Openness trumps

Category: Newspaper article

This story was published in 'The Ottawa Citizen' on May 08, 2007

Re: 'A slap in the face' to Quebecers: Bloc MP, May

Gatineau Bloc Quebecois MP Richard Nadeau says that the lack of fluency in French of the new National Capital Commission chairman, Russell Mills, is a slap in the face to "Québecois."

Retired NCC chairman Marcel Beaudry was bilingual but ran the NCC as if it were a private men's club. Communicating the aims and activities of the NCC to the common folk of either language was definitely not his strong suit.

Mr. Mills has vowed to open up the NCC business. Whether he is bilingual or not, I'll take Mr. Mills any day, "s'il vous plaît."