They don't ask for that much.
They just expect an English-speaking baker to have a Boulangérie-Pâtisserie sign before their shop.
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Quebec says French citizen not proficient in French
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They just expect an English-speaking baker to have a Boulangérie-Pâtisserie sign before their shop.
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Yeah, that is a bit much. I do not think that the reverse is true in Canada. There is no ban on French signs in English speaking parts of the country.
Subduction Zone
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Holy crap! They are nuts in Quebec. An Italian restaurant told that they cannot use the word "pasta" in their menu.
Quebec’s War on English: Language Politics Intensify in Canadian Province | TIME.com
And a more recent article:
Quebec cracks down on English brand names, forces prominent French signage to be included
Quebec’s War on English: Language Politics Intensify in Canadian Province | TIME.com
And a more recent article:
Quebec cracks down on English brand names, forces prominent French signage to be included
Yeah...I was referring to that.
Btw... I am curious about Canadians' take
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Subduction Zone
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It is almost as if the French speaking Canadians want the English speaking population to hate them.
A country imposes a language proficiency test?
That's racist!
Ameristan wouldn't ever do that.
But I'm here to help our froggy immigrants.
That's racist!
Ameristan wouldn't ever do that.
But I'm here to help our froggy immigrants.
Hey...we Italics are Anglo-philes...unlike them.
We do say computer ...they say ordinateur
...and the entire hardware...
We say mouse del computer...
They say souris de l'ordinateur
We say mouse del computer...
They say souris de l'ordinateur
To enforce a language to remain static, & free of foreignHey...we Italics are Anglo-philes...unlike them.
We do say computer ...they say ordinateur
influence is a language doomed to become irrelevant.
Goodness! That's right up there with the Israelis!
How French does one have to be in order to be French enough for Quebec? ("She's not French enough for us.") This is just too strange.
Just out of curiosity, does this disqualify her from immigrating to Canada entirely, or is it just Quebec? Does Quebec have separate immigration laws? Would this affect English-speaking Canadian citizens? Are they not allowed to immigrate to Quebec?
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Like everyone else in this thread I think this is absolutely ridiculous. The Quebec government has a history of being extremely defensive when it comes to language. And this is just one more example of how stupid that can be.
I hope this gets fixed and she still wants to come here.
As for Justin Trudeau, he is a true bilingual, in that he spoke both languages from early childhood. His father of course was a native French speaker, which would be obvious to anyone who ever heard him speak English.
Like everyone else in this thread I think this is absolutely ridiculous. The Quebec government has a history of being extremely defensive when it comes to language. And this is just one more example of how stupid that can be.
I hope this gets fixed and she still wants to come here.
As for Justin Trudeau, he is a true bilingual, in that he spoke both languages from early childhood. His father of course was a native French speaker, which would be obvious to anyone who ever heard him speak English.
Are you bilingual, FP?
Because years ago Trudeau had difficulties speaking French correctly...maybe his wife ( who is une vraie Québecoise) helped him improve.
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Not French, but my wife recently had to take a Chinese language test in China for a program she was involved with. She is now an American citizen and that is why she had to take the test. Did not matter that she was born and raised in Beijing and spent most of her life there, she was an American.
She took the test and passed, but with a scored lower that most of the rest of the actual English speakers that learned Chinese in America. The reason was the descriptions they wanted written about pictures they were shown, that they had to describe in Chinese. She got all the descriptions correct, but being a native speaker she shortcut a lot of the descriptions with words she knew that the others did not, she did not embellish enough in Chinese.
My French is not that good.Are you bilingual, FP?
Because years ago Trudeau had difficulties speaking French correctly...maybe his wife ( who is une vraie Québecoise) helped him improve.
I have no idea where you are getting this stuff about Justin Trudeau from. He grew up speaking French. But of course he spoke Québecois, not Parisian. Maybe that is what you are thinking of.
Kind of.
Btw we were wondering @Subduction Zone and I whether the rule of compulsory signage en français in Québec is considered inappropriate by English-speaking Canadians
As an English speaking Canadian, I personally take no offense to it whatever.