Remove Bilingual Designation at Pakenham Post Office Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/remove-bilingual-designation-at-pakenham-post-office.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:43 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Michael Ranquet [Signature #895] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10588483?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 May 2011 01:24:38 UTC 10588483 mr rick lee [Signature #894] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8294985?utm_medium=rss This is happening to us here I worked for the government for 14 years and was refused a job that I was qualified for and was doing as a casual . The guy who got the the job was someone I trained and was there longer then him , and I reseived a letter stating that I didn't get it because I didn't speak french !!!and was told I had to do the job anyway as a casual when the other guy was gone or biusy!!Just don't make any sence.I sence been fired for work safety issues on there part .still fightin

]]> Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:30:47 UTC 8294985 Mr Darwin Shields [Signature #893] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7544605?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 May 2010 02:33:26 UTC 7544605 Ms Ricky Miller [Signature #892] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7544594?utm_medium=rss Does she really have to be bilingual? I don't think anyone is French speaking in Pakenham!

Ricky Miller

]]> Fri, 7 May 2010 02:32:02 UTC 7544594 Mr. Robert Newell [Signature #891] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7190622?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:53:07 UTC 7190622 Trevor Pitcher [Signature #890] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7184657?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:12:31 UTC 7184657 Mrs Kim Joynt [Signature #889] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6973775?utm_medium=rss This is just one example of what is going on in this country. What about those Federal jobs in BC or Newfoundland? The same rules apply! It's time to put an end to this. Canadians, wake-up; but I'm afraid it might be too late.

]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:21:05 UTC 6973775 Mr. Jeff Richardson [Signature #888] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6906326?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:37:05 UTC 6906326 Ms Joanne Moore [Signature #887] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6883540?utm_medium=rss It takes a long time to get to know those in your community. Our staff at the post office serve us in ways that large cities never could. We appreciate the one one one service and do not want to lose this. Our postal staff are part of our community and we wish to keep it this way.

]]> Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:35:46 UTC 6883540 Mr Ronald Johnson [Signature #886] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6850106?utm_medium=rss No need for bilingualism in smaller towns on the Ontario side, when Quebec starts maybe then i would change my mind

]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:55:46 UTC 6850106 Mrs Patricia Johnson [Signature #885] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6850013?utm_medium=rss We are an English Town DO NOT NEED
BILINGUALISM HERE OR STITTSVILLE OR SURROUNDING AREAS

]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:39:27 UTC 6850013 Mr Scott Carleton [Signature #884] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6846166?utm_medium=rss This is ridiculous to say that a rural postal office almost an hour from any major city should be bilingual. The proposers of this bilingualism should be ashamed and embarassed.

]]> Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:19:37 UTC 6846166 Mr Donald Barr [Signature #883] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6839646?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:39:00 UTC 6839646 Ms. Wendy Osborne [Signature #882] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6838029?utm_medium=rss I have used the Pakenham Post Office for the last seven years - NEVER have I heard or seen a person speak or require to speak French. Its about time Canadians told the Provincial and Federal Government to quit spending so much time and our money on forcing the majority of Canadians to speak French. Not being bilingual, this greatly affected my ability to be considered for a government job and other jobs in Ottawa and Kanata. Wake up Canada - French is for the French i.e. Quebec ......

]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:22:14 UTC 6838029 Ms Monique Kischel [Signature #881] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6831973?utm_medium=rss This bilingual requirement truly goes to far. It is required that all Ottawa areas provide bilingual service and bilingual signage. Does Quebec have the same requirement (ie Gatineau). Pakenham is for the most part a unilingual English area.
Please consider the rights of unilingual English people to uphold employment at a level appropriate to their abilities rather than appeasement of a political hot pot. Unilingual English Canadians are being held back in their careers.

]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:09:27 UTC 6831973 Mr Richard O'Shaughnessy [Signature #880] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6831810?utm_medium=rss Maybe we could change the laws of the land so that we hold politicians & bureaucrats legally responsible for how tax-dollars are spent. Do we honestly NEED French employees in Packenham? Or should someone put down the crack-pipe and get some oxygen to their brain ...

