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Trudeau vows to protect the French in Canada

New census data showing a decline in French in Canada is “extremely concerning”, the prime minister said on Friday, but added that Ottawa still has a responsibility to protect linguistic minorities across the country, including in Quebec.

During a visit to Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Qué., Trudeau reacted to data released this week indicating that the proportion of Canadians who speak primarily French at home has fallen in nearly all provinces and territories. In Quebec, the percentage of people who speak mainly French at home fell to 77.5% in 2021 from 82.3% 20 years earlier.

Trudeau said that while the data is shocking, “we could see this in the last couple of years.”

by Sarcasticat•August 21, 2022August 20, 2022•0•Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Language, Quebec

Quebec nationalism’s latest surge: it did not begin here, and it will not end here

So here we are. Having previously passed Bill 21, effectively barring members of certain religious minorities from employment across much of the public sector, the government of Quebec has lately passed Bill 96. Amongst other charms, the law prohibits the use of any language but French in the province’s workplaces, large or small, public or private, provincially regulated or federal, in the enforcement of which the language police are now authorized to compel the production of any document, in whatever form, on whatever device, without a warrant.

That both these bills offend violently against the Charter of Rights and the Constitution of Canada (Bill 96 also purports to amend the Constitution, unilaterally, to declare Quebec a “nation” whose “common language” is French) is not even contested: The Legault government conceded as much when it inserted a provision in each bill invoking the notwithstanding clause, insulating it from the protection of not only the federal Charter but also Quebec’s own Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

by Sarcasticat•July 18, 2022July 17, 2022•0•Language, Quebec

English Montreal School Board to launch legal challenge against Quebec French-language law

Another group has announced it will launch a legal challenge against Quebec’s controversial language reform law.

Bill 96 was passed in the provincial legislature earlier this week.

The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) announced late Thursday evening it has hired a legal firm to help it contest the validity of Bill 96, An Act Respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec.

This feels like something Indonesia would do, not a modern parliamentary democracy. Whoops sorry, I meant parliamentary dictatorship.

by Sarcasticat•May 28, 2022May 27, 2022•0•Education, Language, Montrealistan, Quebec

Feds ready to get involved in Quebec’s Bill 21, are closely watching Bill 96

Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says the federal government is prepared to get involved in two controversial Quebec bills, including the language law passed Tuesday, especially if the bills reach the Supreme Court.

“We have, as we have said from the start, concerns about the preemptive use of the notwithstanding clause,” Lametti told press on Wednesday morning, a day after Bill 96 passed in the Quebec legislature using that clause.

by Sarcasticat•May 26, 2022May 25, 2022•0•Canada, Language, Religion, Supreme Court

Quebec’s Bill 96 is the result of making Anglos a scapegoat

Combined with several provisions of Bill 96, recent events raise a legitimate concern that English-speaking Quebecers may be on the verge of becoming second-class citizens. Indeed, in the view of a majority of French-speaking Québécois, or at least of the politicians and commentators who shape the majority view, the “Anglos” do not have rights anymore, but only “privileges,” as asserted by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet.

by Sarcasticat•May 24, 2022May 23, 2022•0•Discrimination, Language, Quebec

Businesses fear impact of Quebec language law, as some consider leaving province

Known as Bill 96, the legislation would impose tougher language requirements on small businesses and companies in federally regulated industries, such as banking and telecommunications, as well as governments and schools. The bill is expected to pass before the legislature breaks for the summer.

by Sarcasticat•May 9, 2022May 8, 2022•0•Language, Quebec

Systemic Racism Against Anglophones Comes To Canada

According to training materials authorized by Canada’s Liberal Government, “systemic racism includes the policies and practices entrenched in established institutions which result in the exclusion or promotion of designated groups.”

Sensible Canadians would believe this form of prejudice applies to all identifiable communities. They are wrong– an exemption exists among Canada’s Anglophone, Francophone, and European-derived communities.

by Sarcasticat•April 14, 2022April 13, 2022•0•Anti-White Racism, Canada, Government is never your friend, Language

Will Trudeau’s Woke Agenda Transfer Anglophones To Second Class Citizenship?

For Canadians falling outside its parameters, the pace by which Canada’s “woke revolution” is progressing should be of major concern.

For all the liberal left’s talk of social equality, they refuse to speak of the “flip-side” to the equation. Meanwhile, media refuse to articulate the speed at which the agenda is advancing.

by Sarcasticat•January 19, 2022January 18, 2022•0•"Peak Woke", Canada, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Language

Premier of Western Australia Has Woman Translate From English To… English

h/t Mauser 98

by Sarcasticat•January 16, 2022January 16, 2022•0•"China eats weird animals disease", "Comply!", Aboriginal Issues, Australia, Language, WTF?

André Pratte: Quebec’s ‘Bill 101 on steroids’ goes too far

Next week, members of the Québec National Assembly’s Culture and Education Committee will resume their arduous clause-by-clause study of Bill 96, a legislative piece that seeks to modernize Bill 101, the French Language Charter. Few among the media will follow their work, but that does not make it less important. Indeed, if adopted as is, the bill will considerably strengthen the provincial government’s powers on language issues. This should be cause for concern.

by Sarcasticat•December 5, 2021December 4, 2021•0•"Bad Law", Language, Quebec

Lost in translation? Quebec says it will correct English-language anti-racism ads after backlash

A series of simple, 15-second ads were released Monday as part of a campaign to raise awareness about racism and to promote inclusion for all Quebecers, but some felt left out by the language used in the videos.

by Sarcasticat•November 24, 2021November 23, 2021•0•"racial justice", Canada, Language, Quebec, race/ethnicity, Racist!, Whiners

Federal government invests nearly $7M in Indigenous language revitalization in B.C.

The latest funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage brings the total investment from the federal government to $14.6 million this year, according to the FPCC.

by Sarcasticat•November 11, 2021November 10, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, BC, Indigenous, Language

Canadian academic won’t use capital letters – except to acknowledge Indigenous people’s struggle

dr. linda manyguns, associate vice-president of Indigenization and decolonization at Mount Royal University, said she was joining local leaders to reject symbols of hierarchy “wherever they are found,” and will not use capital letters “except to acknowledge the Indigenous struggle for recognition.”

Why is she even speaking English?

by Sarcasticat•September 3, 2021September 3, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Batshit Loony, Canada, Indigenous, Language, Victims - culture of

Conrad Black: The Quebec secessionist strategy — disrupt the status quo of indifference

The general indifference we’ve seen toward Bill 96 indicates the extent of Quebec’s gradual suppression of its non-French minority, as well as the fatigue and boredom of attrition that afflicts the Rest of Canada on the subject of Quebec.

by Sarcasticat•July 3, 2021July 2, 2021•0•Canada, Language, Quebec