Will Health Care In English Continue To Exist?

This is a Letter To The Editor that was rejected by the major newspapers in New Brunswick July 2009

Views expressed by individuals in these letters are not necessarily the views of the Anglo Society of New Brunswick

70 Hill Street
Minto N.B.
E3B 4N3
(506)327-6723

Dear Editor,

It has become increasingly evident that the dark shadow of apartheid “minority rule” is engulfing our province. One only need listen to radio and TV interviews and news casts to determine that most, if not all top positions in government and a large percentage of businesses are held by Francophones. This has recently been proven when a perfectly qualified bilingual English speaking doctor was denied the position to head the new Saint John trauma center.

Instead it appears that a French doctor from Quebec has already been chosen because of upgraded language qualifications which were changed midstream and now trumps all other qualifications.

Recently a French medical college to train new doctors was established at the University of Moncton , with a promise of an English one to be located at the UNB Saint John University , which is yet to become a reality, apparently scheduled for the fall of 2010.

This appears to coincide with the Liberal Government’s recent plan to freeze doctor’s fees for two years, therefore discouraging any more English doctors from relocating to N.B until several French doctors graduate to fill the vacancies and predicted shortages.

Since we haven’t heard from our spineless English politicians on the issue it must already be established that, even though the French population is only around 30%, New Brunswick has become a French province. Apparently they have been warned to keep their mouth closed on such a contentious issue for fear of waking up the sleeping public.

Another glaring example is when the two new health regions were established with the French one being designated region A and the English region B as though English were now the minority.

A May 31st article on the opinion page of the Daily Gleaner by author Tom Hickie tells the story as is happening, yet most New Brunswickers remain silent for fear of being labeled racist. It’s time to wake up and face reality.

By what right does a minority force it’s language on a majority?

Sincerely,
Matthew Glenn

President, Anglo Society of N.B.
www.asnb.ca

Response To This Article of September 26, 2009

Views expressed by individuals in these letters are not necessarily the views of the Anglo Society of New Brunswick

70 Hill Street
Minto N.B.
E4B-4N3
(506)327-6723

Dear Editor,

In response to the September 26th article in a local news paper entitled “Lawyer upset that Crown won’t translate French documents” This is obviously nothing new. I learned from personal experience when I was assaulted by an individual from Quebec who requested the trial be in French. The only translation I received was a highly paid translator whispering a portion of the proceedings in my ear, half of which I could not hear and was most often unable to have repeated. I was informed the reason for not supplying full translation was it would be too expensive. That never appears to be the case when court proceedings and documents are translated from English to French.

The Anglo Society of N.B. commends judge Lordon for bringing this discriminating issue to the attention of New Brunswick tax payers. If this service is available to one language group it should also apply to the other.

There is one issue mentioned in the article that I and the Anglo Society disagree with when Judge Lordon referred to Canada as a bilingual country , which it is not.

How can Canada be a bilingual country when one province “ Quebec ” with 22% of the population refuses to have anything to do with official “forced” bilingualism on the grounds that it’s too expensive and would siphen much needed revenue from essential services. We are still witnessing the N.B. language commissioner yanging about the need for more bilingualism “French” in management positions.

How much longer can this small province with a limited tax base continue to provide duplication at an ever increasing rate? In other words run two provinces on one public purse. Could the long range plan be to convert N.B. into a unilingual French province following Quebec ’s example? One can easily determine that the political machinery works, because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

By what right does a minority force it’s language on a majority?

Sincerely,

Matthew Glenn
President, Anglo Society of N.B

www.asnb.ca.

10/13/2009 07:40 AM