]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:29:25 UTC 6831810 Jean Tischart [Signature #879] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6830358?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:44:06 UTC 6830358 Cathy Stanfield [Signature #878] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6826499?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:08:29 UTC 6826499 Mrs, Kathi Sanford [Signature #877] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6826011?utm_medium=rss We are supporting you from Canada Post in Stittsville Jeanne. Stick with it!!

]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:12:40 UTC 6826011 Mr Ron Gallinger [Signature #876] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6819852?utm_medium=rss I am not against the French language quite the contrary, however I do oppose the ridiculous waste of tax payer funds and the associated abuse of power used to force a long time reliable government employee out of a job. In a village with about 4 percent billingual population (all of which can also speak English) this is just foolish. Ron C, Gallinger

]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:48:23 UTC 6819852 Mr Ron Harrington [Signature #875] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6809425?utm_medium=rss A Member of Parliament once told The Anglo Society of New Brunswick, You shoul give up the fight because the French have won, We got ALL da right people in all da right places, Was she ever right on with that comment!

Anglophones no longer have any rights in Canada, Very terrifying indeed knowing that the Federal and Provincial governments (All of them) have become job farms for Francophones, Putting all non-French at the mercy of the French!

Anglophones, START FIGHTING BACK NOW!

]]> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:20:57 UTC 6809425 Mr. Earl Sharpe [Signature #874] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6762337?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Jan 2010 02:23:53 UTC 6762337 Mrs Kim Wallace [Signature #873] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6757941?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:40:16 UTC 6757941 Mrs. Elizabeth Chaulk [Signature #872] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6745351?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:31:13 UTC 6745351 Ms Norma Jean Hovila [Signature #871] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6744943?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:24:08 UTC 6744943 mr dennis Conant [Signature #870] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6742399?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:18:32 UTC 6742399 Joe Blow [Signature #869] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6741904?utm_medium=rss These racist anti-English language, anti-BNA French/metis bigots will not let up folks. “First Quebec, then the whole country, one step at a time” They’ve been bragging about it for decade’s folks, wake up!!! Get very angry...its worse then you realize.

The Conservative response to this? Why none, as usual. The Liberals bring in French policies and the Conservative do not repeal the legislation when they get into office. Liberal, Tory same old story...

]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:27:23 UTC 6741904 Elisabeth Lederhose [Signature #868] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6741615?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:42:00 UTC 6741615 John Jones [Signature #867] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6740925?utm_medium=rss In Ottawa approximately 15% of the population is French, 55% of them do not speak French in their homes, they speak English, and so only about 7% are really French…The francophone community fudge and lie about the numbers on a regular basis. 28% of the jobs at the city of Ottawa are already bilingual…Are they happy yet? NO! They will not be happy until 100% of the jobs are french/bilingual. These are the facts folks, like it or not. Wake up people.

]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:56:30 UTC 6740925 Mr. Doug McGoldrick [Signature #866] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6740903?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:31:55 UTC 6740903 Mr. Shane Sicard [Signature #865] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6740434?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:43:49 UTC 6740434 Bill MacDonald [Signature #864] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6740432?utm_medium=rss Again, common sense goes out the window.
Sadly typical of how Ottawa works now.

]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:41:15 UTC 6740432 Ms Rose Marie Mote [Signature #863] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6739063?utm_medium=rss You have gone way to far with this bilingual
sh--! Enough is Enough! English is Canada's first language. You tell us to tow the line but in Quebec they do what they want and always have.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:44:44 UTC 6739063 Mrs. Nora Headley [Signature #862] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6738588?utm_medium=rss This is just ridiculous. The French now have more rights than us. Tell me who is the majority and do they not have rights anymore? I worked in Ottawa with so-called bilingual people, who I might add were paid more (because of this) and their English was very, very poor.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:13:24 UTC 6738588 Anne Waters [Signature #861] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6738520?utm_medium=rss Bilingualism is paid for by the taxpayers. We are broke. Let's start using common sense for how we spend our money. We need to be practical. Tell a homeless person you paid for language police instead of getting them food and shelter.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:40:49 UTC 6738520 Olive Awtawa [Signature #860] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6738354?utm_medium=rss Personally, I am avoiding all Quebec-based businesses and products, as well as doing business with companies that advertise in both languages. Why aren't more people doing the same who are upset about this issue?

