A grade eight student tripped up Reform leader Preston Manning today when he met with students at a Toronto school for a question and answer session. The girl asked Manning in French how he would lead Canada when he isn't bilingual. Here is Manning's reaction. (Manning did manage a few token words of French at the end of his answer.)

Date: 2000-03-10
Placeline: TORONTO, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 26 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << do you have any more okay how do you plan to run a bilingual country not being bilingual yourself learning to learn French and going slowly but I am work again >>

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