This takes the proverbial cake. I am reading the comments on the govt. “consultation” site — which by my count are running 27/62/21 (for Lamrock/against/unclear or mixed) — and came across the following on p.5 which I reproduce in its entirety:
Dear Mr. Lamrock,
Your course of action is absolutely, 100% correct, here is why: We placed our son in FI grade 5 in BC. When we returned home he continued in FI, if I had not been teaching Math and Science at home he would have become a great student in speaking French and understanding the culture and that’s all. When he entered High School we placed back into the English system to learn Math and Science. FI is elitist, do they not profess that Francophone children learn in their own language first? All studies I have read implore parents to educate their children in their Mother tongue to gain the very basics. The first four years of a child’s life may be the most important.
Keep up the fight, stand up for the children,do not falter.
Your employee
You can’t make this stuff up, people.
Update (June 28/08): This comment is no longer there. The comments appear to be being edited.
Had I not read it myself on the GNB site I would not have believed it myself! Thanks for the laugh, it’s even funnier the second time around!
[...] What I mean is, the comments themselves indicate a whiff of being … how shall I put this delicately? “Supplemented”? “Augmented”? Or perhaps “edited.” Not that one could prove it, of course. But the ratio of pros to cons has shifted precipitately over the past twenty-four hours, though no-one has been quite so foolish as to sign their comment since the earlier instance. [...]