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I don't spend my life moving around to different places. I'd rather stay with my friends and family. That doesn't mean I can't voice my opinion. First you say Quebec isn't bilingual because it's mostly French-speaking outside of Montreal. Now Montreal can't even be bilingual? To me, Canada, Quebec and Montreal are all bilingual. That's not some kind of false statement that you can disprove.
I don't spend my life moving around to different places. I'd rather stay with my friends and family. That doesn't mean I can't voice my opinion. First you say Quebec isn't bilingual because it's mostly French-speaking outside of Montreal. Now Montreal can't even be bilingual? To me, Canada, Quebec and Montreal are all bilingual. That's not some kind of false statement that you can disprove.
Okay so no, you've never actually been outside your anglo-bubble, correct? You don't need to move there but you can spend a few hours outside your bubble can't you? It takes about 25 minutes on a Sunday to go from Place Bonaventure to 99% francophone towns that exist around Montreal, I know, because I do it several days a week.
I can most certainly prove that Quebec as a province is not bilingual. If you want to ignore the law (fine), then come here to St-Jean hospital and try and get services in English. I spent several hours at the emergency room two weeks ago translating inscription and pre-triage for my sister's friend. You won't get served in English at a Couche-Tard. About 20 French schools to 1 run-down English school. I have to drive my son to St-Hyacinthe (bizarrely enough) to find a bilingual psychologist, and she was barely bilingual, we still spoke 90% French.
You know English areas of Montreal, yes. You don't know the province of Quebec. You don't have any idea what it is like for "us" anglos living outside that bubble.
So if you can't get service in French in Medicine Hat, Alberta; it means that Canada isn't a bilingual country?
Are you going to try and claim that Alberta is a bilingual province?
Canada is in practice, only bilingual in certain areas. On paper, yes, people state (per law) that Canada is a bilingual country. I know this because I've lived out west and I've lived in Quebec outside Montreal. You would rarely find service in French in Vancouver, and you would rarely (a bit more so, but not often) get service in English outside Montreal, aside from tourism.
You are the only user here who I've seen uses ad hominem arguments as standard posting style. Interesting.
You're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine. I'm still going to defend my community when English is being treated like a foreign language in Quebec.
You're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine. I'm still going to defend my community when English is being treated like a foreign language in Quebec.
English isn't the main language of say, Cape Town, South Africa; either, but no one there is claiming it's an Afrikaans city and other languages should be kept in check to make certain that their populations don't increase and "change" things.
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