Quebec, the French Language, and Quebecois Identity

[MolsonExport]

Ha. I didn't know that.

I am going to use it now.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Tvisforme

Well, if Canada has an official body that oversees Canadian names for other countries, and if that body makes such a change, and if that change aligns with Google's established and published-before-Trump policy on place names, then perhaps Maps would evolve in that way.

Germany has a different name in almost every language.

I could get on board with the Republic of South Saskatchewan.

Or, we could call a spade a spade and just call the buggers the Corporate Idiocracy of Trumplandia.

[Acajack]

If you watch the video, you will see that Pierre Poilievre even gets in on it.

Justin Trudeau was also scheduled to appear (as always) but his pre-recorded interview was booked for the day that Chrystia Freeland resigned. They were not able to reschedule with him.

(Appearing on this and some other Quebec shows is pretty much a must or a "command performance" for politicians here. Stephen Harper even played along back in the day.)

[New Brisavoine]

Soon Canada too?...

[kwoldtimer]

Don't all militaries always have "all options on the table"?

[New Brisavoine]

So you'd be fine if the US administration say all military options are on the table regarding Canada?

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

So you'd be fine if the US administration say all military options are on the table regarding Canada?

I've alwasy assumed that they are. It's their job.

[New Brisavoine]

Assuming is not exactly the same thing as officially stating it. Ottawa would be shell shocked (and outraged) if Hegseth said the same thing regarding Canada.

But maybe it'll come to that in a few months, who knows.

[New Brisavoine]

Unhinged.



I'm curious to see whether he'll really have the guts to do it. That would destroy the reputation of the US overnight.

[New Brisavoine]

Chandeleur! Anyone crêpe making?

I returned from the wood at 6pm and it was still daylight. Spring is coming!

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

Unhinged.



I'm curious to see whether he'll really have the guts to do it. That would destroy the reputation of the US overnight.

Their reputation is already in the toilet. As one might expect, when you are being led by a total pile of shit.

[New Brisavoine]

So de Gaulle was right after all?

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

So de Gaulle was right after all?

I would say, it would appear so.

[New Brisavoine]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I would say, it would appear so.

André Malraux, the famous left-wing writer, WW2 résistant and whom de Gaulle appointed minister of culture in the 1960s (the most famous minister of culture we've had, who protected several historical areas of Paris in those days of triumphing car infrastructure, who created 'maisons de la culture' throughout France, etc) said once in 1952: "Tout le monde a été, est ou sera un jour gaulliste."

Anyway, your southern neighbors seem to be in full Russian mode now...

[Tvisforme]

Originally Posted by New Brisavoine

...Anyway, your southern neighbors seem to be in full Russian mode now...

Good times... below is an excerpt from the US State Department press release regarding the above:

...Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino and Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha today in Panama City to address critical regional and global challenges. Secretary Rubio informed President Mulino and Minister Martínez-Acha that President Trump has made a preliminary determination that the current position of influence and control of the Chinese Communist Party over the Panama Canal area is a threat to the canal and represents a violation of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal. Secretary Rubio made clear that this status quo is unacceptable and that absent immediate changes, it would require the United States to take measures necessary to protect its rights under the Treaty...

US Department of State: Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Panamanian President Mulino

[kwoldtimer]

If I were Mulino, I'd be rigging the locks to blow on a moment's notice.

[New Brisavoine]

And now the vice-president of the United States of Armageddon (and perhaps their future president) has this to say about you guys...



We're only 2 or 3 weeks away from Justin Trudeau running to Paris to ask for an extension of the French nuclear umbrella to Canada at this point.

[kwoldtimer]

A vivid reminder that countries do not have friends, they have interests. Living next to the giant in the age of Pax Americana has lulled many Canadians into forgetting that basic reality.

[Truenorth00]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

A vivid reminder that countries do not have friends, they have interests. Living next to the giant in the age of Pax Americana has lulled many Canadians into forgetting that basic reality.

It's not clear what in any of this is in the American national interest. Is there any difference between these policies and what might be put forward by a Manchurian candidate seeking to undermine America's alliances from within?

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Truenorth00

It's not clear what in any of this is in the American national interest. Is there any difference between these policies and what might be put forward by a Manchurian candidate seeking to undermine America's alliances from within?

Well, at the moment, Trump seems to have sole control of deciding what's in the American interest and his vision is a return of the economy to what he perceives as a glorious past. I don't think it will end well, but there you are.