tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post8834172458830039319..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: 20 Years of Giving the Finger to Ottawa Finally Catches up with QuebecEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-33355873188736705212011-09-09T15:07:13.366-04:002011-09-09T15:07:13.366-04:00When the hell did this become a French board? Typi...When the hell did this become a French board? Typical kebekwah...always demanding more and more French and forcing English Canada to pay for it.<br />I spent 4 decades i Kweebeq as a 2nd class citizen. And I now fervently hope for a separate (and partitioned, of course) Kebec!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-82608321078813515032011-09-02T12:59:46.151-04:002011-09-02T12:59:46.151-04:00"Quelle est l'équation utilisée qui nous ..."Quelle est l'équation utilisée qui nous permet de mettre en rapport le quotient intellectuel (moyen) d'une société et son niveau de syndicalisation?"<br /><br />Je ne parlais pas du QI, mais plutôt du modèle québécois, que certaines personnes veulent défendre à tout prix.<br /><br />Mais je peux faire un lien assez rapide: Les syndicats n'encouragent pas l'éducation (en fait ils encouragent le décrochage, pour aller travailler à la "shoppe" à 18ans). <br />De plus, les syndicats sont contre la productivité individuelle, donc on encourage les gens à être paresseux, à en faire le minimum et à se fier sur les autres.<br /><br />Ça existe partout bien sûr, mais c'est pire ici.<br /><br />De plus, il est facile de faire le lien avec un bas niveau d'éducation lorsqu'on considère qu'on est dans une province qui fait des lois pour INTERDIRE l'éducation à ses citoyens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-23295689859969335272011-09-02T12:38:07.387-04:002011-09-02T12:38:07.387-04:00"Lorsqu'on a aucuns arguments, on se repl..."Lorsqu'on a aucuns arguments, on se replie sur des attaques personnelles."<br /><br />Hahahaha!Mais je ne vous connais pas...Monsieur?<br /><br />"Le modèle québécois l'encourage par contre. (Nous sommes l'endroit le plus syndicalisé en Amérique du Nord par exemple)"<br /><br />Quelle est l'équation utilisée qui nous permet de mettre en rapport le quotient intellectuel (moyen) d'une société et son niveau de syndicalisation?<br /><br />Jamais je n'aurais pensé qu'un jour je poserais une telle question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-15681956700445946942011-09-02T11:57:42.105-04:002011-09-02T11:57:42.105-04:00"Et selon vous,existe-t-il des anglophones en..."Et selon vous,existe-t-il des anglophones en amérique correspondant au profil que vous identifiez?"<br /><br />Ces gens là existent partout au monde. Le modèle québécois l'encourage par contre. (Nous sommes l'endroit le plus syndicalisé en Amérique du Nord par exemple)<br /><br />"Je crois que vous ne voyagez pas beaucoup,n'est-ce pas?Vous m'apparaissez comme quelqu'un de très complexé,je me trompe? "<br /><br />Quelle surprise.. Lorsqu'on a aucuns arguments, on se replie sur des attaques personnelles!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-78122121539837397222011-09-02T11:48:38.595-04:002011-09-02T11:48:38.595-04:00- Musique Plus et les autres médias qui s’adressen...- Musique Plus et les autres médias qui s’adressent à des gens avec un QI de 70 ou moins?<br /><br />Et selon vous,existe-t-il des anglophones en amérique correspondant au profil que vous identifiez?<br /><br />Je crois que vous ne voyagez pas beaucoup,n'est-ce pas?Vous m'apparaissez comme quelqu'un de très complexé,je me trompe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-32831344829454128402011-09-02T11:36:44.944-04:002011-09-02T11:36:44.944-04:00"Vous pouvez toujours essayer de vous trouver..."Vous pouvez toujours essayer de vous trouver une ile à (sic) quelque part, où vous pourrez être seuls dans votre petit monde"<br /><br />Comme les anglos sur l'ile de Montréal,isolés du reste du Québec ? :)<br /><br />"De plus, le reste des canadiens n'ont aucun problème à s'intégrer au reste de l'Amérique du Nord."<br /><br />Les canayens ne sont que de faux américains,des américains de deuxième classe.Pas d'amerloc,pas de littérature,pas de cinéma et surtout pas de télévision,bref une simili-nation sans couleur et sans saveur.C'est triste.Press 9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-14090956470478016962011-09-02T10:39:25.942-04:002011-09-02T10:39:25.942-04:00@Press 9:
