Re: [Paddlewise] Canada Kayaking Guide

> The Canadian Government has a boating guide for sea kayakers - not sure if
> you want to take a look (I have the actual printed copy too):
>
> >www.tc.gc.ca/BoatingSafety/pubs/kayak/canada.pdf<
>
> It reads in places almost exactly like a French Canadian would speak
> english. Amusing perhaps.
>
> Doug Lloyd (who was actually born in Quebec)

In federal agencies they require employees to be bilingual,. Eng/Fr.  It
could've really been a French Canadian with less than perfect English, - a
person with normal brains is usually more proficient in one language than in
all others that he has happened to master :-) ...  This formal requirement
of Eng/Fr bilingualism nowdays looks more like those Buckingham guards'
bearskin hats in England. Seems like the second common language of this
country (after English) is not French, - at least over the last few decades.
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