Today's letters: The bill for language training

Why are we paying for language training?
Re: NRC foots VP’s $90K French bill, April 13; Cash in a filing cabinet and 20 TVs in storage, April 12.
Congratulations for publishing stories exposing the terrible waste of Canadian taxpayers’ money by senior bureaucrats. 
French and English have been official languages in Canada for a long time and it is not unreasonable to expect senior executives to speak both. The Canadian education system and media have for years provided plen