tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post5085266015267479267..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: In Quebec $22 for a Babysitter Makes SenseEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-89359874521644068702014-12-18T01:46:09.044-05:002014-12-18T01:46:09.044-05:00Hi… I agree with you. Your comment is really help...Hi… I agree with you. Your comment is really helpfulelitenannieshttp://www.elitenannies.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-9787123530588808792014-12-08T06:48:22.460-05:002014-12-08T06:48:22.460-05:00I am happy to find your distinguished way of writi...I am happy to find your distinguished way of writing the post. Now you make it easy for me to understand and implement the concept. Thank you for the post.elitenannieshttp://www.elitenannies.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-66184772436060118152011-02-16T09:05:11.759-05:002011-02-16T09:05:11.759-05:00"Stephen Harpon said...
[...] vous êtes tou..."Stephen Harpon said... <br /><br />[...] vous êtes toujours un immigrant reject?"<br /><br />Never ceases to amaze meJason the Montreal Anglohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676354763087088744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-14419851887962352472011-02-15T16:44:21.119-05:002011-02-15T16:44:21.119-05:00"...based on nothing more than the fact that ..."...based on nothing more than the fact that their ancestors were the first European pillagers and rapists that embarked on the shores of the arbitrary administrative jurisdiction (today) known as Quebec."<br /><br />Hé oui! nous sommes le Canada car vous oubliez que nos ancêtres ont construit ce pays d'arrache-pied dans des conditions extrêmes.<br />Pas VOS ancêtres adski mais les nôtres.<br />En passant adki (l'historien) tous les pays de ce monde ont été bâtis suivant le même modus operandi,nous ne sommes pas différents.<br /><br />Après vingt années parmi nous adski et vous êtes toujours un immigrant reject?Pas terrible mon ami,faudrait vous adapter un peu plus.Stephen Harponnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-69441970899021063052011-02-15T11:41:23.733-05:002011-02-15T11:41:23.733-05:00Editor,
As they say, great minds think alike. Or ...Editor,<br /><br />As they say, great minds think alike. Or maybe Prefontaine would say, contemptuous minds.<br /><br />Speaking of Prefontaine, did you know that one of the sponsors in his blog is an English summer camp for francophones?<br /><br />http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l603/montrealtroy/LPCampAnglais.jpgTroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-11875104567260269082011-02-15T10:28:10.144-05:002011-02-15T10:28:10.144-05:00Sunny: “I am a New Brunswicker living in Quebec tr...Sunny: “I am a New Brunswicker living in Quebec trying to understand the Quebecois and even after 5 years, I just cannot”<br /><br />You understand them better than you think. You actually sum it up perfectly in the same post: “In Quebec, people always want more out of nothing at all”<br /><br />I’ve been living in Quebec for 20 years, and for a long time I’ve been getting it wrong. I thought the Quebecois were simply fighting to preserve their language and culture which was (claimed to be) under a constant assault. But things just didn’t add up. What assault? The US doesn’t give a rat’s ass about Quebec, and the RoC backed off a long time ago and even pandered to Quebec for the most part. Within Quebec, the Francophone majority had their hands on power and laws were instituted to further the interest of the Francophones at the expanse of others. This puzzled me to no end until I finally figured it out. The language/culture thing was just a cop out. It was just an excuse to justify the repressive measures that were in place to ensure the interests of Francophone PEOPLE, and not of their language or culture.<br /><br />To understand the Francophones, all you need to consider is one human characteristic: self-entitlement. In Quebec, self-entitlement is based on language. Hard work is not how you go about getting respect. Politics is. Legislating respect is preferred to earning it. It’s much easier, or at least it seems so on the surface. <br /><br />This trend has a lot of precedents in history. Trade unions, for example, were created to rectify terrible working conditions, but then morphed into mafia-like structures. Feminism appeared on the scene to rectify discrimination against women (they couldn’t vote or run for office), and morphed into a movement of self-entitlement based on gender. Christians were ridiculed and thrown to the lions in ancient Rome, while a few thousand years later, it was Christian officials, dressed in pompous outfits resembling those of Roman emperors, who presided over the executions of heretics. English (and French) aristocrats staked claim to respect and privilege based solely on the fact that they were…aristocrats. Jews suffered terribly for centuries on account of the most disgusting forms of anti-semitism, so they countered with zionism – a virulent form of Jewish nationalism and self-entitlement to land and privileges that is the root of a lot of problems in the Middle East today.