Canadians for Language Fairness
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Canadians for Language Fairness is an organization in Canada
that campaigns against the application and enforcement of the Official bilingualism in Canada policy in various jurisdictions within the country.
Canadians for Language Fairness states that the application and enforcement of
Official bilingualism in Canada policy by the Federal Government over the years has unfairly increased the French
(first language) employees to 64.8% (countrywide as per Treasury Board Annual Report on Official Languages : http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/arp-rpa/2009/st-ts/tbl07/tbl16-eng.htm ) of all Public service employees. Canadians for Language Fairness maintain the Treasury Board (see ref) and Federal Bureaucrats have violated their own guidelines
by not hiring according to the guideline "where numbers warrant". Pierre Poilievre (MP in Ottawa)said that there are 51% of the public service made up of unilingual English speakers but fail to inform that most of these are in the lower echelons and have no opportunity to advance because of the "glass ceiling" imposed by Official Bilingualism. With only 22.6% (2006 census)of the total population made up of French-speakers and most of them in Quebec & New Brunswick and only 3% of them outside Quebec, this policy discriminates against the English-speaking majority of Canada.
The organization had taken the City of Ottawa
to court over the city's bilingualism policy
, which
requires all upper echelon positions to be fully bilingual.
Canadians for Language Fairness maintain that the City of Ottawa is following a similar path to
the Federal Government that will over time increasingly discriminate against hiring unilingual English employees.
Canadians for Language Fairness maintain that bilinguals are increasingly treated as a special and
elite class to the detriment of English unilinguals.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
that campaigns against the application and enforcement of the Official bilingualism in Canada policy in various jurisdictions within the country.
Canadians for Language Fairness states that the application and enforcement of
Official bilingualism in Canada policy by the Federal Government over the years has unfairly increased the French
(first language) employees to 64.8% (countrywide as per Treasury Board Annual Report on Official Languages : http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/arp-rpa/2009/st-ts/tbl07/tbl16-eng.htm ) of all Public service employees. Canadians for Language Fairness maintain the Treasury Board (see ref) and Federal Bureaucrats have violated their own guidelines
by not hiring according to the guideline "where numbers warrant". Pierre Poilievre (MP in Ottawa)said that there are 51% of the public service made up of unilingual English speakers but fail to inform that most of these are in the lower echelons and have no opportunity to advance because of the "glass ceiling" imposed by Official Bilingualism. With only 22.6% (2006 census)of the total population made up of French-speakers and most of them in Quebec & New Brunswick and only 3% of them outside Quebec, this policy discriminates against the English-speaking majority of Canada.
The organization had taken the City of Ottawa
City of Ottawa
The City of Ottawa is the corporate entity of municipal government in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The corporation is responsible for provision of services to the public as well as enforcement of municipal by-laws...
to court over the city's bilingualism policy
Bilingualism in Ottawa
One controversial aspect of the City of Ottawa Act is the manner in which it addresses official bilingualism within Ottawa's municipal government...
, which
requires all upper echelon positions to be fully bilingual.
Canadians for Language Fairness maintain that the City of Ottawa is following a similar path to
the Federal Government that will over time increasingly discriminate against hiring unilingual English employees.
Canadians for Language Fairness maintain that bilinguals are increasingly treated as a special and
elite class to the detriment of English unilinguals.