As an American this is all so weird but also interesting

@cineva3044

5 жыл бұрын

He's speaking bullshit. I don't want to insult you in any way, but I'm going to preventively advise you to RESEARCH ON YOUR OWN if you are interested in the problem. Sorry if my english is bad

@chalkfanatic1848

5 жыл бұрын

Same here, it refreshing to see the tea on other countries

@allensnea9335

5 жыл бұрын

@André Lussier, stfu

@noaht7000

5 жыл бұрын

Tres bien@@cineva3044

@HeelerHouse

5 жыл бұрын

@@cineva3044 He's speaking A mix of facts and his opinion.

The French and the English are fighting even on a different continent 😂😂

@KikomochiMendoza

3 жыл бұрын

When the spirit of the 100 years war lived on in another continent.

@ubermensch5472

3 жыл бұрын

Come to think of it they've been enemies for 1000 years or so

@iul77

3 жыл бұрын

Since the the year 1066.

@victorvelie3980

3 жыл бұрын

on several continents actually, just look at Cameroon

@TheAmericanPrometheus

3 жыл бұрын

Their rivalry is so hostile its become ingrained in their DNA and passed down to their kids.

Three things are ever-present in our universe: -Death -Queen Elizabeth II -English and French people fighting

@MichaelDavis-mk4me

3 жыл бұрын

The Québécois are nothing like the French, seriously. We have an affinity with them due to our shared language, but our culture is more different than it is similar. Apart from immigrants from France, no one identifies as French in Québec similar to how Anglo-Canadians don't call themselves British.

@TacticalAnt420

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelDavis-mk4me in fact one thing that is funny is that french royalty in the 1600 spoke like french canadians 😂

@MichaelDavis-mk4me

3 жыл бұрын

@@TacticalAnt420 But now, all of France has adopted the oïl language, it's nothing unique. Sure, there is a few very old expression and words that have stuck around, but it's the same language. That means French Canadians have a slightly easier time understanding old works of art such as Molière.

@brokoblin6284

3 жыл бұрын

And taxes

@sierrachoco5271

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck the crown!

to give Justin Trudeau some credit, this is far from the only issue he's massively hypocritical about

@touffedaviau8370

2 жыл бұрын

*laughs in fossil industry subsidies*

@danic_c

2 жыл бұрын

That's really more taking away credit than anything else.

@Jay-ii6rk

2 жыл бұрын

@@danic_c At least he's consistent? 💀

@alexturlais8558

2 жыл бұрын

Consistently inconsistent, the most important qualification for a politician.

@-jank-willson

2 жыл бұрын

It would be super crazy if the english-speaking minority within Quebec had their own seperatist movement that turned into violent protests, and wanted to take a section of quebec that was predominately english-speaking and break off from the rest of quebec to form their own english sub-province... How ironic would *_THAT_* be...

JJ: Quebec makes Canadian politics weird. Me, a Spaniard: *Laughs in Catalonian and Basque Separatism, as well as half a dozen other regionalist movements*

@scorpioninpink

3 жыл бұрын

But Spain is not a Federal type of Government and can sack and take over a province.

@pabloramirez158

3 жыл бұрын

@@scorpioninpink Spain may nominally be a unitary state, but Autonomous Communities have as much power as any federal province unless article 155 is put into action, which only ever happened once. However, the real power of regionalist and separatist parties come from their seats on the Central Congress and the amount of negotiating power they have in our fractured multi party system

@cakeisyummy5755

3 жыл бұрын

I thought spainards didn't speak english....

@pabloramirez158

3 жыл бұрын

@@cakeisyummy5755 everyone speaks English nowadays :)

@angelor8270

3 жыл бұрын

Separatist movements arise when a province's culture and language begins to be oppressed (or when one of the richest provinces of the country, like Catalunya, doesn't seem to reap the same benefits from the government as the rest of Spain... but we're talking about Canada here, so I digress). In these situations, wouldn't countries be more united if they actively recognize and teach ALL of their country's official languages in other provinces? In Canada, why don't schools mandate the teaching of French throughout primary education since it is such an important language in their country? In Spain, it might be a little harder to teach all four languages to all citizens, but it should definitely be an option, especially for Catalan, which is widely spoken by all of Catalunya, Valencia, and the Islas Baleares. I personally think bilingualism enriches a country's culture and political system, rather than takes away from it. The problem is when a country's government does not support it- that is when separatist movements gain popularity.

in australia we're not even monolingual, we're semi-lingual.

@christianmoore7109

3 жыл бұрын

U! S! A!

@christianmoore7109

3 жыл бұрын

We do this too sometimes.

@clairedo7735

3 жыл бұрын

What?:’) what do you mean semi-lingual?

@lukegreenwood3750

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we win

@junipervip681

3 жыл бұрын

At least you don't have separatists

i'm not canadian, im not french, and this comment section scares me

@drhouse4581

4 жыл бұрын

why?

@awesomewav2419

4 жыл бұрын

agreed lol. both groups are hostile to each other.

@skelworthvods984

4 жыл бұрын

Dr House have you seen the drama of it all you do not face in that direction you SHOULD never face that direction I’m telling you

@skelworthvods984

4 жыл бұрын

Mod Maker well actually as a Canadian we Canadian learn French Quebec and they are different from French from France but the only difference I’m pretty sure is the expression

@skelworthvods984

4 жыл бұрын

Mod Maker but I do agree because most people in Quebec and from Quebec are jerks to us they are apart of Canada and yet when you ask them if they are Canadian they will say no I am from Quebec of course not all of them are like that but lot of them are and there is always a fight between English speakers and French speakers and the rest of Canada has to learn French and we do complain about it because it does makes sense to because Quebec is the only place in Canada where you have to speak French besides the government but in Quebec people complain about having to learn English like why the rest of us speaks English so it would make sense for them to learn it but they get mad about it if they do not want to speak English then why should we speak French

Me, a Cajun in Louisiana: soon we shall have our own "Quebec"

@EpicGamer-tw9bu

3 жыл бұрын

Bonjour!

@tonywalton1052

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, you get Crowley.

@bouchacourtthierry8506

3 жыл бұрын

Can you be Cajun and Créole in the same Time ?

@thekingofmoab1181

3 жыл бұрын

@@bouchacourtthierry8506 of course, just as you can be Scottish and English at the same time. I have Cajun, Creole, and Quebecois ancestry, though I identify most with my Cajun heritage.

@bouchacourtthierry8506

3 жыл бұрын

@@thekingofmoab1181 ... thank you ..I mean "cajuns" came from the deported acadiens ...and "créoles" was the word used to design the king of France subjects born abroad the kinkown ...so Cajuns was a minority very specific and Créoles an another minority (european original Settlers in Louisiana ...that was, on those Times all mid-west) and all become US citizens ... Québequers ...Accediens from New Brunswick ...french canadians (canadiens) are three others specific communauties ...but perhaps in Louisiana ...Cajuns and Créoles melt (I don't now) ...

I went to Quebec as a field trip for my French class, I live in New York so it was a big deal and we spent two weeks there. It was a strange place, we went during carnival which was awesome. My French teacher told us that if you speak English to a store clerk in Quebec, they will oftentimes pretend that they don't speak English out of spite. Does anyone know if that's actually true? The biggest thing that I remember about the trip is that I went from having a passable version of French that worked in a school context to being able to speak French nearly fluently by the time I got back from Quebec in just two weeks. That was amazing to me.

2 жыл бұрын

Bilingualism is most prevalent in Montreal and store clerks will definitely try their best to answer you in English, even if you try to approach them in broken French. If you went to the Quebec City carnival however, then many older folks there and elsewhere in the province tend to only speak French. Good job on your immersion field trip, real-life practice is a great way to rapidly feel comfortable with a new language!