<br /><br />Francophone-empowerment movement had the same trajectory. It appeared to correct an obvious social injustice, and ended up leading to the most ridiculous forms of retribution, like the banning of apostrophes through Montreal and raids on school boards on account of English keyboards. <br /><br />Every movement, even one that starts for the noblest cause, has a tendency of swinging to the other extreme. In Quebec, we have a collective example of this. 80% of our population walks around demanding reverence based on nothing more than the fact that their ancestors were the first European pillagers and rapists that embarked on the shores of the arbitrary administrative jurisdiction (today) known as Quebec.adskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196014962059056067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-11221708904377867032011-02-15T00:00:40.686-05:002011-02-15T00:00:40.686-05:00Wow! What a long and boring post, I am lost in it ...Wow! What a long and boring post, I am lost in it (I read it until the 22$ per hours for babysitting). It's not the post on itself that is boring (of course not!) but that annoying woman. In Quebec, people always want more out of nothing at all. That's why there so much financial fraud. And seem like most people respect that mentally, want more, on nothing. Does it make any sense? I am a New Brunswicker living in Quebec trying to understand the Quebecois and even after 5 years, I just cannot.Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10439081666297874311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-28844446755729982672011-02-14T23:23:36.754-05:002011-02-14T23:23:36.754-05:00Troy @10:52
"Yesterday the group Arcade Fire...Troy @10:52<br /><br />"Yesterday the group Arcade Fire won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year"<br /><br />No Fair Troy!<br />You're stealing my thunder. Just as your comment came through, I'm preparing a post on exactly that subject, <br />Arcade Fire versus Louis'le connard'(my new nickname for you know who.) <br /><br />I presently have my browser open on your exact reference. Kooky eh!<br /><br />I guess I'll have to credit you for the inspiration!Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-29989014943994938682011-02-14T23:15:41.839-05:002011-02-14T23:15:41.839-05:00Martin Masse gives me hope that lucid and freedom ...Martin Masse gives me hope that lucid and freedom loving people are pushing back the old socialist/nationalist order. Maybe there is hope. I have been a libertarian for many years, and there seems to be change brewing.Qque chose de pourrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-47339206959108258122011-02-14T22:52:46.120-05:002011-02-14T22:52:46.120-05:00Another one of my out-f-topic comment.
Yesterday ...Another one of my out-f-topic comment.<br /><br />Yesterday the group Arcade Fire won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, arguably the most prestigious award in the Grammys. They basically put themselves in the history along the like of U2, Michael Jackson or even Celine. They praised Montreal and Quebec in the show and in the post-show interview they closed it with "On vous aime, on vous aime, on vous aime", toward Montreal.<br /><br />Now this clown Louis Prefontaine argued up and down that they are NOT Quebecers.<br /><br />http://louisprefontaine.com/2010/08/03/arcade-fire<br /><br />Who is having the last laugh now?Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-17061356568605562792011-02-14T22:31:17.957-05:002011-02-14T22:31:17.957-05:00To Anonymous @ 8:59PM
People who clean snot out o...To Anonymous @ 8:59PM<br /><br />People who clean snot out of noses and change diapers of preschoolers are babysitters. The qualifications are just a device to raise the profile and therefore demand to get paid more. Your post proves it. It's another Quebec con.<br /><br />A preschoolers who stays home with mom, watches Barney and Sesame Street will be smarter and healthier, considering the cesspool of germs that CPEs represent.<br />You know what you call a babysitter with a PHD?<br />......a babysitter.Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-20992982604530056192011-02-14T22:30:34.571-05:002011-02-14T22:30:34.571-05:00He wrote this in 95:
http://www.quebecoislibre.or...He wrote this in 95:<br /><br />http://www.quebecoislibre.org/DIR230895.htmJason the Montreal Anglohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676354763087088744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-55595907158403826812011-02-14T22:25:25.484-05:002011-02-14T22:25:25.484-05:00"Qque chose de pourri said...
To the editor,..."Qque chose de pourri said... <br />To the editor, found this interesting post from Martin Masse <br />http://www.leblogueduql.org/2011/02/le-français-au-québec-la-carotte-versus-le-bâton.html"<br /><br /><br />Ok EVERYONE needs to read this. This dude puts it perfectly.Jason the Montreal Anglohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676354763087088744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-62120617839916699362011-02-14T21:39:01.718-05:002011-02-14T21:39:01.718-05:00Before calling daycare workers "babysitters&q...Before calling daycare workers "babysitters" check out the obligatory qualifications, and the curriculum required at CPEs and compare the salaries of other employees with similar training and job environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-54043336099188746422011-02-14T20:59:39.273-05:002011-02-14T20:59:39.273-05:00To the editor, found this interesting post from Ma...To the editor, found this interesting post from Martin Masse <br />http://www.leblogueduql.org/2011/02/le-français-au-québec-la-carotte-versus-le-bâton.html<br />Way more interesting position than the stand you put forth before ;)<br />Please do not publish it, I intended it to you<br /><br />ThanksQque chose de pourrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-87578127866475684022011-02-14T13:04:09.556-05:002011-02-14T13:04:09.556-05:00It makes perfect sense that Janet Bagnall would be...It makes perfect sense that Janet Bagnall would be in favour of banning the tactic Peladeau used. Using a little mental extrapolation, she can probably see the possibility of the Gazette doing the same thing to her. Even if she's not unionized, Peladeau's actions reduce both the potential demand for her services and her value in the market. In 21st century North America, I can't understand why, if a company can find people who are willing to work for the same rate (or less) than what striking employees are making, they aren't free to hire them. Unions: first refuge of the lazy and incompetent.