Et la culture québécoise, dont on "...@Press 9:<br /><br />Et la culture québécoise, dont on "doit protéger à tout prix", c'est quoi au juste? :<br /><br />- Le Français, qu'on doit protéger, alors que la majorité des québécois ne peuvent pas écrire une phrase sans faire de fautes?<br />- Musique Plus et les autres médias qui s’adressent à des gens avec un QI de 70 ou moins?<br />- Nos énormes syndicats corrompus qui permettent aux Jean-Guys de fond de rang de gagner 80000$ par année à se pogner le cul, le tout avec un diplôme de 5ie année?<br />- Nos BS, ces champions du Wal-Mart?<br />- La xénophobie généralisée, et les lois et justifications qu'on s'invente en se croyant "ouverts" et "progressifs"?<br />- Les investissements de nos gouvernements séparatistes dans la langue, en coupant dans les infrastructures, l'éducation et la santé?<br />- Les commentaires racistes de nos politiciens?<br />- Les terroristes francophones qui croient que la violence est le seul moyen d'arriver à leur but?<br />- Les québécois qui croient que la connaissance de plusieurs langues et cultures est l'équivalent d'être assimilé?<br /><br />Vous (les séparatistes) utilisez souvent le mot "culture" afin de défendre vos idées racistes, mais en fait il faut se regarder soi-même avant de juger les autres.<br /><br />De plus, le reste des canadiens n'ont aucun problème à s'intégrer au reste de l'Amérique du Nord, même au reste du monde. Les différences culturelles ne sont pas importantes. <br />Je comprend qu'elles le sont pour vous, ces gens qui voudraient s'isoler entre eux afin d'éviter les méchants anglais et immigrants, mais ce n'est pas la réalité du monde. <br />Vous pouvez toujours essayer de vous trouver une ile à quelque part, où vous pourrez être seuls dans votre petit monde.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-57922504146522380202011-09-01T20:45:00.423-04:002011-09-01T20:45:00.423-04:00Comment se fait-il que les canadians n'apporte...Comment se fait-il que les canadians n'apportent que des références américaines et ne citent que des américains.<br /><br />Les canadians ont-ils une culture?<br /><br />J'ai parfois l'impression qu'il vivent que par procuration.<br /><br />Bravo au redneck de 7:55.Attention aux coups de soleil quand tu vas récolter tes poireaux.Bien le bonjour aux habitants des vastes plaines de l'Ouest canayennes!Press 9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-74821780104309373662011-09-01T19:55:09.459-04:002011-09-01T19:55:09.459-04:00"Right, and 640 kilobytes of RAM memory ought..."Right, and 640 kilobytes of RAM memory ought to be enough for everybody, as Bill Gates is famously quoted as saying in 1981"<br /><br />Poor analogy!! More RAM has benefit to speed up a computer. More RAM which does not talk to the operating system, is of no value. <br /><br /> "Just like universal healthcare. Kill everybody! It’ll be cheaper"<br /><br />Dare say if the money wasted on the "FAILED" OLA<br />(100's of billions of dollars) had been re-directed wiseley the health care system would not be in current state of disrepair. After all, the pie dough is quite finite.<br /><br />"But perhaps some kind of harmony could be sought which reconciles historical and present realities"<br /><br />The policy of enforced bilingualism to appease a minority (which is becoming more of a minority on a yearly basis) is not creating any harmony that I can see evidenced. The rhetoric on this blog is proof enough when it comes to the language divide between Quebec and the ROC. Maritimes (mostly NB) are really not significant as without Quebec and/or the OLA the French/Acadians in that province would have been assimilated long ago. (yah, I know, won't be a popular statement). This French issue is for the most part spilling into other regions where the French are demanding equivalent services to the anglo population at huge incremental cost. All, their right, due to PET's ill fated OLA. <br /><br />Quite ridiculous and fiscally irresponsible of the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-9343828426900134732011-09-01T19:34:41.242-04:002011-09-01T19:34:41.242-04:00Haïti chérie dit: ''But if Quebeckers don&...Haïti chérie dit: ''But if Quebeckers don't understand the axiom that political power is proportional with representation in government, perhaps they should consider an old hockey analogy, something they do understand well enough.'' Mais quelle arrogance cher Éditeur, pour qui vous prenez-vous pour donner des diagnostic sur le niveau de compréhension de l'électorat ? Et que dire de ceux qui ont votés pour les Conservateurs de Stephen Harper... Voici une citation qui a été légèrement modifiée (voir les parenthèses) mais qui décrit bien le questionnement avec de tels propos... ''La couleur (langue) de mon corps (esprit) nuit-elle à mon honneur et à ma bravoure ? Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-86410835494462160192011-09-01T14:47:12.292-04:002011-09-01T14:47:12.292-04:00> The OLA in an expensive albatross that was en...> The OLA in an expensive albatross that was enacted in 1969 by PET to appease Quebec.<br /><br />I’m sure there are a few Acadians out there who would disagree. Some of them still revere PET as some kind of Jesus-like savior of the French language in the Maritimes…<br /><br />> Canada is not and never will be a bilingual country. The numbers and statistics are very clear.