Around the time he was first elected Premier, Doug Ford was asked about the Franco-Ontarian community and clearly didn't know his province had an established French-speaking population, as he muddled some platitude about economic ties with Quebec being of critical importance for Ontario.
He later found out they do exist when his government tussled with them on a few files.
And now many Franco-Ontarians voted PC today! They certainly did where I live. And Glengarry-Prescott-Russell went PC. The PC vote increased in ridings with higher francophone populations even if they didn't win in them.
A lot of francophone people where I live tell me that they traditionally voted Liberal federally and PC provincially.
Remember the issue about the federal immigration department rejecting a suspiciously high percentage of African francophones who want to come to Quebec?
A parliamentary committee issued a report on it, and it does sound fishy. The report wasn't widely publicized either.
Remember the issue about the federal immigration department rejecting a suspiciously high percentage of African francophones who want to come to Quebec?
A parliamentary committee issued a report on it, and it does sound fishy. The report wasn't widely publicized either.
If it was Québec and not Ottawa that was doing that, and if it were Anglophones immigrants and not Francophones that were suspiciously rejected, it would be national news. And since that they are from Africa, racism would be mentionned. But it is Ottawa, so nohing to se here...
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I have only ever met one person in the Montreal service sector who did not speak English. My expectation has always been, and remains, that it’s me being served and therefore my choice of language. Outside Montreal, one adapts as required.
What I have a problem with is people coming to Quebec and not even trying to ask for something in French. Even if you don't know French, the tiny jesture is enough to invoke sympathy. Belligerent assholes that demand to be served in 'my language' would turn off anyone.
Going to Quebec and expecting it like to be Kitchener is stupid and old timey.
What I have a problem with is people coming to Quebec and not even trying to ask for something in French. Even if you don't know French, the tiny jesture is enough to invoke sympathy. Belligerent assholes that demand to be served in 'my language' would turn off anyone.
Going to Quebec and expecting it like to be Kitchener is stupid and old timey.
What I have a problem with is people coming to Quebec and not even trying to ask for something in French. Even if you don't know French, the tiny jesture is enough to invoke sympathy. Belligerent assholes that demand to be served in 'my language' would turn off anyone.
Going to Quebec and expecting it like to be Kitchener is stupid and old timey.
That’s funny because in just about any European country asking a question in English is just fine and not taken as a sign of disrespect!
That’s funny because in just about any European country asking a question in English is just fine and not taken as a sign of disrespect!
Look here, Sipowicz. If I went to Spain and spoke broken Spanish to the dude at my hotel, you think I would have a better experience at said hotel if I were a flip flop wearing old crank from Winnipeg?
What I have a problem with is people coming to Quebec and not even trying to ask for something in French. Even if you don't know French, the tiny jesture is enough to invoke sympathy. Belligerent assholes that demand to be served in 'my language' would turn off anyone.
Going to Quebec and expecting it like to be Kitchener is stupid and old timey.
My wife doesn’t speak French, but I tell her to use the handful of words she knows whenever she interacts with someone in Quebec. I also greet the people I meet in the local language whenever I am abroad. It’s just a basic form of respect imo. It takes me an hour to memorize a handful of words I can use to at least initiate a conversation.
What I have a problem with is people coming to Quebec and not even trying to ask for something in French. Even if you don't know French, the tiny jesture is enough to invoke sympathy. Belligerent assholes that demand to be served in 'my language' would turn off anyone.
Going to Quebec and expecting it like to be Kitchener is stupid and old timey.
I think the gesture is important, but it is genuinely dishonest, unnecessarily politically divisive, inhumane, and hostile to pretend ignorance of a language. I don't think Canada or Quebec will benefit from any of this.
I think the gesture is important, but it is genuinely dishonest, unnecessarily politically divisive, inhumane, and hostile to pretend ignorance of a language. I don't think Canada or Quebec will benefit from any of this.
If you sincerely can't be bothered to learn a few phases when you visit an alien environment, then I say..more power to you.
Look here, Sipowicz. If I went to Spain and spoke broken Spanish to the dude at my hotel, you think I would have a better experience at said hotel if I were a flip flop wearing old crank from Winnipeg?
Depends where in Spain, if you were on the plain in the rain….
Spoke only English in a dozen Euro countries with no issues, even in Ireland I was able to communicate in English!
I think the gesture is important, but it is genuinely dishonest, unnecessarily politically divisive, inhumane, and hostile to pretend ignorance of a language. I don't think Canada or Quebec will benefit from any of this.
You're talking about the gas station counter guy in Victoriaville who doesn't speak English?
I think the gesture is important, but it is genuinely dishonest, unnecessarily politically divisive, inhumane, and hostile to pretend ignorance of a language. I don't think Canada or Quebec will benefit from any of this.
If you don't speak French then at the very least you should ask someone in Quebec if he/she speaks English before asking or saying anything else. That's what Quebecers who don't speak English do when they visit here in Timmins. They don't just expect that the person will understand him/her.
The easiest thing to do is gas up in Edmundston. If your tank is full, you can easily make it through as far as Cornwall without stopping.
Still, about 40% of the population in Edmundston speaks only French. Though I suppose it's a lot easier to find bilingual employees for your gas station there than in Rivière-du-Loup up the road in Quebec, where 79% speak only French.
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