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-34610942255513030302011-02-14T13:02:56.274-05:002011-02-14T13:02:56.274-05:00Don't get me wrong from my prior posting. I&#...Don't get me wrong from my prior posting. I'm no fan of the anti-Semitic Péladeau family myself, but in Quebec, it's always the tail wagging the dog.<br /><br />I can in part understand why there is legislation to protect labourers and tenants as there have been tyrannous proprietors and landlords and this no doubt has to be balanced out. Sadly, with a global market, conditions tend to fall back to the lowest common denominator hence so many manufacturing jobs leaving North America.<br /><br />If someone in China doesn't want to work for $1-a-day or something to that effect, someone else will and therein lies the problem.<br /><br />Wages in North America are lowering in the private sector unless you're lucky enough to have a union job, esp. in the auto sector. The public service? Sweet, cushy jobs. If you go into the public sector in your early or mid 20s, you can retire by your late 50s and often get indexed pensions for it + full benefits. <br /><br />If you work for a small family-type business, forget benefits and pensions! Some larger businesses fetch better luck, but not like the public sector. Some of us are luckier than others, I guess!Mississauga Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-66319343139357719262011-02-14T12:38:09.167-05:002011-02-14T12:38:09.167-05:00Unions are killing the Quebec Health care system o...Unions are killing the Quebec Health care system one patient at a time.Dr. Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-79042122888117534812011-02-14T12:12:45.772-05:002011-02-14T12:12:45.772-05:00A balanced is needed to be kept between unions and...A balanced is needed to be kept between unions and employers, such laws need frequent reviews, the problem is with a 40% unionized work force the power of the union is such, that governments, especially one such as Charest is fearfull to do anything about it. Other than adding to the balance towards the unions, you see it with the current Quebecor/Unions review of the normes du travail, they want to top up the unions powers even more.<br />I am no fan of PKP but maybe it is time to review how deep the protection afforded to unions need refreshing and bringing sanity to the situation. Somehow with PQ lining up to be in power and Charest being a lame duck that missed the boat for reforms, we are in for a few more years of decline and union friendly government, not to say collusion with government.Quelques chose de pourrinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-76231213969624957332011-02-14T11:58:02.735-05:002011-02-14T11:58:02.735-05:00@Adski
C'est bien la première fois que je sui...@Adski<br /><br />C'est bien la première fois que je suis daccord avec toi adski.AngloBusternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-33406838197812467712011-02-14T11:19:23.197-05:002011-02-14T11:19:23.197-05:00The balance between union power and employer power...The balance between union power and employer power is a very fragile one. It is easy to go to the extreme on either side, and end up either with union/worker excesses and abuses, or with employee exploitation by the employer.<br /><br />In Quebec, the balance has shifted way too far in favor of the unions. And what followed was the erosion of the work ethic.<br /><br />There are places in the world (sweatshops of Asia, for example), where unions are badly needed. There are also places in the world (France, Quebec), where the power of unions needs to be curbed.adskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196014962059056067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-75397733990861452802011-02-14T08:53:51.924-05:002011-02-14T08:53:51.924-05:00Amazing article. 'Nuff said.Amazing article. 'Nuff said.Jason the Montreal Anglohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676354763087088744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-42052896683177397892011-02-14T08:39:02.276-05:002011-02-14T08:39:02.276-05:00There are a few columnist over at the Gazette whic...There are a few columnist over at the Gazette which are real hacks. I'm glad you pointed out Janet Bagnall. She is terrible. Not a week goes by without her writing up some sort of stupidity. She is lost in another era. <br /><br />As for your point about unions run out of control in Quebec. Oh how right you are. And just what has the great Liberal Party of Quebec since it was put into power? It has feed the beast. That's what happens to politicians who stand for nothing. Feed all sorts of beasts who one day will come back to eat them.itchy and stickynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-37934950778046041172011-02-14T08:34:06.171-05:002011-02-14T08:34:06.171-05:00Is it any wonder the past weekend Duceppe was issu...Is it any wonder the past weekend Duceppe was issuing threats (open blackmail to the ROC) to bring down the government if Harper does not cave into to the ridiculous demands of the BQ. (5 billion in new federal money, etc etc.). Once again, others are being taxed for Quebec's lack of fiscal prudence and poor legislation such as referenced in the editors post. <br /><br />I hope Harper and the cons do not choose to give away the store, once again, to the blackmail of Quebec. Perhaps the ROC will voice their disapproval with Duceppe (and Quebec) if an election is forced. One can only hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-88189387668425637292011-02-14T07:13:12.769-05:002011-02-14T07:13:12.769-05:00One thing u could have added was the fact the baby...One thing u could have added was the fact the babysitter can keep working somewhere else and could also claim UI. The balance is si badly skewed in Quebec it is ridiculous.Qque.chose.de.pourrinoreply@blogger.com