LA T 10, Le Soleil de Colombie, 30 Janvier 1976 17123 Zero Av. Surrey - Jan. 15 = Canadian Radio-Television Commission 100 Metcalfe, 1601 Ottawa, Ont. Dear Commissioners: I wish to support the ap- plication of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. to pro- vide French - Language te- levision for Vancouver and its environs. It seems late indeed for this nation’s _third largest metropolis to ‘ be taking on this’ visible Canadian stamp. I regret that the station is proposed for UHF rather than the more popular and more ac- cessible VHF. I would also like to sup- port the CBC application for renewal of the licence of the French radio station, - CBUF-FM. This station has. beena decisive aid to me in become effective- ly bilingual in late middle age. Its broadcasts have accustomed me to. the stream of French speech; being able toreceive com- munication in French, I gained the courage to offer it - haltingly at times and with what I call an accent vancouverien;: “but never- theless effectively. Becau- se of the possibility that this letter will find in En- glish - speaking audience, I will not attempt to de- monstrate my bilingual skills to the Commission. French television, of course, will extend a -pro- bably easier linguistic lad- der to people struggling with our second national language, from children in primary - grade im - mersion courses to stu- dents’ in the region’s tee- ming universities and col- leges, and to Anglophone - based bilingual old crocks like me. During recent bu- siness trips to Edmonton, I was stuck by what French television can mean for. broader personal growth: Turning off the puerilities like question games with which television appears to be plagued in any language, I saw in my hotel room 3 programs that opened fis- sures for awareness. A french program on the sta- tus of women awakened me to the simple fact that the female half of our race is demanding a new deal be-~ cause her life has become longer and the proportion of it devoted to child- bea- ring has become shorter. ‘**Aimez-vous les chiens’’ a National Film Board of Canada production, con- fronted me with the ways that man burdens his best and often inthe end con- demns him to the’ death chamber. A translated Da- nish production displayed an American hillbilly sect, convulseéd, chanting and passing around venomous snakes. One of the sect ELE FRANCAISE Life isto short... “was bitten, was shown dy- ing and being buried. The production was a shocking lesson in the tragedy of fanaticism. An NFB source here says there is at present no plan to produce an english ver- sion of ‘‘Aimez-vous les chiens’’. The three _ pro- grams, including the two European productions, re- present a Canadian pro- gramming investment that we, of the Vancouver re- gion, are unable to realize on unless we just happen to be passing through a ci- ty like Edmonton. The Commission will find the foes of french televi- sion here as stubborn in their devotion to this and other anti-french and Ca- nada-wrecking causes as the hillbilly religionists a- . re in their attachment to deadly serpents. The ar- guments of these opponents of french broadcasting in this community can be an- ticipated: they will attempt to minimize the potential audience; they will suggest that Chinese, Italian or German broadcasting would be more appropriate for “this: region -.without © seriously envisaging that it be provided; they will complain of the expense of the installation. Of the same stripe are the people who oppose schooling in french here & who like to point out that the 1971 census revealed only 38.035 British Colum- bians, or 1.7% of the popula- tion declaring french as their maternal tongue. Ex- cluded from the statistics beloved of small and unge- nerous minds is the total of 101,431. residents of ‘this province who claimed tobe bilingual in frenchand en- glish. If it can be assumed that most of these people li- ve within range of a. Van- couver television station, they would.exceed the popu- lation of many a city that supports its own radio and television broadcasting facilities. If all of the people who have studied or “are studying frenc with va- rying degrees of attainment were to be included, the fringes of this audience at least would touch the ma- gnitude of avery large city. Besides, Vancouver is a world transportation cen- tre, a magnet for Cana- dians of all kinds, with an image to offer to Canada& the world -& to hug untoit- self. I am sure the Com- mission is concerned with human potentials as well as with nose counts. Foes of the french tele- vision will probably happi- ly point out that the broad- — casting Act, 1967, calls for extension of service in En- glish and Frenchto all parts of Canada only, ‘‘as: funds become available’’. For them, ‘that will always be tomorrow. They light a delaying action against at- tempts to strengthen the national sense of communi- ty and, as a consequence, the nation’s economy as well. Life is short to ar- gue with them. Cultural en- richment must be measu- red in the potentials of a lifetime, and it can also be wasted as a lifetime pro- gresses. Time is wasting for the human aggregation known as Canada to find itself. Very Truly yours. John Condit. Voici une intervention qui sera présentée aux Com- missaires de la CRTC en février. > John Condit - A Simma Holt Send to; Simma Holt MP CKNW radio Le Jour Vancouver, Janv. 