Posted on 08/18/2017 4:51:37 AM PDT by Mechanicos
Young Irish immigrants in Canada have expressed their annoyance at being forced to undertake an English-proficiency test, despite English being their first language, when applying for Canadian permanent resident status.
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What are they afraid of ... that they’re gonna fail the test? LOL.
Actually, Gaelic is their first language. But modern Irish people are awfully uppity these days.
Well, sorta.
My suspicion is that this is a way of undermining the language fluency requurement, with the goal of doing away with it altogether.
For most Irish, Gaelic is no more their “first language” than Cherokee is ours.
Be funny if they had to pass a test in French, though ;-).
Is Canada enforcing this for m*slims? Is babyface Trudeau giving his best buddies a free pass?
I suppose french would do ?
People in Ireland speak better English than many Americans I know. That’s why American companies have been opening offices there for years.
Which is why I’m suspicious. Exempting non-Gaelic speaking Irish citizens would be an easy start.
They should test the Scots
To my mind, a nation has the right to establish any requirements it sees fit. If a seeker of citizenship doesn’t like it, stay home.
People in Ireland speak better English than many Americans I know....
Well, some Irish...
You’re joking, right? Most Irish people speak Gaelic. You hear it all the time when visiting. They speak it among themselves.
I looked it up. According to their census, 41% of people reported speaking Irish. However, there was no data about their level of proficiency or what language was used in their childhood home. If you’re learning Irish (or Cherokee) as a testament to your heritage, that’s very nice, but it’s not your “first language.”
I’m sorry but many people in Ireland speak Irish in their homes and on the street among themselves; they don’t learn it in school, they learn it at home the way Americans learn English. (Much of this is because they were denied the language by the Brits for centuries. Almost all road signage is in Gaelic making it difficult for foreigners to navigate roads!) I don’t care about statistics or polls. And what Cherokee has to do with it...
I was born in New Zealand and had an British education...My English was excellent...
but to become an American citizen I had to prove I could speak, read and write English...
Good point. Nobody seems to care about how militant those Quebecians get about maintaining their French heritage!
A spokesperson for Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Carl Beauchamp, told Canada's national TV station in an email: "To be consistent and transparent, IRCC requires all applicants to provide proof of language proficiency through an objective test.
But this discriminates against recent "Asian-migrants" to Ireland!
Oh, (Noes) Canada...!
True — LOL. But I’ll bet every one of those guys would score higher on a WRITTEN English exam than 90% of Americans.
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