Have you heard Charlie Angus speak french? John Diefenbaker was much better. In this day and age, if you want to lead a national political party in Canada, you should be able to speak both official languages. Mr. Angus had many opportunities, and in fact, his riding in northern Ontario has a large francophone population. Its not that Mr. Angus cannot contribute in other ways, but I think its presumptous of any federal politician to ask we support him as party leader when they cannot communicate in both of Canada's official languages. Maybe less time playing punk rock standards and more time learning a second language.