@Bonoboorg

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, sometimes it’s true, sometimes they answer and sometimes they really don’t know English

@alexandrefoisy-geoffroy5346

2 жыл бұрын

In Montreal, most people will answer you in the language you're using (French or English). Outside of Montreal, proficiency in English falters. About your question: if the person realizes that you are a tourist, pretty much nobody will try to be a pain in your ass for not speaking French. You will get no such problem in most touristic destinations, too. If someone perceives you as a Quebecer who's lived here all his life and hasn't bothered learning the language, then yeah, you'll get annoyed responses and people might start ignoring you. It would be like an American refusing to learn English, but sticking with Spanish only. That is perceived as a lack of respect towards our culture (and it often was a sign of disrespect, as French was the "language of poor uneducated people with no culture").

@pudingauriz

2 жыл бұрын

That is not true, alot of jobs require you to speak both english and french. At least in Gatineau Close to the ontario border

@ramonpablito9154

2 жыл бұрын

Its not true at all unless your in a very rural area

At the time of Laurier French Canadians considered themselves "canadiens" while most of the rest of English Canada considered themselves British subjects. Fun fact.

@ifeeltiredsleepy

3 жыл бұрын

It's not that simple though. Many English Liberal supporters were also anti-imperialists, Mackenzie King aggressively supported a rapprochement with the Americans and a distancing from the British, which was a common sentiment amongst many in Ontario. Likewise, there was a movement of civic nationalism in Quebec which sought to promote the Quebecois as good British subjects, as Conservatives did manage to elect premiers in Quebec until the early 20th century. Quebec even had an anglo premier for 1 year. During the Laurier years it happened that many of the anglos in Canada were born in the UK or had direct familial ties to England, but English imperial ties were less popular amongst Loyalist descendants who increasingly viewed the US as more in line with Canadian values.

@johnbaba5586

3 жыл бұрын

too muc bs.. need to unite and talk it out..not play kid games like mr dick video guy

@tylersmith3139

3 жыл бұрын

Canada was already a country by the time Wilfrid Laurier was in charge, English Canadians saw themselves as Canadian, the National anthem had already been adopted by this time too.

@floxy20

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylersmith3139 1867 doesn't mark a sharp change in peoples' attitudes. Canadians went into that idiotic European war (WWI) immediately on Britain's side. National anthem? I remember attending hockey games at the Montreal Forum in the early sixties where they played both national anthems, God Save the Queen and O'Canada (both the Union Jack and the Red Ensign were flown). Getting out of short pants was a long time for Canada.

@tylersmith3139

3 жыл бұрын

@@floxy20 You clearly know nothing about Canadian history, of course it wasn't a sharp turn, Canada wouldn't have been a country if it was a sharp turn, it was growing identification of being Canadian and wanting representation as such that brought people to strive for Canadian independence from Britain (which Anglophones, not Francophones fought for) God save the Queen isn't our national anthem and that rarely happens. There may have been a foreign team, plus Canada was a dominion until 1982, we had to go to war, plus it's ironic how Quebecois love to talk about their pride for being French, but when France was being invaded by Germany in WW1, they didn't care about defending their heritage and it was an "English war". It was Quebecois who don't see themselves as Canadians, they're the only ones who've tried to leave and Canadian independence was largely fought for by English, from 1867, Canada began being more and more independent, hell we're the ones who created the flag we use today for supposedly people who don't feel Canadian, hell Canada as a country was created for greater independence from Britain and was mostly fought for by English Canadians, it was the Quebecois who don't feel Canadian, you're identity is so fickle, it's literally just based on language, you guys try to say you're Canadian while feeling the least Canadian, you act like you're so different from the rest of Canada while having the same religion, having the exact same origin as fur traders and speaking French, a language in which 1/3 of English words come from, not to mention most English words were come from romance languages, which French is one, so much for a "distinct culture". Let's face it, it's ironic for Quebecois people to say they identify more with a country Anglophones created and fought for way more than Anglophones do, hell we constantly have to appease you guys to stay in Canada, how is that Canadian patriotism? You guys are the least patriotic and always have been, don't act as if you're more Canadian because you have a word for Canadian, I've never heard a Quebecois person call themselves Canadian, meanwhile Anglophones have been calling themselves that since Canada was created. Britain was seen as our heritage because we were former British colonies, 1867 onwards, Anglophones here considered themselves Canadian and were proud to have a country of their own, unlike Quebecois who considered themselves Quebecois and barely identified as Canadian.

I guess they saw what happened in Louisiana and went ham on self-preservation.

@alfrredd

2 жыл бұрын

@@louisd.8928 Cries in San Francisco, California, Florida, Texas, Nevada, New Mexico, the Philippines and Puerto Rico's Spanish language suppression by the English. All my support to French language ♥️ Latin languages shall prevail.

@evzenvarga9707

2 жыл бұрын

@@louisd.8928 The English have almost caused all Celtic languages to go extinct, It is understandable how Québeckers think when Anglos have a history of destroying cultures.

@manny5372

2 жыл бұрын

@@alfrredd What's the difference between that and the suppression of native languages in the past? Spanish has absolutely zero place in the Philippines. Tagalog is the lingua franca, and being fluent in English is far more beneficial than Spanish

@alfrredd

2 жыл бұрын

@@manny5372 Of course the English and then the US have influenced the world so much through soft power and straight up war and oppression, that their language has become prevalent and now used like an international language and it's more "beneficial". Back when the US invaded, Tagalog and Spanish were the lingua franca, the US came in and prohibited spanish culture and language from schools implementing US culture and language instead, same happened with Spanish territories in North America, and the Pacific; Puerto Rico is still a colony (since 1898) but thankfully the Spanish language there is really engrained in puerto rican's identities and the US is struggling to have the people forget and erase their customs and national identities.

@feelsweirdman2699

2 жыл бұрын

@@alfrredd the us isn’t struggling to erase Puerto Rican culture or language Bc it isn’t trying, modern day Puerto Rico is largely neglected by the us government, and it hopes the less the government mentions Puerto Rico the more people will forget it still a colonial left over.

When I speak French, it's very apparent that English is my native language. Responses in Quebec are either 1) immediately switch to English, 2) happily try to converse in French as much as possible, or 3) pretend they have no idea what I am saying, which is really annoying when I know what I am saying is correct.

@Willsmith547

4 ай бұрын

I wish English people would speak me in French

Luxembourg: *laughs in quadrilingual+*

@EzEcHiEl1121

4 жыл бұрын

ca aide quand tu peux faire le tour de ton pays en jogging

@feedhyungwonplease6087

4 жыл бұрын

mdr

@granzert1711

4 жыл бұрын

Ech ka souguer e bëssen italienesch. Also pentalingual fir mech. ;)

@TenOrbital

4 жыл бұрын

Haha yes in Europe four languages qualifies you to be a waiter

@lauraoe3974

4 жыл бұрын

CharlyTDM07 No dutch, the other ones you listed are the official languages. But at school and in many workplaces english is slowly becoming one as well. There is a constantly increasing number of expats fron non-neighboring countries. It is also common to learn a fifth language for native Luxembourgers to a beginner level.

It amuses me that as someone who actually is bilingual in English and French I'm more qualified than most Canadians to serve in a government position, despite being American.

@gaipa2006

5 жыл бұрын

Yes you are specifically because in Canada especially the English speaking provinces have limited French language services such as in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta or New foundland and Labrador. I myself in order for me to be promoted to higher echelons of the military I must be bilingual.

@Udontkno7

5 жыл бұрын

Same. I mean, we have Ted Cruz, so why not send the Canucks one of us? Fair trade.

@MissionHomeowner

5 жыл бұрын

We could use you. Become a mandarin in the upper levels of the Civil Service. Interface with corporate types. Many people of the American race have immigrated to Canada. My father was one of them.

@jacquesjrroy785

5 жыл бұрын

J. J. Is taking shortcuts. You don’t need to know French in most government jobs in Canada. If you do you get a pay check bonus. He is referring to a High profile political function. But then again it’s not a law. It’s caused by the political weight of the whole French community in Canada. If you want French peoples to vote for you, you need to be able to tell them why...

@JJMcCullough

5 жыл бұрын

@@jacquesjrroy785 Over 40% of all senior bureaucratic jobs require French fluency.

