Comments on: There is no such thing as the Québec Language Police

By: Québecautochtone

Québecautochtone — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:35:06 +0000

AM said : «With respect to languages, some of the Nations mainly speak French (ex. Algonquins, Innu, Wabenaki), while others mainly English (ex. Inuit, Cree, Mohawk). I think though that there are even differences within the some of the Nations in that they’ll speak a different language in different settlements.»

And that’s where you get lost again in canadan nonsense. In Canada, Natives lost their languages due to English systematic oppression. This did not happen in Québec It’s clear-cut on the Québec/Canada Western border : Québec side : People speak Angonkian and French as a second language, which is perfectly reasonable because French is our common language. On Canada (Ontario) side : People speak English with a few elders knowing Angonkian. They got assimilated. The mere idea that the Natives in Québec should have to learn English to speak with the same indigenous nation in Ontario because the English were more agressively assimilating them IS INSULTING TO NO END.

The Algonquins, the Innus, the Inuits, Crees, etc of Québec kept their native languages. But through pressure from federal government and french inferiorisation the English have a talent for, some indigenous nations in Québec seek to assimilate to English.

They have no special right to do that. Bill 101 explicitly state they have the right to protect, develop and use their native languages, and this helped to dynamize many villages and give people back some dignity. They can switch to French-only if they want to go back to the days of assimilation, but Québec dosen’t have to endorse further anglicisation. Anglicisation of the natives is not cultural enrichment.

English is not a native language here. It is not dissapearing from the face of Earth and has no reason to get anymore protection than Spanish or Kiswahili in Québec.

By: the imported one

the imported one — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:18:47 +0000

Justify all you want angry french guy, the language police are, well, a little more onerous than that. Even the term of tongue trooper is too soft for this political surveillance unit.

What would happen if I speak timbucktoish on the streets of quebec? Nothing. What would happen if I speak english? Fined 6000 dollars. And that is only because it is not a criminal offence………yet

By: Frogface

Frogface — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:17:27 +0000

Ohhh…Mon Dieu! I am liking da french very much but too much da cigarette and da pea soup eh….I play du hocke wit my baguette and work part time for kid parties as mime–help for me to get out of box….je ne sais pas…..my momee tell me I am bastard of Rene Levesque eh..Mon Dieu! Mabee true…I am rancid little ingrate puke too! Tres bien. Other times I escort for Anglos who do bad sex to me while make me say “English is only true language…french is for fags” Ohhh Mon Dieu! I dream one day I run off..live with Rene Simard and Curious George…..

By: Brit1

Brit1 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:58:19 +0000

If I saw English “peaple speakink” I might laugh too.

By: Brit1

Brit1 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:54:05 +0000

Jerry…I join you in yor wish for Quebec sovereignty…good riddance to bad rubbish.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:02:07 +0000

Well. To publish everything from soup to nuts in both languages makes Canada less competative. When the top three languages worldwide are Manderine, Spanish and English I guess I have to leave canada and learn Manderine rather than dealing with this stupidity or hope Quebec seperates before I do !!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:58:21 +0000

A secret society exist where we have been using the french in quebec for creating enormous wealth in the past 30 years, by simply voting in the pq and then vote no on the question of separation.
History has shown us how the pq screws up with economics, real estate can be purchsed at undervalued prices, we then get ride of the pq, prices return to normal and gain. They eat hot dogs and poutin, we eat rib steak
Join the club simply by following the above instruction and get rich. Where else will we find another ideal place like this?

By: FX

FX — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:11:51 +0000

“I don’t know why I have the feeling that if the rest of Canada became unilingual French most separatists will stop fighting for independence.”

And I have the feeling that if I give a magical poney and a pot of gold under a rainbow to all Canadians, they will elect me as PM despite the fact that I have no political experience.

Making baseless and, frankly, ridiculous, hypothesises do not make your point more relevant.

By: Félix

Félix — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:26:41 +0000

Hey Iam Québecois and you’re so stupid do you think i love celine dion NO i hate celine dion and the poutine , we don’t eat that everydays. You, do you eat everyday hamburger NO. And the Québecoise like you say are not slutty they are just no streat like yours and they don’t love *english accents* me my girls friend and sister when we see english peaple speakink we laugh of them and if we separate of Canada we won’t have any money. The quebec is protect. yes we are alone in north america who speak french but since 400 year we spaek french in quebec and that will continued

By: Félix

Félix — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:11:52 +0000

Eille, Toi ta un esti de probleme en.Dit toi que 30% de la langue anglaise provient de la langue francaise et non le contrair Ne te pensse pas supérieur petit criss de cave retourne dans ton canada streat pi écoeure don pas le bopn monde .