<br /><br />Right, and 640 kilobytes of RAM memory ought to be enough for everybody, as Bill Gates is famously quoted as saying in 1981.<br /><br />> What is laugable is after graduation the students of these programs dispense with the French as it really has no real benefit to them in their day to day lives or post-secondary education programs. What a wast of time and MONEY><br /><br />You’re right; I can’t tell you how useful those Home Economics classes were, or how many times I’ve been saved by my ability to score a touchdown… <br /><br />Maybe what we really need are more French-speakers in majority anglo parts of the country and more English-speakers in franco parts.<br /><br />The truth is that much of the education systems currently in place around the developed world are in desperate need of a serious overhaul. But to answer your point, I doubt that my having learned Biology and Canadian history in French while doing pre-University Algebra in English has impeded my ability to reproduce, discuss history, or do math in either official language. A skill is a skill. The only (partial) exception, of course, is language itself.<br /><br />> Glad to see James Moore put the boots to Grahame Frasers plan to put language police on the streets of Ottawa to check the level of French offerings by local businesses.<br /><br />Agreed. Vigilanteism – unlike vigilance – is disgusting no matter how it’s packaged.<br /><br />> The whole OLA and concept of a bilingual Canada is an expensive scam […]<br /><br />Just like universal healthcare. Kill everybody! It’ll be cheaper… on… the… remaining taxpay… <br /><br />> Don't give me the founding nation BS which is an old and tired argument. Times have changed.<br /><br />The argument that we should always do something because that’s how we’ve always done it is certainly silly no matter the circumstance in which it’s invoked. But perhaps some kind of harmony could be sought which reconciles historical and present realities. THAT is what we should strive for.<br /><br />> La seule issue possible: Le Québec indépendant!<br /><br />Si c’était vraiment la seule solution possible, le Québec serait devenu indépendant il y a longtemps. La preuve même que ce n’est pas la seule issue possible, c’est le contre-exemple qu’est l’histoire du Québec.Apparatchiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-25567568284646841222011-09-01T14:46:45.176-04:002011-09-01T14:46:45.176-04:00> […] if speaking French fluently (even embraci...> […] if speaking French fluently (even embracing it), was all there was to it, we would have harmony and acceptance in Quebec right now. It's anything but that now, even in 2011.<br /><br />Perhaps it’s not kumbaya yet, but it’s not kumbaya in any society anywhere. Nonetheless, aiming for personal bilingualism (perfect bilingualism, such as Jean Charest, for example), is still a worthy goal that makes for the best experience at home and a richer one abroad.<br /><br />Never forget that, no matter how much venom you hear coming from Anglophobes or Francophobes.<br /><br />> We'll always be labeled 'English', nothing can change that to the Quebecois. Nothing that we say, that we do, or follow will change that. We were born different, and apparently, different is not welcome here. Period.<br /><br />Change the attitude by forcing social acceptability into tolerance. Engage your French-Canadian acquaintances when real-life examples present themselves. Learning is best done by doing, and living through a tangible example of a problem is the best way to open a society’s eyes, one person at a time.<br /><br />And if you do this in Montreal with two symmetric groups, I’ll bet you’ll be surprised how many francophones really don’t understand the genuine anglo worries (legislated and sanctioned marginalization, rights/advertising/freedom of speech violation) and how many anglophones don’t understand the genuine franco worries (linguistic extinction, boorish and encroaching cultural domination) either. Yes, even in 2011.<br /><br />> The whole issue with language and protecting it is a thinly veiled guise to openly practice hatred and racism.<br /><br />Certain aspects of it might certainly encourage a whole lot of bigots and many fast talkers have even made a political and/or journalistic career out of it. But perhaps out of this bigotry we could all maybe learn that nobody likes to be made to feel like crap, and that “feeling like crap” is both felt and interpreted differently depending on the various deep-seated fears/complexes you have or have been taught.<br /><br />> J'espère que la revue Maclean's fera un article sur le sujet.