Pardon Moi

Rory J. Koopmans, B. Admin.

#203, 8912-156 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5R 5Z2

April XXVIIth, MMXI

Hon. David G. Hancock, QC, MLA

Minister of Education,

Progressive Conservative, Edmonton-Whitemud

Dear David:

While I agree the Calgary Public School Board has the right II cut alternate languages as compulsory courses, what they did yesterday was a step backward. Of course students with auditory & cognitive troubles should be excluded, but mandatory Francais classes from Grades VI to IX give students a leg up in society. As do optional Francais classes from Grades IV to VI. Say they get inII the civil service or the armed forces, a second language is imperative in those careers.

Precisement,

Rory

Source: The Calgary Herald, Sean Myers.