Quebec investiert 603 Millionen US-Dollar in den Schutz der französischen Sprache
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-to-invest-603-million-to-protect-the-french-language-1.6865022?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvmontreal%3Atwittermanualpost&taid=662e6866ce74510001c132b4&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
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“Going On The Offensive” for “Protection” is something, certainly.
They’re more French than the French.
LOL
Let it go…
I don’t understand in what way the French language is under attack? Are they this pretentious?
*of Alberta’s money
I’ve driven through Montreal enough to know how much infrastructure investment is needed. I’m surprised this is a higher priority.
I’m sure this will be a respectful and insightful discussion filled with a desire to reach out and understand Quebec culture.
>Minister Jean-François Roberge, the Quebec cabinet minister responsible for the French language.
>Roberge cited data from the 2021 census that showed the percentage of Quebec residents who predominantly speak French at home declined slightly between 2016 and 2021. At the same time, the percentage of Quebec residents whose first official language was English rose to 13 per cent from 12 per cent in the same period, Statistics Canada found.
>However, Quebec’s language watchdog published a study in April that found the use of French in public spaces, such as stores and restaurants, had remained stable since 2007.
Is it not the 2nd paragraph which makes all the difference? Who cares what language a person speaks at home (first paragraph), so long as French isn’t declining all around when everyone walks outside the door of their home (2nd paragraph).
If French in the public sphere as a whole were declining, justification could be there. But since the govt acknowledges there isn’t a decline in the public sphere outside the home (that it’s only restricted within the home, French down by 1% within the 4 walls of people’s private houses), then… then is the agenda just not a populist one for votes?
Honest question, there’s a lot of money being through at “protect the French language”, but are they providing any resources at all for Anglo speaker to learn French?
They shouldn’t be obligated by any means, but it seems like it would be a step in the right direction if Anglo speaker moving to QB and not speaking French is an issue.
Quebec throws $603 million in the trash*
So they run their province in a constant deficit and collect mo ey from other provinces just to spend it on this stupid stuff.
por quoi
603 million to stop people speaking, writing, or even thinking in English
That’s too funny because it is doing well. Hopefully one day politicians will stop this dog whistling strategy, it’s tiresome.
I commute to Gatineau for work and their roads make Ukraine blush, probably better to improve things that actually benefits people rather then populist programs.
I speak both English and French I learned it in law school but I have no need for French
More money than canada has sent Ukraine btw
These comments are odd
they recently said they may penalize students for speaking english. source: [https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/toula-drimonis-caq-adds-kids-of-asylum-seekers-to-list-of-scapegoats](https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/toula-drimonis-caq-adds-kids-of-asylum-seekers-to-list-of-scapegoats)
GLHF
This is really a made up issue by nationalists and the French media, because some immigrants don’t speak French at home. They want to control how kids talk online or to their friends. They want to control the content you watch. Complete insanity.
Lmfao. I’m reading these comments and I have to ask, why are French people so uppity? Like, the level of snark and rudeness when I interact with them is beyond anything I’ve ever seen. Did those WW2 jokes really get to their heads?
Even if you try to speak their language, unless you have a perfect accent, they’ll pretend like they don’t know what you’re trying to say. Like, it actually makes me hate French people and I can’t blame people for not wanting to learn their language.
Somebody please explain and be brutally honest, it’s a life question I always wanted to answer.
I went for a student exchange to la Beauce in high school and after went to France/Switzerland for a summer. Had to unlearn the ‘French’ I learned in Quebec – people in France were so cringed out they would much rather spoke to me in English. So unfortunately it’s a minimally useful dialect 🙁
More people will want to learn French if they see a lot economic opportunities that require French fluency. It won’t happen by trying to stamp out all use in English. Most jobs that pay hundreds of thousands of dollars don’t pay any extra money for speaking in French. They certainly don’t pay any money for not speaking in English.