I definitely found this video very interesting, being a european. However, we do struggle here in europe with the challenge of english influence on our languages. Language is also culture, identity, history and a tool for communication that grew out of the needs and facts about said culture, identity and history. We do not want to just give up our european languages and switch to english, it does not feel natural at all to us, and we feel that we lose a lot of our culture and history that way. So I can definitely sympathise with the desire to keep french. However, I see your points about french acting like a glass ceiling. Social matters are never always easy. I don't agree that french is impossible to learn however. I had it as a 3rd language in school and I keep finding it useful even if I don't feel proficient enough to speak it, to at least get an idea of what french texts say.

@cleverlyblonde

2 жыл бұрын

@@louisd.8928 I definitely see that point as well.

@EmileProteau

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

As someone who was learning French in a place that it never was really useful to know, yeah, it becomes much harder to learn and is extraordinarily difficult to become fluent.

I went to Quebec City and Montreal a few weeks ago...during the election. The people there were pretty friendly and respectful. I really wish I could speak French fluently, I felt like an ass speaking only English to them. It would be my 3rd language but the more languages you know the better.

@voicije

4 жыл бұрын

the fact that you said that i have to say thank you...

@vibeextreme1940

3 жыл бұрын

It's the thought that counts

@ivanlaplante

3 жыл бұрын

May i recommend you to take a look at "Do you need french to live in Montréal" by The New Travel, and to take a look to the comment section. You'll immediately notice a completely different dynamic from this comment section, with tons of Québécois actually praising that dude from Manitoba. The reason is simple: we get defensive when we feel attacked, but when you actually try to understand our side of the medal we get super friendly super fast almost by default. This comment section is a direct result of J.J's smear campaign and close-mindedness.

@loosetube5417

3 жыл бұрын

I actually spent a couple af months in Montreal, and everybody there would always SWITCH TO ENGLISH when I would speak French. They could pick up my Anglo-Albertan accent I suppose.

@shanemcgrath2809

3 жыл бұрын

@@ivanlaplante you are absolutely right

I like how being bi lingual is a big deal in west meanwhile in south east country ur expected to know minimum of 2-3 languages

@ehsan6744

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

@krim7

3 жыл бұрын

@Swann Leipälä When you have 300 million people to converse with on this continent - and your language is the world's lingua franca - you never really need to learn another language.

@lalitthapa101

3 жыл бұрын

South east u mean asia?? Cause I'm from Nepal and I know three languages Nepali English Hindi(India) Asians tend to be bilingual at average cause English is a given and their naitve language

@jolkert_

3 жыл бұрын

@Taiwanlight New radio shows

@lalitthapa101

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWhale45 Don't know your problem with people trying to learn languages😂. Like you are no wizard and people not learning languages isnt going to make the world a better place.

As a franco-American of Quebecois and Acadian descent, I do understand the sentiment of wanting to persevere your culture. Unlike many other ethnic groups in the USA (Italians, Irish, Germans) the presence of Francophones is not very visible, because of the relatively small amount of french descendants compared to some other groups. Even in my state of Maine, which is the highest percentage french (25%) finding distinctly french culture has been rather difficult for me, at least in southern maine. Most french culture is mostly just stuff from Catholicism. It also saddens me that both because of public schools discouraging it, and because of it not being as useful, the amount of french speakers in Maine has continued to decrease. HOWEVER I honestly find the situation with Quebec kinda ridiculous, keeping your culture alive is one thing, but discouraging and outright banning aspects of other peoples’ culture to keep your culture from ever changing is not right. It was not fair for the English speaking Americans to suppress the French immigrants of Maine and Louisianas’ culture, and repeating it in Quebec is also reprehensible. I’ve only been to Quebec once, so obviously I am by no means an expert on this. This is just how it is appearing to me in the US. I still love Quebec, I’m just questioning it’s leadership.:(

@b0xb0x87

Жыл бұрын

Well if you knew about Quebec and Canada’s history you will understand why Quebecers decided to isolate themselves from anglophone and live their lives without being worried to get constantly assimilate

@americanminotaur2518

Жыл бұрын

@@b0xb0x87 I understand why they did it, I just feel they are going about it the wrong way now.

@b0xb0x87

Жыл бұрын

@@americanminotaur2518 what do you exactly mean by “the wrong way”

@octaner

Жыл бұрын

@@americanminotaur2518 Province of Manitoba was mainly a french province in the past. Being bilingual, french completely disappeared, now it is an anglophone province. New-Brunswick is the only official bilingual province in Canada and the story is repeating. Back then, when bill 101 passed in Quebec, it was severely criticized and seemed extreme by the anglophones but it assured the survival of the french Canadians culture, in a era where the assimilation was in progression and going hard. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. For non-residents of Quebec and anglophones residents, laws that implies protection of the French language always seem a bit extreme. You really have to dig in history of Canada and see what happened to understand the particular french/english relations in Quebec and Canada, through the time.

@Alternity666

Жыл бұрын

As an Acadian that lived both in Québec and New-Brunswick, I see my language getting slowly closer to death in both provinces every year, I think Québec is not doing enough, and I think New-Brunswick is definitely not doing enough. When I hear how francophones are doing in the US I can't help but feel sad for you guys.

You glossed over a lot of context for the English-French relationships. It wasn't exactly a peaceful 'two-founding nations', there was a conquest involved from the English, and a will to assimilate the french in Nouvelle-France. The dynamic has always been quite unequal, culminating in the 60's and 70's, when Québécois people were making 0.63$ for the dollar the english were making. English was the dominant language in the province for business and the dominant class. Francophones were exploited economically and made to work gruelling jobs for businesses that were owned by anglophones. That came with harrassment and ridiculing for being poor and uneducated. The changes that happened in the 60's and 70's were led by socialist sentiments which led to very progressive (for the time) economic policies. This is why we wanted to be 'Maître chez nous', so we could collectively own our ressources and benefit from them.

@punknowledge2200

2 жыл бұрын

JJ talked about this when he did his vlog in Quebec. Other Canadians were and are oppressed too, but politicians are not forced to learn their languages. Why is the PM not forced to speak Cree? Why is there not signs in Ojibwe all over Canadian like there is French signs?

@blitzdropshot2788

2 жыл бұрын

@@punknowledge2200 Because we are 8 million people and the total population of all native person in canada is about 1.65 million, with a lot of different cultures, you just cannot learn a language that only 150 people speak. Meanwhile everybody here speaks French

@melon_m2100

2 жыл бұрын

@@punknowledge2200 i know that you cant understand but ill try, Québec(60%) is actually the one speaking french + english and the rest is almost only english so we are forced to speak english (to work). The politician who cares. The sign who cares. The natives i love u

@therealmrsteve

2 жыл бұрын

@@melon_m2100 approximately 8% of Quebec population are English speakers. They're all mainly in montreal

Me watching this from India where every state\ province has its own culture and language 😅

@cheese5331

3 жыл бұрын

are you emo

@mizcaesar1804

3 жыл бұрын

@@cheese5331 what does that have to do with the comment?

@cheese5331

3 жыл бұрын

@@mizcaesar1804 why do you care

@mizcaesar1804

3 жыл бұрын

@@cheese5331 cause it was a weird question to ask to someone commenting about indian states having there own language and culture

@cheese5331

3 жыл бұрын

cool man

Why not just split the difference and everyone speak Creole.

@airsoftalgerie3302

4 жыл бұрын

Creole also has some Spanish mixed into it, so I dont think that would sit well with us.

@itsvague990

4 жыл бұрын

Oscar Tango Bdv

@tinapham9780

4 жыл бұрын

Lol bc it wouldn’t make any sense and it would just complicate things even more.

@HiDefHDMusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@airsoftalgerie3302 a creole is not a language per se, but the result of mixing two languages together in a functional way. You could have a Spanish-Brazilian Creole, French-English Creole, etc. Because the Southeast US was settled by the Spanish, French and eventually British, it would make sense that the sort of "Cajun" Creole we think of in the States might have a little Spanish mixed in as well.

@rodrigosantosvaleriano1859

4 жыл бұрын

@@HiDefHDMusic There is no such a thing called "Spanish-Brazilian Creole".

