Plusieurs personnes considèrent la fermeture de la bibliothèque [de Saint-Jean] comme un geste qui va à l'encontre des efforts pour donner à la gente militaire francophone un milieu culturel qui, on doit le dire[, est d'ores et déjà] l'enfant pauvre du Ministère de la Défense nationale.
Many people consider that the closure of the library in Saint-Jean is something that goes against all the efforts that are being made to give the francophone military personnel a cultural environment which, we must admit, is [already] the poor relative of the Department of National Defence.
