Mr. Woo, you've raised a number of really interesting points and I'll have to move through them quickly as I only have a few minutes. You made the comment that we should be teaching, like Australia, our students an Asian language. But I'm also told that Asian countries, in particular China, are teaching their students English at a staggering rate. I don't know if this is true but I've heard that there are more English speakers in China than there are in Canada. If that's the case, if they're moving so close to this international language of commerce, is it that imperative that we teach Mandarin or other Asian languages?
On February 4th, 2014. See this statement in context.