Fun facy: The first permanent European settlements in Canada were the French colonies of Port Royal (1605) and Quebec city (1608). So, yeah, saying that Quebeckers are a minority just like any other that came hundreds of years later is not very tactful. I mean, these people basically kickstarted the whole Canada thing

@katerinabulatova3190

3 жыл бұрын

erm, what about people who were here before French. who, you know, lived here and were thrown from their land?

@nickbekas315

3 жыл бұрын

@@katerinabulatova3190 indeed that's true. But I specifically refer to the entity called Canada, not the land itself. The natives lived there for thousands of years but they didn't create any "european style" state. The country we know as Canada started with the French

I'm on a watch spree through your videos. As a swiss, with swiss german as my native language, this is interesting and absurd to watch. My country is quadrilingual, but even though I had to learn french in school, these days when i meet with a countryman from the french part, we simply speak english.Saves him the trouble of learning german, me the trouble of learning french and we can follow youtube videos like this without any troubles. Sometimes I feel my country is weird, but when I look how other countries work and function, i realize every country is weird in a way 😁 btw, there's an old saying here that canada is just a big switzerland. you just profed that saying to be false hehe

@bingodeluxe

Жыл бұрын

I was pen pal with a swiss lad when I was a kid. He was from Neuchâtel. Never has he brought up any problems with Italian or swiss German speakers. The problem in Canada is one of inequality . Never have English canadians thought of French speaking canadians as equals. They were the conquerors, we were the conquered.

@shanwyn

Жыл бұрын

@@bingodeluxe We all make fun of each other here. But it is a friendly banter as far as I am concerned. The italian part of switzerland was conquered by the old swiss confederation too, but nowadays they are just swiss like the rest. Also they aren't technically swiss italians, swiss french and swiss germans.. they are all just swiss. As far as I know, and please correct me when I am wrong, there's a law in Canada that you have to speak english and french to become a member of parliament? This is Nonsense for a swiss. You have the right to get everything translated here, so if I don't understand a french speaker of parliament or an italian speaking head of state, I can insist on having a translator. The issue with making everything equal is that it creates a barrier. Just accept facts. Romansh is the fourth language in switzerland, but only around 40'000 people speak it fluently. That's less than 1%. But still that is not an issue, they have the same rights as everyone else to preserve their language and culture than anyone else. We are stronger together and due to the challenges dealing with different languages, cultures and religions, we get stronger as a whole. We are better together than apart, and that is what defines us as swiss

@dominiquebeaulieu

Жыл бұрын

C’est dégoûtant! L’anglais n’est pas une langue suisse!

@bingodeluxe

Жыл бұрын

@@dominiquebeaulieu l'allemand, l'italien et le francais non plus. Le rapport de force entre lea communautés n'est pas le même au qu'au Canada où un groupe domine l'autre. L'utilisation de l'anglais entre personnes qui ne parlent pas la même langue me semble justifiée. Cela évite d'avoir à apprendre 2 ou 3 autres langues. Je peux me tromper mais ici, au canada, on parle d'un groupe qui essaie d'en écraser un autre culturellement et économiquement depuis 250 ans alors que la Suisse est une confédération qui regroupe 4 groupes linguistiques distincts où il n'y a pas de volonté de domination de la part d'aucun.

@dominiquebeaulieu

Жыл бұрын

@@bingodeluxe L’allemand, le français et l’italien sont des langues de Suisse 🇨🇭. Et c’est quoi le problème dans l’apprentissage de 3 langues? Vous êtes paresseux?

As a texan, your shirt made me smile. I was there earlier today! We love Buc-ee's in Texas.

@shawnsg

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I was surprised to see the Buc-ees t-shirt.

@joetoh6675

2 жыл бұрын

He's a wannabe Texan.

There is a difference between an 'anti-English' and 'pro-French' law. You can be Pro-French without being anti-English, which are most Québécois.

@AvroBellow

5 жыл бұрын

D'accord Patrice. Tu as raison!

@TheCanadian9

5 жыл бұрын

The purpose of every Quebec language has been and always will be to diminish and eventually destroy English language institutions and history in Quebec (notice I didn't say language as the language will obviously always be present there).

@TheCanadian9

5 жыл бұрын

looes74 looes74 No you can’t. The French has to be bigger than any other language otherwise you get a fine from the language cops. All highway, provincial and municipal signs have to be in French-only unless the anglophone pop is 50% or higher. Like wtf is that? Could you imagine similar in Ontario? The francophone establishment would go nuts. Also, all immigrant children have to attend French public schools even if they come from America just an hour away from the border. This is such an evil and petty policy that was clearly meant to decimate the English public schooling system. They passed the law in such a way that wouldn’t make it obvious do that Quebec can wash itself of responsibility should they no longer exist in the near future.

@AvroBellow

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheCanadian9- Can you re-write that in a way that makes sense? Every Quebec language? You do speak English, right?

@TheCanadian9

5 жыл бұрын

looes74 looes74 And what does that have to with Quebec?

Hey J.J. Just discovered your channel and I have to say, as a french spreaking Québec seperatist, I really enjoyed your perspective on the "french thorn in the multiculturality of Canada". Although I don't agree with your conclusions (you think Quebec have it unjustly easy while I think Québec has been getting a raw deal from the ROC for the last 60 years) I agree that Canada is at an impasse that will only get stronger as french-speaking canadians represent a fewer percentage of the canadian population. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the future of canada. My contention is that since the bilingual aspect of Canada is embedded in the constitution and the balance of power most often residres in the hands of Québec on the federal scene, there will necessarily be an escalation of anti-Québec sentiment, which will inevitably lead to Québec leaving Canada. Federeal governments are loathe to open the constitution since the last two major times it did this led to an insane rise in the seperatist movement. And the more the federal parties pander to french nationalists to garner votes, the more english-speaking canadians will feel like the system is rigged. I don't imagine a point where this ends in anything but a fracturing of Canada. What are your thoughts? Love your content. Love to disagree with you!

@antoineplouffe1762

3 жыл бұрын

Seul bon post à date.

@Bonoboorg

2 жыл бұрын

@@antoineplouffe1762 yup

@Nancy-mq4uc

2 жыл бұрын

Le ROC vas juste attendre que le français meurt avant d'agir pour ne pas avoir de problème avec les souverainistes. Les parties indépendantistes sont dans leurs derniers spasmes!

@scottwomack8905

2 жыл бұрын

Just out of pragmatic curiosity, how would separatists see Québec functioning economically as its own nation?

@bobfearnley5724

2 жыл бұрын

"the balance of power most often residres in the hands of Québec on the federal scene, there will necessarily be an escalation of anti-Québec sentiment, which will inevitably lead to Québec leaving Canada" Eg. Quebec doesn't hold the power in Canada => Quebec leaves. This is quite an entitlement for a minority of the country.

As an American, I've always taken it at face value that Canada was founded by two peoples/ has a deep English and French schism. This is pretty eye-opening. I had no idea how much of that schism was basically imposed via policy.

@nonmagicmike723

2 жыл бұрын

If not for the heavy hand of nationalistic governments, English would've overwhelmed French a long time ago in Quebec (especially in Montreal).

@acharat6

Жыл бұрын

@@nonmagicmike723 Not true. French survived for centuries in Quebec while French Canadians had virtually no power in Canadian politics and British rule actively tried to suppress French culture and language (and failed).

@nonmagicmike723

Жыл бұрын

@@acharat6 It's not really about survival as it is about predominance. Several languages you'll never hear of are still "surviving", but who cares about these languages? So, sure, the French language will most likely survive in the province in the long run, but it's not so sure it'll remain the predominant one. Also, the British had no way of actually killing off the French language; only to reduce it to a less-visible minority language. It's impossible to kill a language that is spoken by tens of millions of people worldwide. Though it is possible to slowly poison it with foreign terms and phraseologies that it completely loses its authenticity. When you hear the French talk, it's all "parking" this, "email" that, "people", "news", "in", "trash", "likes" and "followers", etc., that you start to wonder, "Are they really speaking French?" It slowly becomes just English but with a French accent, in which case, why bother speak French?

