Based
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I don’t know much about Canada or Canadian Somalis but if we didn’t ask for this new curriculum then it’s obviously a political move to gain Somali support. Aren’t most diaspora kids taught Somali by their parents who speak it in the house? What’s the need for a whole curriculum?There's maybe a 100,000 Somalis total in Canada, the Chinese population is much more large with over a million people of Chinese descent in Canada. The Arabs are half a million, there is far more reason to teach Arabic/Chinese than Somali. Even if you ignore international reasons, they have a much more imminent presence in Canada. Plus, they actually need to have enough students for the Somali classes.
Honestly, Somali in its usefulness is not even comparable to Arabic and Chinese. Somali is not even on the same playing field. Arabic is extremely useful considering how much we trade and how much of a boom the region is going through. Chinese is also useful with them moving up in trade and business, it's foolish to not learn those two languages. It's a waste of taxpayer money, why teach these kids when they can learn by their own choice and have family that speak it as well.
It's impractical and most likely will fall by the wayside because this is simply virtue signaling by politicians to use minorities to rake in votes. Don't be fooled.
@Based, what do you think? Do you agree or disagree?