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Quebec language agency targets English-named companies


Misc CDN | 208063 hits | Aug 29 9:01 pm | Posted by: Strutz
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Decades after first seeking to ban English from storefront windows, Quebec's language inspectors will once again embark on a campaign to boost the visibility of French on commercial signs

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  1. by avatar saturn_656
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:52 am
    So the language Gestapo still hasn't won it's war against English yet?

  2. by avatar Bacardi4206
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:45 am
    I'm truely shocked they did this, truely. I'd never have thought Quebec would go to such measures to get rid of English in there province.... /sarcasm off. So much for equal language rights. Guess now I am no longer required to put a french version of shit if I ever made a buisness. Only fair right?

  3. by avatar SprCForr Gold Member
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:19 am
    OK, from now on it's Three Rivers, Comeau Bay etc.

  4. by avatar PostFactum
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:42 am
    If cat has nothing to do he licks his eggs.

  5. by avatar CDN_PATRIOT
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:01 am
    Can we trade Quebec for Greenland?




    -J.

  6. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:52 am
    "We are penetrated by influences everywhere... there are no longer any borders anywhere, not commercially or culturally," said Marchand.

    Welcome to the 21st Century, fuck-head.
    Marchand has been meeting employer associations in recent weeks as part of an effort to convince companies of the benefits of making the switch themselves.

    "We think it is an asset for them to speak directly with consumers in their language," she said.

    Here's a thought, why dont you let the companies decide if it's an asset. Don't fuckin' pretend you're doing this for their benefit.
    As for Marchand, she had a brief answer when asked if she believes the days are over when the Office's inspectors were seen as a form of secret police.

    "I hope so."

    Keep hoping, the rest of us still think yer being language nazis.

    *edited for spelling

  7. by avatar Brenda
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:30 pm
    "We think it is an asset for them to speak directly with consumers in their language," she said.

    So when I walk into your business, you're going to speak Dutch to me? Because you do realize, that if i am in your area, I am going to look you up, and demand that, because all of a sudden, I do not speak English or French anymore... Just sayin'.

  8. by avatar gonavy47
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:18 pm
    It's not even French, it's Quebecois.

  9. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:19 pm
    "PostFactum" said
    If cat has nothing to do he licks his eggs.


    Huh?

  10. by eureka
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:17 pm
    The sign laws are a visible reminder of the xenophobia and suppression of the Charter (as well as natural) Rights of the English speaking Quebeckers, but they are really only a small part of the attempt to eliminate English and to expel English speakers who would not "assimilate,"from Quebec.

    In 1973, there were 1,250,000 English speakers in Quebec. Seven years later, that number had shrunk to 650,000. Quite a few embarrassed and Francophones also left.

    In that same year, Montreal was the Head Office capital of Canada. By 1979 40% of those offices had departed because of the language laws. Mostly to Toronto and Calgary.

  11. by avatar DanSC
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:54 pm
    Decades after first seeking to ban English from storefront windows...

    This sounds like the exact opposite of bilingualism.

  12. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:05 pm
    "DanSC" said
    Decades after first seeking to ban English from storefront windows...

    This sounds like the exact opposite of bilingualism.


    It's so cute when they are this young, isn't it? That's what the Language Police do. Supress English in favour of Quebecois French.

  13. by avatar DanSC
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:09 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    That's what the Language Police do. Supress English in favour of Quebecois French.

    Well yes everyone knows that. No one's saying the Language Police's motives match their public statements.

  14. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:42 pm
    Le fascisme. :wink:



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