@acharat6

Жыл бұрын

@@nonmagicmike723 Of course I meant that the British Colonial Government tried to suppress French in Canada, not kill the language globally. See Lord Durham report of 1839 and the subsequent revolt. And about the increasing use of English words in French, this is common in all languages. Actually English has tons of French words too, Russian has a lot more French words than English ones. French in Quebec is nowhere close to dying. Not saying it could never happen, but like I said, it's has been the predominant language for more than 400 years here, and there's a strong will from Quebec people to keep it that way. Actually, English is not even guaranteed to be the world's lingua franca in a 100 years. Decline of the United States could weaken its influence. Rise of African population could be an important factor as well. Currently more African countries speak French than English. Spanish, Mandarin, Arab and Russian could potentially displace it as well. Brexit could also favor German or French in Europe to the detriment of English.

@nonmagicmike723

Жыл бұрын

@@acharat6 Again, I'm not talking about "dying", but about being overwhelmed by English. Of course it's can't die, or anything close to that, because there are tens of millions of French speakers in the world, so Quebec could just keep importing those as immigrants to make up for the loss, which is what it's doing right now. But the British did succeed in making French lose a lot of its relevance even within French Canada. However, it could find itself in a minority status within its own province, or on an equal footing with English, which is almost as bad. There are ten provinces in Canada; only in one of them is French predominant. So it's not at all unreasonable to want to keep it that way, especially that every census is showing the proportion of French speakers receding in the province. Also, the worldwide numbers of speakers aren't the only measure of a language's influence. There are more native Chinese speakers than native English speakers, but English is more powerful, because the United States' cultural and technological output is massive and popular the world over, including in Quebec. As to languages borrowing words from other languages, I know it's just subjective, but I don't like it. French words in English sound ridiculous; not just because they're pronounced badly and feel out of place in the English language, but the French themselves don't use them: the French don't say "coupon" but "bon de réduction"; they don't say "résumé" but "CV"; they don't say "encore" but "rappel." Look at how ridiculous an English speaker sounds when he says, "cordon sanitaire" or "voilà." French speakers sound just as ridiculous when they use English and English-sounding words. It's not pretty, and it makes a language lose its authenticity and its reason for being.

Wow never thought of the words “ethnic cleansing” to be associated with modern day Canada...

@gwood701

3 жыл бұрын

Get the islam out. That will do

@franlanglois6933

3 жыл бұрын

@AlexNOSAM but the English were not forced to leave and putting a 2/3 french vs 1/3 English sign in front of your business is not exactly the image of repression.

@omarcostilla8863

3 жыл бұрын

@@franlanglois6933 I mean they literally outlawed English in business. That falls under "restricting the use of a group's native language."

@samantha12892

3 жыл бұрын

You haven't been paying attention, have you?

@franlanglois6933

3 жыл бұрын

@@omarcostilla8863 they did not, they just made sure you could speak your language in the workplace. English were imposing English on the workplace (everyone was French except the bosses)

I don’t know what that statistic was, but French is spoken by a pretty high number of people in Africa.

@Langtw

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I lived in a part of Gatineau with a lot of African immigrants, and a lot were very fluent in French. As an Anglophone Canadian, I also preferred to interact with someone who (hot take here) was not white. The white Québecois were more likely to do shit like respond to "Parlais-vous Anglais?" with "Oui" then continue speaking French. The people who would seemed likely to be 1st gen Canadians would often be much more pleasant to interact with in English.

@sdprz7893

3 жыл бұрын

But it’s not something we’re proud of, we actively try to kill the french language and switch to English. The French still to this day haven’t left Africa, we still use the franc that they control and many other forms of neocolonialism, the french are still to this day colonisers, the British are not. Quebec nationalism is just another example of french supremacy continuing to this day.

@marvel2315

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, also many Africans hate French people, look it up.

@storrho

3 жыл бұрын

@@sdprz7893 I get that, but aren't the african francs only linked to France by name, since France has been using the Euro for 20 years?

@promc7318

3 жыл бұрын

i believe it was showing languages spoken as a first language as I highly doubt the largest percentage of people who speak English are in the USA. Its probably in India as they have over 1.3 billion people and if only 5% speak English as a second language that's more than the US population yet they didn't even appear on the graph of Indians who speak English.

Imagine hearing that your mother tongue is "obsolete" in your own country lol

@touffedaviau8370

2 жыл бұрын

And that you're racist for wanting to protect it...yikes 😬

@marcomartins3563

2 жыл бұрын

@@touffedaviau8370 but you are racist for wanting to preserve it. The thing is there's nothing wrong in being racist 😎

@vroomkaboom108

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcomartins3563 Very much this.

@Cultleader1984

2 жыл бұрын

French speaking Quebecois should learn the majority language rather than vice versa, English is everywhere, but french is spoken by few other than a few small African countries and Quebec besides France, the fundamental thing to realize is that, all of Europe is almost fluent in English, India has English as a official language, it's an official language in the US Australia, and a majority of Africans speak English. The problem with Quebec french speakers is that they choose to enforce xenophobic laws onto English speakers yet expect to be treated the opposite of what they treat English speakers, Quebec's laws are complete hypocrisy.

@touffedaviau8370

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cultleader1984 Found the English monolingual In case you don't know, we do learn English. We have mandatory ESL classes from primary school all the way to college. Everyone here (except for some of The Boomers™️) understands that English, not French, is the "international" language. That doesn't mean we can't try to protect our language 🤷‍♂️ Also, what xenophobic laws are you talking about?

As a Québécois myself, I never taught about the fact that they were that much chinese in Ontario in comparaison to the french. I still don't agree with you, but I'm wayyyyyy more puzzled about those questions than I was in the begining. So yeah.... It's sound pretty sketchy to have a great democracy where immigrants must make triple the efforts to be accepted in the system.

@kb-tm2hm

3 жыл бұрын

French is just obsolete most provinces as an Ontarian that speaks 0 french I have been to Quebec a least 10 times and have never needed to speak french at any restaurant, hotel etc

@Vexwisval28

3 жыл бұрын

Why would an inmagrante need to learn French if they're going to settle down in a province that doesn't even use it?

@kb-tm2hm

3 жыл бұрын

@@Vexwisval28 no, french is utterly useless in Ontario, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Territories, its only used in Quebec and there are french communities in the Atlantic provinces. You dont even really need french in Quebec either close to 50% are bilingual

@Vexwisval28

3 жыл бұрын

@@kb-tm2hm yeah that's my point exactly!

@Kitties_are_pretty

3 жыл бұрын

Lord Permflux may I ask what you disagree with in this video?

I feel like from British Columbia, you don't really understand how life in Québec is. The problem is we do not agree on our vision of Canada. The country is how it is now because there is no way Québec would have stayed in the federation if it had been your way (as it chose to stay by 50,6% in 1995). I am an immigrant living in Montréal and we understand that French is part of the local culture. Chineses and Italians who come here have to learn French because it is the local language. English is special though, and there are English schools, cegeps and universities for English Canadians because they are not immigrants in their own country. I think most Québécois would expect the same treatment elsewhere in Canada even if like you say, BC is more Chinese or Italian than French Canadian. I would not expect anyone in BC to have to learn French. But I would expect someone who wants to work at the top of government to have to learn English and French, because all Canadians speak one of these two languages. The way you talk about Canadian culture being an equal mix of all immigrants cultures is not how we see it here. We see a common Québec culture that immigrants like me are invited to join and contribute to. We call that «pluriculturalisme» as opposed to multiculturalism. I don't think multiculturalism is wrong, but the way it puts the local culture on the same foot as others isn't the best for integration, and would aggravate racism problems in places with a strong and proud cultural nationalism like Québec and most of Europe. I disagree with CAQ's politics on immigration, but I don't see them as racist, although it could look like it from BC where nationalism like that doesn't seem to exist from what I can infer. Maybe BC and Québec should be in two different countries so both solitudes are both equally represented, but I think most Canadians (and Québécois) are satisfied with how it is right now and that's why the country is still united, politically at least.