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:28:56 UTC 6738354 Anonymous [Signature #859] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6738280?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:56:03 UTC 6738280 Gloria Leonard [Signature #858] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6738219?utm_medium=rss Also there are English speaking people that work in the Post Office that have been put in back instead of the front desk, that use to work on front desk because they don't speak French , as long as there is someone there that can speak French I don't see a problem . Is this not discrimination against our English speaking workers. This is an English speaking country English is our FIRST language.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:36:28 UTC 6738219 James Hunter [Signature #857] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6738065?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:42:13 UTC 6738065 Taryn Guyea [Signature #856] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737936?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:53:27 UTC 6737936 Mr John Mann [Signature #855] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737810?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:13:14 UTC 6737810 MR CHRIS DAOUST [Signature #854] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737787?utm_medium=rss MIGHT AS WELL MAKE HER RIDE ON THE BACK OF THE BUS TO

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:07:10 UTC 6737787 James Scott [Signature #853] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737780?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:05:08 UTC 6737780 Ms Jennifer Keene [Signature #852] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737761?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:58:53 UTC 6737761 Jeffrey Exner [Signature #851] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737756?utm_medium=rss French Language Discrimination has to stop in Ontario. Fight back now.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:57:29 UTC 6737756 mr enio macera [Signature #850] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737705?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:38:49 UTC 6737705 Mr Anonymous [Signature #849] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737423?utm_medium=rss Bilingualism Isn't working the way it is applied in the Federal Government and NCR.
The landscape has changed. Most Bilingual people are francophone. All managerial jobs and above are bilingual. My guess is 75% of managerial positions are occupied by bilingual Francophones and still increasing. Bilingual Anglophones are not easy to find, and where is the expertise and competence criteria for hiring..well behind the language that's for sure... we hire from a pool of 25% of Canadians for top jobs

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:10:57 UTC 6737423 Mr Anonymous [Signature #848] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737311?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:28:45 UTC 6737311 Anonymous [Signature #847] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737306?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:26:49 UTC 6737306 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #846] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737166?utm_medium=rss This is not the only community that this is happening in - a similar problem occurred in Kinburn (nearby community) when an employee who was filling a position was replaced with a bilingual person after several years????? This employee had apparently offered to take a French course and was turned down.
This is happening in many small communities since they joined the City of Ottawa.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:46:04 UTC 6737166 Mr Daniel Maloney [Signature #845] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6737039?utm_medium=rss Why is it that Quebec has more rights than the rest of the country. They have language laws and do not offer english services and are the most ignorant people in this country. They should not have more rights than everyone else in this country. When in ontario do as the ontarians do. You don't want to give us the same rights as your distink province then move back there , most of us have had enough. Just an utter waste of taxpayers time and money.

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:02:35 UTC 6737039 Ms Kia Mennie [Signature #844] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6736243?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:06:25 UTC 6736243 Mr Les Keene [Signature #843] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6735479?utm_medium=rss If she was correctly staffing the position for the past 7 years she should continue. What is the NCR and who defines it? Did we get to vote???

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:40:49 UTC 6735479 Melanie Ogilvie [Signature #842] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6735434?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:21:58 UTC 6735434 Jason Holmes [Signature #841] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6735269?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:13:04 UTC 6735269 mr sean macinnes [Signature #840] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6735083?utm_medium=rss Unbelieveably discriminatory. A disgrace. Time for the Official Languages Act to be rewritten.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:06:03 UTC 6735083 Cindy FitzPatrick [Signature #839] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6734872?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:07:15 UTC 6734872 Ms N Keene [Signature #838] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6734853?utm_medium=rss There should be no requirement in a predominately English community for the postmaster to be bilingual. The policy being implemented is ridiculous.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:02:11 UTC 6734853 Mr. Phil Cooke [Signature #837] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6734813?utm_medium=rss A little common sense please.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:47:56 UTC 6734813 Miss Lauryn Kronick [Signature #836] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6734661?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:05:37 UTC 6734661 Mr Pete Penfold [Signature #835] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6734449?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:59:39 UTC 6734449 Rod Snedden [Signature #834] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6734300?utm_medium=rss Pakenham is an English speaking community !