<br /><br />Moi aussi ; ça me fait royalement chier (pardonnez mon jeu de mots). Et par la suite, j’aimerais qu’on enquête sur les comportements téléphoniques de Maria Mourani, députée bloquiste d’Ahuntsic :<br /><br />[http://communities.canada.com/shareit/blogs/politics/archive/2010/05/27/mps-telephone-bills-bq-s-mourani-is-tops-while-liberal-milliken-is-cheapest.aspx]<br /><br />> […] 40% bilingual hiring quotas in the civil service of Canada […]<br /><br />People keep bitching about that like it was the only employer in the country. If the Government itself can’t set the pace by promoting bilingualism in government offices and institutions, then who should?Apparatchiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-56527246083180020272011-09-01T12:54:40.559-04:002011-09-01T12:54:40.559-04:00"Que proposez-vous alors?Dès maintenant les c..."Que proposez-vous alors?Dès maintenant les chinois représentent un des deux peuples fondateurs?Ensuite on nous accuse de vouloir changer l'histoire."<br /><br />No, just the reality of the situation in some regions when looking at linguistics. Not a founding nation but then again, one could argue that neither is Quebec as the French were defeated by the English, n'est pas?<br /><br /><br />"Le temps passe mais l'histoire demeure.Désolé!"<br /><br />The story is irrelevant. Fact, Canada is by far majority anglo with a minority franco element.<br /><br />"je ne voudrais pas faire partie de votre minorité anglo."<br /><br />Meme chose pour moi, je ne voudrais pas faire de votre minorite franco-phonie. :) <br /><br />"Le Québec indépendant!"<br /><br />Bonne chance avec ca... :) Mais, J'ai doute qu'il y est beaucoup de chance avec la, se produise dans l'avenir, quand, on considère ce qui s'est passé au mouvement séparatiste<br /><br />Must be terrible to be you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-4359510733872086332011-09-01T11:30:47.020-04:002011-09-01T11:30:47.020-04:00"Don't give me the founding nation BS whi..."Don't give me the founding nation BS which is an old and tired argument. Times have changed."<br /><br />Que proposez-vous alors?Dès maintenant les chinois représentent un des deux peuples fondateurs?Ensuite on nous accuse de vouloir changer l'histoire.<br /><br />Le temps passe mais l'histoire demeure.Désolé!<br /><br />La seule issue possible: Le Québec indépendant!<br />Et dans ce cas échéant,je ne voudrais pas faire partie de votre minorité anglo.Press 9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-50081456250032289092011-09-01T11:13:22.343-04:002011-09-01T11:13:22.343-04:00"I can't disagree with you more. The &quo..."I can't disagree with you more. The "entire country" isn't being "made bilingual"; only a restricted subset of it is subjected to regulatory bilingualism"<br /><br />Hmm let me see!<br /><br />40% bilingual hiring quotas in the civil service of Canada where in fact the amount of unilingual francos are about 13% who mostly reside in Quebec. In AB a bilingual quota of 5% where in fact there is less than 0.1% unilingual francos. Hardly makes any sense and is very discriminatory against the unilingual english majority in Canada. <br /><br />The OLA in an expensive albatross that was enacted in 1969 by PET to appease Quebec. Should be changed or altered accordingly to reflect actual needs for bilingual services in the civil service. <br /><br />Further, the Office of the Official Language commissioner should really be named the Office of French Promotion in Canada. Note that Mr. Fraser does not have a lot to say about the current situation in Quebec with Bill 101 etc. and the obvious discrimination against the anglo minority. Grade = Fail.<br /><br />Canada is not and never will be a bilingual country. The numbers and statistics are very clear.<br /><br />Also laughable is the French Immersion projects in Western Canada where free bussing, after school programs etc are provided to the students attending these schools. Similar programs in the English schools, NOT. What is laugable is after graduation the students of these programs dispense with the French as it really has no real benefit to them in their day to day lives or post-secondary education programs. What a wast of time and MONEY><br /><br />Glad to see James Moore put the boots to Grahame Frasers plan to put language police on the streets of Ottawa to check the level of French offerings by local businesses.<br /><br />The whole OLA and concept of a bilingual Canada is an expensive scam that should be amended similar to the taxpayer funded political contributions (loonie per vote), gun control (another failed albatross).<br /><br />Right to be educated in another language? By all means, but do it on your own dime and not mine.