@Roman-fg4nf

5 жыл бұрын

well, the only thing i want is less illegal immigration, but otherwise, i'm good with it.

@bentitoartwork1270

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more 😆

@davidfreeman3083

4 жыл бұрын

As a Chinese I feel like my people have unfortunately taken a very crucial role in this. I visited Canada from Toronto to Montreal, and understood a little bit. Quebec to Canada is probably like the Northeast to the US. It was the first 'Canadian' part to be developed. Cities like Montreal was already highly developed while Toronto and most of Ontario wasn't. In fact, the very beginning of Ontario is 'loyalism', which is still reflected in their flag (with a British jack on the corner), their motto (just search it yourself) and even their license plate (with a crown in the middle). I can feel that the people in Quebec probably don't like the idea of being a subject to the British monarch that much? (Or, you just don't want to be considered anything 'British' or 'Anglo/English'?) Just watched the flag debate, some people are saying that the new flag united people in Quebec and discouraged secessionism, and I found it pretty... At least it's not nonsense. Literally, the Union Jack is flown proudly everywhere in Toronto, along with their provincial one, the Maple leaf, and sometimes the American Star Spangled Banner. In Montreal it's completely different. There are a lot of Canadian maple leaves, yes, and also not uncommon for the US ones (which I don't understand why), and even more provincial flag. However, I rarely see a union jack... And we all know that now, Toronto, ON has replaced Montreal, QC as the largest city in Canada. Vancouver, BC and its surroundings are also catching up quickly. The takeover by Toronto happened in 1970s, and matching the demographics, it really is immigrants, especially Asian ones (who were much more overwhelmingly anglophone, or even Anglophilic). In some ways it makes English the more dominant language within Canada. And the worst part is, it has nothing to do with Francophone communities or Anglophone communities in Canada. It was caused mainly by British and French policies, literally. Do you know what's the largest bank headquartered in the UK? It's HSBC, H stands for Hong Kong, S stands for Shanghai. It's a bank with huge Chinese roots. You can see how powerful British influence is, or at least was, through some of its networks (banks, etc.). France seems to be in worse luck (most of its colonies yet to be stabilized and developed) and don't have anything close in place. Or it was because Canada AS A WHOLE was already tied with the British more... And America, de facto Anglophone (and if there's a 'second language' spoken in the US it's Spanish instead of French) rose as the sole superpower didn't help... Anyways hopefully things are getting better. Just like you said a lot of newcomers are now destined for Quebec. The Canadian government is encouraging that. A lot of these people has formed a pretty unique identity and integrated well with the local people, and accepting and creating Francophone based local culture...

@guesly-a.coulanges1959

4 жыл бұрын

@High Definition Its more like Quebec doesn't give a damn about Alberta...

@MicahMicahel

4 жыл бұрын

Did you realize 16 to 20% of the money your province generates comes in the form of money handouts from English Canada, (mostly Alberta)? We pay your bills!! Quebec is satisfied because they get money from us. Google Equalization payments to Quebec total. You will get a sum of billions that will stagger your imagination. We pay your bills because of identity politics. Do you understand I am saying Quebec is on 'welfare?' That's what equalization payments are. They've been receiving billions regularly since the 1970s. If you have a government job in B.C. you need French. A baggage handler needs French in B.C.

The native population might have something to say about that whole "first minority" thing

@gamermapper

3 жыл бұрын

Well in the native reservations you might have to learn their language but no one goes to live three anyway

@I_am_somebody_1234

3 жыл бұрын

I am all in favor that french is prioritized in where its mainly spoken (but mr Bagguete here feels that its more important, because it feels like it :).

@chaospacemarine8330

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, and they live in reservations after unrestricted immigration overwhelmed them. Your point?

@joetoh6675

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, indigenous peoples were the first mainstream cultures, and European settlers were the first minorities.

@evilkhamzat

2 жыл бұрын

Lol after unrestricted EUROPEAN immigration overwhelmed them.

If you speak three languages, you’re a polyglot. If you speak two languages, you’re bilingual. And if you speak one language, you’re an American.

Imagine explaining the 101 law this way. It baffles me how wilfully ignorant the rest of canada is on this issue.

@matttp.846

2 жыл бұрын

I don't particularly like to do Ad Hominem to explain my point of view, but I don't see how I can put it differently. He's simply one of those English Canadian speaking supremacist who would like to see Québec annexed and deprived of its culture for decades ... What that's actually history !

@lorenzomabalos9851

2 жыл бұрын

The man clearly has a point which egocentric Québécois fail to understand. If french has no significance to your day to day life, why should you be forced to learn it. The fact that jobs in the federal level are easily tailored to the Québécois because of bilingualism leads to monopolization and inequality to people who can't speak French.

@emilelocas5496

2 жыл бұрын

@@lorenzomabalos9851 thats not what my comment is about. But sorry, if I dont feel bad for the poor english canadians that have to learn the language of the people they conquered and annexed by force in order to represent them in their own parliament.

@legochickenguy4938

2 жыл бұрын

@@emilelocas5496 By that logic, shouldn't indigenous canadians have the same right to demand the french and english canadians learn native languages because they were conquered by both? You're arbitrarily drawing a line in history that makes the french look as victimized as possible. What makes the french special?

@emilelocas5496

2 жыл бұрын

@@legochickenguy4938 do you know how many native languages there are? If they all spoke the same language what youre saying would be doable. Its not though

When Quebec is known as the mostly French-speaking province. *sad New Brunswick sounds*

@coincoindelacanardiere3958

3 жыл бұрын

New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province but there is more english than french speakers in its population, while Québec’s french speakers represent 82% of the population

@itsmemosdios8428

3 жыл бұрын

W

@flamingbat1139

3 жыл бұрын

@@itsmemosdios8428 When your province had the first lasting French settlement, but now its a majority English-speaking province. sad Nova Scotian sounds

@EpicGamer-tw9bu

3 жыл бұрын

@@coincoindelacanardiere3958 Well yes we speak both that why we are bilingual. Quebec does not see English as an official language.

@mrtortoise3766

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry New Brunswick it is probably good that no one notices your French speaking province cause that means you aren’t obnoxious

J.J. : "[French] is a language spoken by a rather small proportion of this planet" *Proceeds by showing a graph that only take into account first language speakers* I see what you did there.

@fancy4663

4 жыл бұрын

yeah 30% of the irish population knows french as a second language so almost one in every three

@kiwi1lad

4 жыл бұрын

But isn’t the argument that if French to be recognised as on a equal plane to English, it would be useful for it to be a major language for L1 speakers. If you were to put a graph of L2 languages, I am sure English would out weigh French but a lot.

@jodinha4225

4 жыл бұрын

If you compare it to first language speakers of English it’s dwarfed, especially in Canada

@jjma796

4 жыл бұрын

It’s worth noting L2 speakers particularly in Africa and Middle East its like the second fastest growing language in the world and spoken by 220 million ish.

@LordofTheFallen

4 жыл бұрын

@@kiwi1lad If you look at total speakers, native and secondary, french is 10th in the world and English is second. Mandarin is first. But if you exclude strong regional languages (I.E, a single region with a billion people that all speak the same language, like Chine, India, ect) French is one of the most diversely spoken languages and jumps a bit higher in the rankings.

Completely off-topic: I dig the Buc-ee's shirt. If you've never been to one, it's a ridiculously oversized gas station with a gift shop and restaurant. They exist mostly in the southern US. My wife and I visited one on a road trip to Florida. I didn't really enjoy it as it was way too crowded. But from what I gather, they take very good care of their employees, so I approve!!