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:26:04 UTC 6734300 Mr James Alexander [Signature #833] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6734266?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:17:26 UTC 6734266 Mr mark Spear [Signature #832] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6733985?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:04:49 UTC 6733985 mr brian alexander [Signature #831] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6733779?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:14:17 UTC 6733779 Karen Ryan [Signature #830] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6733400?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:31:50 UTC 6733400 Katie Dodge [Signature #829] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6731434?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:18:33 UTC 6731434 Barb Ryan [Signature #828] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6722698?utm_medium=rss I hope that Canada Post will reconsider and remove the bilingual designation at the Pakenham Post office...it is ridiculous to implement such a rule....I would like to know how many only french speaking people there are that the current post mistress has to deal with.....I totally disagree with this ruling and hope Canada Post comes to their senses and removes this ruling.

]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:50:02 UTC 6722698 Elizabeth Brown [Signature #827] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6719751?utm_medium=rss Bureaucrats have lost any common sense in implementing bilingualism policy. It has become a farce and, therefore, should be scrapped.

]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:23:30 UTC 6719751 Miss LIndsay Ellis [Signature #826] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6713084?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:13:57 UTC 6713084 Mrs Lia Brophy [Signature #825] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6711827?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:18:00 UTC 6711827 Mrs Wendy Giles [Signature #824] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6711701?utm_medium=rss What are they thinking....That's ridiculous!

]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:51:23 UTC 6711701 Miss Hayley Lowry [Signature #823] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6704871?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:18:21 UTC 6704871 Mr R Rosen [Signature #822] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6704340?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:44:28 UTC 6704340 Mrs Tammy Reid [Signature #821] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6700837?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:24:03 UTC 6700837 Ms Anne-Marie Poirier [Signature #820] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6700274?utm_medium=rss LEAVE SOME JOBS FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE IN OUR ENGLISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES, IT'S NOT FAIR, IT'S NOT RIGHT...

]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:06:13 UTC 6700274 Mrs. Jan Carty [Signature #819] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6699673?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:16:39 UTC 6699673 Ann Lacourse [Signature #818] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6699096?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:34:36 UTC 6699096 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #817] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6698992?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:17:51 UTC 6698992 Jim Noonan [Signature #816] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6698748?utm_medium=rss This policy in Pakenham must change. It makes no sense.

]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:29:23 UTC 6698748 Colleen Houghton [Signature #815] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6697430?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:47:02 UTC 6697430 Laura Ryan [Signature #814] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6695709?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:43:58 UTC 6695709 Mrs. Sharon Dowdall [Signature #813] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6694974?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:47:59 UTC 6694974 Ms Darlene Wilson [Signature #812] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6694748?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:44:59 UTC 6694748 Carolyn Milford (nee Latreille) [Signature #811] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6694626?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:16:11 UTC 6694626 Ms Sam Bowie [Signature #810] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6694461?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:35:50 UTC 6694461 Ms. Susan Nash [Signature #809] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6694028?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:08:42 UTC 6694028 Ms Nancy Larose [Signature #808] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6693957?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:55:57 UTC 6693957 mr terry pulcine [Signature #807] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6693915?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:48:15 UTC 6693915 Mrs Charlene and Kevin Buske [Signature #806] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6693401?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:09:31 UTC 6693401 Alison Bowie [Signature #805] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6692912?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:32:48 UTC 6692912 Mrs Janice Reid [Signature #804] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6692873?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:25:23 UTC 6692873 Mrs. Karen Wilson [Signature #803] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6692204?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:15:38 UTC 6692204 Mr. Scott Wilson [Signature #802] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6692196?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:14:24 UTC 6692196 Ms Bonnie St. John [Signature #801] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6692177?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:10:40 UTC 6692177 Mrs. Holly Ovington [Signature #800] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6692031?utm_medium=rss This whole issue is complete NONSENSE !

]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:42:13 UTC 6692031 Mrs. Natalie Levesque [Signature #799] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6692028?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:41:38 UTC 6692028 Ms Pat Bowie [Signature #798] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6691938?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:28:12 UTC 6691938 Shirley Barr [Signature #797] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6691774?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:56:37 UTC 6691774 Myrna Ready [Signature #796] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6691638?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:30:30 UTC 6691638