I will read you some newspaper quotes. Again, as you will note, I am still referring to the library. I'm not giving up. They read as follows:
On the ever-sensitive issue of official languages within the armed forces, this decision has angered a number of teachers at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School on the site. This is where thousands of recruits spend their first eight weeks in training. It is also in St. Jean that officers from 60 countries come to take courses. Many of these military men and women take second-language training, either in French or English. They would use library documents for their training and research. [...] Same message from Léon de Montigny, who retired three weeks ago, after having taught in Garrison Saint-Jean for 23 years. “A sound mind in a sound body, says the army. Well, a sound mind involves culture! For those who have a thirst for knowledge, to learn a language or anything else, what message are they getting from the library closure?” [...] In a note to the military community, Col Daniel Genest, Commander of 5 Area Support Group says that cutbacks were inevitable.“The various streamlining initiatives involved determining what was essential rather than attempting to do everything with fewer resources”—this is what he wrote on September 29. Capt Philippe Boutin, Public Affairs Officer at Garrison Saint-Jean, says that the library transformed into a pedagogical resource centre for the language school. “All documents regarding languages will remain accessible”—this is what he said, yet he admits that military personnel not taking these types of courses will no longer have access to the services. “We have been thinking about this for four years, it was not an overnight decision. We feel the need no longer exists. We manage taxpayers' money, so we are not going to maintain something that is useless”—that is a quote from Capt Boutin.
Is the library useless?