Whenever I explain Quebec to a fellow American I say take the arrogance and attitude of Texas then make it frenchy liberals. The reactions are always hilarious

@jelau4851

Жыл бұрын

without the guns on hip,

@coyotelong4349

Жыл бұрын

Although you still have the Texas attitude/ethos in Albertans 😂

And yes, politicians DO need to speak French. You can't lead a country If you can't address 22% of the population (French Canadians)

@keemstarkreamstar7069

5 жыл бұрын

TdwtSierraFan BRUH, most Quebicis speak English too

@bigfatburn6229

5 жыл бұрын

Keemstar Kreamstar as second, third or fourth language like me. I want my politicians to speak to me in French the same way an Anglophone speaking French needs his politicians to speak English to him. Most Finnish speak English. Does it mean that their politicians should talk English only? Ridiculous.

@keemstarkreamstar7069

5 жыл бұрын

Big Fatburn Dumbass most Quebecis aren’t “learning English” they know it well. That’s like the president of Brazil having to address his citizens in Spanish or the President of America the same.

@Malik-lo7tw

4 жыл бұрын

Keemstar Kreamstar I really don’t understand what you think

@keemstarkreamstar7069

4 жыл бұрын

Staline a gouverné la lune Most Quebecis are very fluent in English, meanwhile not all Canadian laymen are very fluent in french.

Well, I am not from that part of the world, but rather from Brazil and there's only one thing I'd like to say: ici on est avec vous, nos frères et sœurs québécois.

@voicije

4 жыл бұрын

medrci...il y a des gens qui comprennent notre réalité

@shanemcgrath2809

3 жыл бұрын

Merci✌️

@Bonoboorg

2 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup

@oursquidanse5536

2 жыл бұрын

Um diplomata brasileiro já disse que os quebequenses são latinos do Norte. Obrigado

@danwebber5785

2 жыл бұрын

Obrigado

Wait a sec... English and French bilingual ruling class? Where have I seen that before?

En autres mots: "Shuis pas assez éduqué pour comprendre la culture francaise et québecoise, pi ben trop parresseux pour apprendre une autre langue". I still don't understand his issue with cultural diversity, and preserving the only place where Québec Culture survives...

@kutoramo8875

3 жыл бұрын

I think his problem is more like the people are divided by a language and the french is almost not existing in the other provinces or that's what I think he thinks

@alexandrelegrand6759

3 жыл бұрын

On a fait le Canada pas les anglais

@chaospacemarine8330

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't you learn? Only non-western cultures can have a homeland, must be protected. It's like some sort of reverse-imperialism, where the majority must submit to the cultures of it's minorities. C'est pas de notre faute que les autres peuples de l'Occident ont jamais été appelés "without culture and history" maintenant à la place d'il y a deux cents ans.

Since you support the cut of French services in Ontario, you support the cut of English services in Québec?

@FireurchinProductionsByzantium

5 жыл бұрын

That would harm Quebec more than cutting French services would harm Ontario

@lecoureurdesbois86

5 жыл бұрын

@@FireurchinProductionsByzantium How so?

@FireurchinProductionsByzantium

5 жыл бұрын

@@lecoureurdesbois86 cutting access to English speakers when nearly the entire first world provides english language services is a great way to kill non-french businesses and foreign investments from non-french speaking companies

@lecoureurdesbois86

5 жыл бұрын

@@FireurchinProductionsByzantium How would that really change something? It doesn't change anything for businesses as far as I know, they already have to translate everything and work in French anyway, I don't see the point

@junipervip681

5 жыл бұрын

LeCoureurDesBois Quebec wants to cut all English services? What else is new? The sun rose in the east this morning? Ontario is still providing French services, even though its French population is less than the English population in Quebec. The real “cutting” should be the partition of Quebec and the founding of a new nation of Canada, separate from the Québécois who consider Canada to be an inferior colony.

Real quick, I am Franco-ontarian. Though I am white, the majority of the people I grew up with and interacted with in my schooling weren't. French language and culture is not limited by color. We had native, Asian, African and Caribbean kids and teachers. When the earthquake hit Haiiti, we accepted a lot of students who spoke Creole and French only. There is a flaw in your argument boiling us down to "white people" Also, your argument regarding what the Ford government is doing to the French population was lacking. Though we are disappointed that we are not getting the French language University that had been promised by a previous government , the far more dangerous thing he did was move to limit access to the French language Commission which is meant to help people report lack of essential French language services where required. Ex . Legal services or health services . I am fortunate enough to be bilingual, but many people are not, even in Ontario. Uni-lingual French Canadians or even multilingual French Canadians that do not speak English face severe consequences when essential services cannot be accessed in French. The university is a loss the community can afford at the moment, however the limited access of the commission is a deliberate attempt to assimilate a population of minority (and I reiterate, that it is not an exclusively white population) that shouldn't be ignored. Don't forget, we also pay our taxes for the services we request from our government. It is a really interesting tactic because no one is talking about the Commission, only the university. Even when I contacted my representative to discuss my issues with moving the commission, their only response was regarding the university, which I only briefly reffered to as "understanding but disappointing" . It's a deflection. And if your argument is why do French Canadians have a right to services in both languages but other languages do not, I would argue the mosaic that we are allows people to live in their communities(we could use the example in your video of Vancouver) in their language of choice unofficially but it remains important to become fluent in one of the official languages of Canada. If other languages becomes another official language of the country, we could see commission of official languages rather than of French language. Cultural diversity is incredibly important to what Canada is becoming. In supporting my French identify, I do not want to limit other cultures from flourishing.

@FOLIPE

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not even Canadian but that argument that other peoples don't access services in their languages so why should quebeckers sounds absurd. In that context, why should English speakers have English language services available? It'd make just as much sense to make the whole country French monolingual.

@bigfatburn6229

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed. His white argument makes no sense. I am Québécoise francophone first. My mother is a migrant from Venezuela & my father 1/4 Algonquian & 3/4 European French descent. My cultural identity exists because of French & Québécois tradition. My mother is a separatist Québécoise (yes many fully integrated migrants are) while my father was federalist. That KZreadr does not understand nuances at all. & I speak 5 languages^^. Who is xenophobic ?

@lewis8325

5 жыл бұрын

I like some things JJ has said, but this was a far more intelligent response than anything I've seen him say about Quebec.

@colleenmcintosh6974

5 жыл бұрын

Mélanie TO FR hi, just to clarify yes you’re right the PREVIOUS government promised a future bribe (for votes) of a French university...not the conservatives. The French in Ontario accounts for literally 600,000 citizens. Government statistics indicate that the minority French (in Ontario ) are

@bigfatburn6229

5 жыл бұрын

Colleen McIntosh so Anglophones should pay for Concordia, McGill & Bishop universities following your logic. I see your posts everywhere, and they are not there to have a dialogue. It seems to me that you hate the French fact of Canada. That Canada was first created by the French, that your flag comes from a French Canadian, that your anthem comes also from a French Canadian (Calixa Lavallée). It was translated for unilingual Anglophones as real version is bilingual. You can’t escape the fact that French is part of Canada’s history. And that 20% + of the country still speaks French as first language and will always do. They may be a minority in some provinces, but Anglophones are a minority in Quebec. And I don’t feel that hate to impose to them a French view forbidding them of having Health & Education services in English. Even the separatists of Quebec never wanted to stop those services agreeing it is important to maintain services to this Anglophone minority making full part of our history. So your views are very radical. And it amazes me when the separatists are the ones called since the 70s “Nazis”, “Racists” etc...

Me: sitting on my couch enjoying the battle. Great content bro, always fun to watch squabbles between French and English. I don't speak a word of French. Still, Bravo to Fench resilience to reserve their language against nontheless English, which is about to cull out increasing numbers of languages globalwise. Even in my own country, it's considered elite and cool to speak English, whereas in some countries, kids can't even speak their own indiginous language properly, such as the Philippines, no offense. I admit it's brought me much convenience speaking English, yet still, some language has to stand up against the monopoly. Go, French! Go, Francophone!

@trevorchabot864

2 жыл бұрын

if you can't speak french, you mind your own business.

@wheretherivernarrowsball7551

Жыл бұрын

@@trevorchabot864 shut up he’s on our side they don’t have to speak French as long as they’re on our side. Some English Quebecers decides to stays in Quebec because they’re on our side.

@trevorchabot864

Жыл бұрын

@@wheretherivernarrowsball7551 no they don't. Tayeule du potato.

