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I'm not justifying any wrongdoing, but the French Canadians have always been brothers in my mind, and I feel our anglophone community needs to be given equal recognition in Quebec. One language doesn't deserve to be treated as superior to the other.
Lots of communities have faced discrimination throughout Quebec's history. Also, French Canadians have often been the perpetrators themselves.
My point is, instead of focusing on just remebering the past, we should focus on ensuring that historical mistakes are not repeated.
"Still"? Quebec has always been bilingual. I don't understand.
That's not true.
Quebec has always been french. Stop making Montreal the center of everything. The fact is the country is too big to have the same "needs" for everyone. That's the way it always been. French outside Quebec doesn't have the same rights as English here. Maybe on paper but not in reality.
Logic is :
If I move to Spain, I'll speak spanish. If I move to Japan, I'll speak japanese.
the things is ... If you move to Quebec, you'll speak your language here.
Doesn't make sense to me.
PDW lived in a different Montreal than I do. Not sure how long ago he lived here, but today, us anglos have to work and function in public life in French. Tourists operate in English, locals in French.
I feel our anglophone community needs to be given equal recognition in Quebec. One language doesn't deserve to be treated as superior to the other.
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That all changed when the Francophones of Quebec were given the opportunity to enact their charter of the French language/Bill101 which is basically a blank cheque to enact any legislation they felt necessary to protect their Francophone culture and make sure as minorities in N.America they got to be very distinct by basically doing everything they could legally get away with to eliminate the Anglo population in Quebec.
Bill 14 is just a beefed up bill101 that doubles down on language restrictions on Anglophones.
I'm not justifying any wrongdoing, but the French Canadians have always been brothers in my mind, and I feel our anglophone community needs to be given equal recognition in Quebec. One language doesn't deserve to be treated as superior to the other.
Lots of communities have faced discrimination throughout Quebec's history. Also, French Canadians have often been the perpetrators themselves.
My point is, instead of focusing on just remebering the past, we should focus on ensuring that historical mistakes are not repeated.
There was anti-semitism on the part of francophones for sure but this sign does look like a fake to me. The bizarre English text is what is the giveaway I'd say.
I cant attest to the validity of the signs but i do recall some news stories on anti Jewish sentiment up in the Laurentians.. No idea whats behind the issue but something aint right up there.
Look,
I'm french... and I just can't get served (often) in french in Montreal.
How weird is that.
Je suis chez moi ici.
I find that very hard to believe as from my experience living in Montreal its the rare event where i'll get served by a unilingual Anglophone, in fact i cant remember it ever happening, Where is it you are having a hard time getting served in French? sounds like some place i might want to move to.
As for= Je suis chez moi ici.? Whats that supposed to mean?
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