slope when you try to talk like that … to say it is because of your ethnicity whether you learn fast or not.”
“It’s absurd,” said Bloc Quebecois immigration critic Meili Faille, whose mother hails from Taiwan. “It makes no sense.”
Faille said the Immigration Department is doing the right thing in investing more money in language courses for immigrants but Solberg’s comments showed a lack of leadership.
The criticism came in the wake of comments Solberg made late Wednesday afternoon.
Testifying during a study of his department’s spending estimates, Solberg said one of the areas where his ministry was going to spend more money was language courses for new immigrants.
Over the years, the origins of immigrants coming to Canada has shifted, Solberg explained.
“The source countries in the past tended to be countries with Latin alphabets where it was easier for people to learn language skills. Today we have a lot of people come from Asia who may not have had the benefit of a Latin-based alphabet, so it’s more difficult for them to pick up the language skills.”
“Can you tell me where Latin-based immigrants can learn English or French faster than Asian-speaking immigrants,” shot back Blair Wilson, Liberal MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast. “If I heard you properly, I think that is just ridiculous.
“I think immigrants from around this world have the ability to learn other languages.”
Raymonde Folco, a Liberal MP from Quebec and a former language teacher, was particularly incensed.
“Allow me as a former linguist to tell you, first of all, that it has nothing to do with it. Regardless of the roots … of a language, it is as easy for a newcomer to learn one language than another.”
Michel Paradis, a linguistics professor at McGill University who specializes in second-language acquisition, said it can be a bit more difficult for immigrants from Asian countries to learn English or French but it has nothing to do with the difference in the alphabet. Instead, the challenge has more to do learning consonants that don’t exist in their mother tongue and distinguishing between r and l. But the difficulties aren’t insurmountable, he added.
File this under B for complete and utter liberal-induced political-correctness gone awry BS. I know the file is thick. Or M for liberal Mainstream Media is in fact liberal, and makes you dumber, here’s proof.
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