16 Your promotion to mis- lead the public hand in hand with John Reynold, MP, Burnaby - Richmond Delta, is amoffence against 6 millions Canadians. Where is your priorities. American Platitudes, soap operas, sex deviates. The Candians of French back- ground are only asking for Justice, and TV intheir own language. They are only requesting the same rights as you do, in Quebec, because the lo- cal TV Stations as well as .the Americans stations do not, will not and cannot give them programs knowledge and culture. If we are discriminate a- gainst, andthat seems to be the case, well, in God’s name, call it the way it is. Then we can all prepare ourselves to fight openly for what we beleive in, in accordance with our conscience and beleif. This will be a good start on the road to A North America Angola, and if you think that this is not possible in BC or in Canada, well, this type of bigotry and prejudice is a good start. A reminder that we will remember, John Reynolds, in the next coming general election and I am sure that the 100.000 British Ca- lumbians of french back- ground will not soon forget his priorities against one third of the nation’s peo- ple, By the way, this goes for the Vancouver - Kings- way Liberal MP Simma Holt. who apparently sup- ports the same prejudices. Yours truly. Louis Laliberté Holyday In Hotel =, 3 “Vancouver, BC that: are of their understanding - 5 stro January 15, 1976 La fédération des Franco- Colombiens, 706 West 16th Avenue Vancouver, BC Dear Sirs, This reference your press relase of January 14, 1976 - *‘John Reynolds is Misleading the Public’’. I thought the attached arti- cle, one of my daily edi- torials which was aired on this radio station January 13, 1976, may be of interest to you. Sincerely yours, Great Pacific Broadcasting CJVB-;470 Radio 814 Richard, Vancouver Tél.: (604) 688-9931 - Jan Van Bruchem Président & General Mana- ger - | THE WAY 1 SEE IT ‘*French-CanadianTV — for Vancouver’? - Jan.13 - The indications are that before long we will have a French language television station in Vancouver. And as might we expected, there -is quite:a bit of controver- sy over this issue.I wish to goon record as being all for a french language te- levision service for our city. Quite honestly, I don’t un- derstand the people who make such a fuss over the fact that we are going to be exposed to how our fel- low countrymen in the rest of Canada live. I suppose the greatest ob- jectors to this addition of a Canadian channel must be the ones who have never set foot outside British Co- lumbia, or outside the En- glish-speaking world. To them, it means that we will have to give up one of the Americna channels on cablevision. And what is it they will have.todo wi- thout from then on. -Well, the U.S. crime programs mainly, perhaps Kojak and Police Woman, The Roc- kies, or you name it. And if that is allwe are going to be deprived of, I’m all for it and I will welcome in | exchange the opportunity to hear and see what goes on in the minds and lives. of the other 25% that makes up the Dominion of Canada. For the first time, we will have a chance to learn more about fellow citizens who have contributed so much to Canada. In addi- tion, it will give us the op- | portunity of learning to understand the french lan- guage without having to go to school. Because it is true that television plays avery to understand and speak a - francaise role in teaching us. vision francaise .en , ‘lombie-Britannique. - The way I see it foreign language. The au- dio - visual way, as every New Canadian knows, is the easiest way to learn ano- ther language. Of course, everyone has his own likes and dislikes. Some like drama, others like sports, others like the cops - and - robbers stories. Still others watch television only because they feel it stimulates them intellectually. ~~ So, I would consider a french language service to be one from which I could learn a lot. Nolonger would I go to bed thinking how stu- pid it is that there is such a guy as the Six Million Dollar Man, who can jump onto high buildings. Before I go to sleep inthe future, I might have the good fee- ling of having learned so- mething new .and interes- ting. But there is another rea- son why I fell Vancouver should have a french lan- guage television service. That is, to give French - _ Canadians; inBC . the oppor- tunity of. getting Canadian entertainment, news’ and commentaries in their native tongue - just as you and I can now when we vi- sit Quebec. There you can tune into the CBC english language service, which makes it possible'for all english- speaking Cana- dians to keep informed in their native language. We are Officially a_bilin- gual country, and regard- less of where we go in Ca- nada, we should be able to tune into whichever of ‘our official languages each of us understands best, be it english or french. At least, that is the way I see it. - OUI... ET POUR BIENTOT Le Cercle Frangais Van- couver a.remis une lettre a4. Radio-Canada pour expri- mer son désir d’une station de Télévision Frangaise a Vancouver. Sa présidente Mme Mar- guerite Batut a fait la let- tre en question mais n’a pas eu le temps d’en fai- re part aux membres du Cercle puisque cette lettre devait parvenir au plus tard le 19 janvier aux officiels. Il ne fait certainement aucun doute que toutes les personnes d’expression sont ,d’accord sur le principe d’une Se O- ne