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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
The way I see it, if someone can't speak English then that's their problem, not mine. If that person can get through life speaking something other than English or French in Canada then what do I care?
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Actually, it is your problem and you should care. I guess you are unaware how big a problem language becomes and how costly it is for government, which you pay for. Interpreters are very expensive and are on call 24/7. Forms have to be printed in multiple languages, which adds to the production and legal costs. Social services are then saddled with having to employ multi-lingual people, which again increases expenses.While this doesn't appear to affect you directly it increases your tax burden substantially.
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Personally I can't understand why anyone would move here and not learn English. Maybe if you bring Granny along or Uncle Vito from the old country I can understand them not doing it, but younger people who actually have their lives and their children's lives ahead of them, they should learn English for their own good. If they don't though, it very rarely has any impact on me.
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People want to move here because we tolerate issues like this. In their home countries you assimilate or you get out. People come to Canada and America because we will bend over backwards for their "differences" and give them special status that they would never get back home. We have all sorts of programs that make it easier for an immigrant (non-wasp) to get a job than for a person born in the country. This is the land of opportunity for almost anyone looking for a fresh start, unless you were born here. Now that is a pretty sweeping generalization, but it is sadly the way things play out.