<br /><br />Why should French take precedence over other languages which are much more commonly used in certain regions (eg. Mandarin in BC). Don't give me the founding nation BS which is an old and tired argument. Times have changed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-65181723440069095832011-09-01T09:08:58.091-04:002011-09-01T09:08:58.091-04:00J'espère que la revue Maclean's fera un ar...J'espère que la revue Maclean's fera un article sur le sujet. <br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/3zmpk8jStephen Harponnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-77999905672928265742011-09-01T07:54:11.434-04:002011-09-01T07:54:11.434-04:00"In a modern, open and progressive society, p..."In a modern, open and progressive society, people should be allowed to speak and be educated in any language they choose"<br /><br />Ha oui?Qui vous a dit ça?Stephen Harponnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-27397443480641443702011-09-01T02:01:21.275-04:002011-09-01T02:01:21.275-04:00It goes beyond language in Quebec, if speaking Fre...It goes beyond language in Quebec, if speaking French fluently (even embracing it), was all there was to it, we would have harmony and acceptance in Quebec right now. It's anything but that now, even in 2011. Unfortunately it's being born "different" that is the problem, much like being born Jewish was a problem for a certain group in the 1930's and 40's. We'll always be labeled 'English', nothing can change that to the Quebecois. Nothing that we say, that we do, or follow will change that. We were born different, and apparently, different is not welcome here. Period.<br /><br />The whole issue with language and protecting it is a thinly veiled guise to openly practice hatred and racism. <br /><br />In a modern, open and progressive society, people should be allowed to speak and be educated in any language they choose. Practice any religion they choose (including atheism; choosing no religion or belief at all). Etc. All so long as its not harmful to anyone else.<br />It's called freedom and equality.<br /><br />Forcing bilingualism on the entire country of Canada is wrong, people should have the right to choose what language they use. If there is a need for French in parts of Canada on signs or packaging, by all means, use it--no one has the right to say you cannot (i.e. New Brunswick or Quebec). But forcing it places where not one French speaking person even lives? It's made further absurd when Canada is officially bilingual (all in the name of Quebec), yet Quebec itself is officially unilingual. How incredibly hypocritical and agaisnt common sense is that.<br /><br />Of course I've come to learn, the entire province of Quebec, in every humanly possible respect, goes against common sense. We live in Wonderland, where everything in is flipped upside-down, backwards and inside out. Right is wrong, up is down, and black is white. Welcome to Quebec.Apple IIGSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-13413213720302973512011-09-01T01:18:08.469-04:002011-09-01T01:18:08.469-04:00...to Lord British: Lookit, I take a dim view on ......to Lord British: Lookit, I take a dim view on Quebec because of the language nonsense but also the disorganization and corruption. As far as I'm concerned, Quebec is the North American head office for organized crime, and up until the 1960s, the Roman Catholic church.<br /><br />I loosely agree with Apparatchik's response to you, but I'm thinking in terms of being realistic. There are over six million French speakers in Quebec (mother tongue), and about 2/3 of them don't speak English. It's their loss because it puts them perpetually in their own prison if they can't communicate with the other 340 million people in the Americas (mostly North America) who speak English, mother tongue or second language.<br /><br />You therefore have 4 million people in Quebec who speak French exclusively, maybe a million more elsewhere in the Americas in the same boat (mostly the Caribbean). Compare that to Brazil with about 190 million people (Portuguese) and the rest, about 335 million, who speak Spanish. Less than 1% of the population in the Americas speaks French exclusively, almost all in Quebec. <br /><br />Sadly, the generation in Quebec that is now dying off bit by bit, has a birthrate dropping like a stone and increasing immigration that doesn't buy into the nationalism krapola is causing Quebec's leverage to drop. Hallelujah!<br /><br />French won't die off in your lifetime because the people of Quebec are determined to keep it going for decades and generations to come. The anger and passion of the past may be, and hopefully is deteriorating, but it French still serves as that cement that binds them together.<br /><br />Stating they should go back to France is a non-starter because they were born in Quebec. It's their birthright just like it was mine, but I chose not to buy into their program.<br /><br />They've rid themselves of many an Anglophone, including this one, but there is a certain resilience, especially in Montreal, that won't leave. I know some people who are talking of moving back from here in Toronto, but I won't be one of them. My son is here and he cannot function in French so Montreal, except for possible visits, is out of the question for him.<br /><br />I've grown to like life in the GTA, and with family in tow, there is no reason to return. I've grown to appreciate the shorter, less harsh winters of Toronto, too! I still support the Habs, and I think I always will.<br /><br />It has come to the point where it's no skin off my nose if Quebec separates or not, and in fact, I support its separation now because they will suffer dire consequences economically if they separate, and who will deal with them in French if they do. Official bilingualism will suffer an enormous backlash both in and outside Quebec, but when you're a nation within the Americas with less than 1% of the French-speaking population, either you stay unilingual and imprisoned in one jurisdiction, or you learn the language of the majority to make yourself more marketable in the global economy. I say it's a no-brainer, and for those who support the former, they indeed have no brains.<br /><br />If you live in Quebec, put up, shut up and learn French if you want to work, and if you live outside Quebec, learn French and become more marketable for jobs, especially in sales and customer service. It's worked for me!!!Mr. Sauganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-252754689055793142011-08-31T19:12:37.809-04:002011-08-31T19:12:37.809-04:00@Lord British
I can't disagree with you more....@Lord British<br /><br />I can't disagree with you more. The "entire country" isn't being "made bilingual"; only a restricted subset of it is subjected to regulatory bilingualism. And even there, the purpose of that bilingualism is in most cases to give people more opportunity to understand and participate in things, not less. <br /><br />In my view, this compares favorably to the more restrictive pseudo-protectionist unilingualism that passes for harmony in my home province. People should be allowed to live in the language they want, and ought to be encouraged to speak at least the other official language, if not many others too.Apparatchiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-22525404904239823882011-08-31T17:43:41.632-04:002011-08-31T17:43:41.632-04:00Mr. Harper needs to end the official bilingualism ...Mr. Harper needs to end the official bilingualism program in Canada. RIGHT NOW. Canada should have only one official language: ENGLISH.<br /><br />To be fair, Quebec should be entitled to have bilingual status (not unilingual!) and that must include English.<br /><br />Excluding Quebec, less than 3% of Canadians speak or are French. What a waste of money and resources making the entire country bilingual, for no other reason except to infect the rest of Canada with Joule-French to give Quebecers a perverse sense of pleasure. <br /><br />In all seriousness, we may as well have forced Klingon language put on all food packages, labels, road signs, etc, because less than 3% of Canadians are die-hard Star Trek fans (I bet there's more Trek fans in Canada than there are French speakers! hah!)<br /><br />How nice it would beLord Britishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-39463307599451177262011-08-31T15:58:43.871-04:002011-08-31T15:58:43.871-04:00@Anon 11:24 and @Westallophone:
Do you two reali...@Anon 11:24 and @Westallophone:<br /><br />Do you two realize that you're just as bad as the people you are insulting?<br /><br />Both of you make very racist comments and huge generalizations. <br /><br />You're basically sinking to the level of the people you are speaking against, and you're making the english side look just as stupid as the french side. <br /><br />I don't like the french redneck "Jean-Guys", but you guys are your own english redneck "Don Cherrys".<br /><br />I'd like to live in a country without any of you small-minded racist idiots, be they french or english.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-58335345453290344562011-08-31T15:44:40.455-04:002011-08-31T15:44:40.455-04:00Intéressant!Jack est maintenant plus populaire qu&...Intéressant!Jack est maintenant plus populaire qu'avant sa mort.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/43vcblyStephen Harponnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-66801864251347531902011-08-31T15:39:28.760-04:002011-08-31T15:39:28.760-04:00"...ask them to give back all the money Canad..."...ask them to give back all the money Canada has been forking out..."<br /><br />Pas question westallo?...Allo?:<br /><br />Donner c'est donner,reprendre c'est voler!Stephen Harponnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-25906022589777731022011-08-31T15:18:51.347-04:002011-08-31T15:18:51.347-04:00Let them go, let them go, let them go. But before ...Let them go, let them go, let them go. But before that, ask them to give back all the money Canada has been forking out...After that, they can join India or Sicily or become the Unique Supreme Reign of the Super Nation Quebec, but not after giving back what they received and has been receiving from Ottawa.<br />So fed up with these peasants...<br /><br />WESTALLOPHONE++Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com