@wheretherivernarrowsball7551

Жыл бұрын

@@trevorchabot864 y’on pas dit rien d'méchant, faque ta yeule pis laisse moi écouter le show d'la st-Jean

@trevorchabot864

Жыл бұрын

@@wheretherivernarrowsball7551 I know. You worship anyone named Jean.

As someone who resoundingly sides left on almost every issue, I pretty much agree with everything you said.

7:57 "most of the French speaking people in the world are likely to be multi-lingual europeans who can also speak English...". Hm, nope. You've never been to France did you ?

@maten146

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, most people in France only speak French, same in most French speaking country (Belgium, French Switzerland, ...). And French is a diplomatic language, the second most learnt language,....

@thistletea4978

3 жыл бұрын

@@maten146 Most Belgians Source I'm belgian and I had to learn Dutch, English, French and German (all the languages of the country)at school.

@heymikeyh9577

3 жыл бұрын

Mat en-You’ve obviously never been to the US-spanish is practically mandatory and I’ve known a number of people who LOST JOBS they’d had as long as 25 yr because they didn’t speak spanish…

@heymikeyh9577

3 жыл бұрын

Thistle Tea-Same in Luxembourg, as I’m sure you already knew…

@SurferrDuddee09

3 жыл бұрын

Parisians usually speak a little English

We all have our biases, I admit that. I’m a bilingual American citizen who speaks both English and French fluently. Naturally I am very sympathetic to the québécois mentality and their unique community within greater Canada. I think the first step is to acknowledge the unique history of both British and French colonialization in Canada. Ultimately it was and is British (Anglo) culture that has dominated both North American the political and social scene. But as someone who has both an appreciation for foreign languages (especially French) in a geo-political sense, I think it’s extremely important not to turn a blind eye to the profound impact of French culture and language in the development of North American democracies. And as for biases, it’s obvious that every time someone who makes little to no effort in pronouncing French words or sentences correctly, they clearly have no interest in bridging the gap. I won’t fault you, JJ, for having no interest in learning French. But from personal experience, there is something remarkably special about making an effort to speak the language of the 7 million + Quebeckers who call Canada home. The way their faces light up when you (an anglophone) begin speaking French to them makes the struggle feel almost non worthwhile.

@saticharlie

5 жыл бұрын

Merci...

@dominicbaril46

5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Fusco Thanks/Merci

@user-bp1hf4om5k

5 жыл бұрын

@@dominicbaril46 had the same experience, touché!

@TheDavcormier

5 жыл бұрын

Merci, Andrew. Tu as tout compris!

@gaellebourgault8276

5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Fusco This is so true. I am a Québécoise by birth and I am a proud one by that and when you see anglophones speaking French, even if it’s not big or good sentences or everything, we are all really happy because they at least try and respect our culture and languages. So thank you for bringing this up :))

The issue is that the French canadians never wanted Canada to become this multicultural politically correct country. It's pretty much a clash of ideologies between laicism vs multiculturalism, which somewhat justifies Quebec's arguments. French canadians are not anti-immigration, but against the idea of immigrants coming to their country and telling them what to do. They have always been there first, and simply want to keep their culture safe. On the other end, other cultures arrived here after the British took over and should be expected to conform to how life is like in Canada. The problem was created when the federal governement decided to be so leniant towards new immigrants. It's true that provinces should mirror the ideologies of the federal, but that is perhaps why so many French canadians wished for Quebec to be its own country, before now trying to give themselves as much political freedom as possible without leaving the country.

@KB-dj2cg

3 жыл бұрын

Did you just say they have always been there first? Do you not acknowledge the fact that indigenous Canadians inhabited the lands before everyone else and everyone else is either immigrant or descendant of immigrants including the French and English?

@jsdutil6834

3 жыл бұрын

@@KB-dj2cg By the first to be there, I meant both English and French. It's the immigrants coming from all over the world that are messing up our politics because these minority groups feel entitled to tell the natives and government how to be. You do make a good point about the first nations. The british have done quite a lot of messed up things to them, and I'm sure the French would've eventually done that if they weren't relying so much on them to survive winter.

@KB-dj2cg

3 жыл бұрын

@@jsdutil6834 Then why do you vote for parties that want more immigration if you hate new immigrants? I mean the Liberals clearly said that they were gonna increase immigration and take Syrian refugees.

@jsdutil6834

3 жыл бұрын

@@KB-dj2cg I'm conservative. I think Trudeau is an imbecile and his politics are too much on the right. I can't really tell the difference between liberals and the NDP :/

@TheChug

3 жыл бұрын

@@KB-dj2cg He didn't say he hate new immigrants. lol There are LOADS of immigrants identifying as Quebecers and embrassing the culture. Canada embraces multiculturism, Quebec rejects it and embraces laïcism. Canada wants to import full cultures, Quebec wants to import new Quebecers. There are 2 completely different visions in this country...

I find this video very interesting since I’m a trilingual Quebec-born Mexican/French Quebecker Canadian and for living here all my life, I surely have a point of view that is a bit different. Quebec wants, to my understanding, be seen as the territorial “home for French speakers of North America” without separating from the country. That leads to some kind of double standard citizen acceptation because Quebec is welcoming newcomers from everywhere in the world that speaks French and want to learn French to find jobs within the province. With companies needing so much manpower, the current government assumes that an opportunity is there for everyone as long as they have a standard of education in Quebec French culture and history. It can be a roadblock for immigrants that can’t learn the language but let’s immigrants from everywhere that know Quebec culture shine here. My dad Is a trilingual Mexican immigrant and found a job as a French teacher here for immigrants like him. The province has given him the opportunity to have a family without discrimination. This is different, though, for people that won’t ever learn French. I’m really attached to Canadian cultures but I also see how Quebec culture is important as a core culture for my future life because all opportunities are in French here. That doesn’t make me unable to show love for my Mexican heritage as everyone is interested by multiculturalism as long as you can express it in French when it comes to the majority of the people in the province. That’s how I see things living there, in Quebec.

"Hello, my name is JJ, your friendly, neigorhood Québec hater"

@ingridbowman426

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Haters are popular on KZread, especially when they speak English as their first Language.

1. Bill 101 was passed because store signs were only in English. In addition, Bill 101 requires at least the translation into French, not to remove the English one. 2. The slogan 《Maîtres chez nous》 was used by Jean Lesage, Premier Minister of Quebec, to separate the Church from the State, which had a huge influence in the Province, the same slogan allowed what is called the Revolution Tranquille. This same event allowed Quebec to catch up technologically, economically, and so on. You videos on Quebec are anti-Quebec propaganda, you demonize a population that has as only problem to be francophone.

@RedFireRex

4 жыл бұрын

From the perspective of an English Canadian, what the Quebec and Canadian government are doing, is ultimately ruining and breaking the ties between both languages. By giving Quebec special treatment, and treating the largest minority in the country as the best thing Canada has, it is ultimately ruining the country. Every province should have EQUAL treatment. Quebec can keep their street signs, but all store signs should be in English if they were originally in English. The language can stay, but we NEED to see all provinces being treated equally!! If not, this country is doomed to fail, all because a minority that doesn’t matter that much wouldn’t stop whining.

@egsbsbwbwbwbwbwwsssbbsbsbs2120

4 жыл бұрын

@@RedFireRex I agree that every province should be treated equally but I'm sorry but , if Quebec want a law that make all sign in French.....thats Quebec right....every province is autonomous...

@ThomasBaxter

4 жыл бұрын

No question these videos are largely ignorance-based propagande from a westerner. No question. One of the most interesting facts overlooked here is that a large portion of the immigrants to Quebec are from African nations, where there is a strong french Colonial legacy. Which makes his seeming claims about the race-based chauvinism of the French - especially when put in the light of the criticisms of politicians of color being unfairly burden by the language requirement - ring a little false to me. Religion-based chauvinism? No question, but history is a complicated beast... I am in no way claiming that Quebec politics are not - as they stand - aimed towards maintaining the status quo of the white french populace, but to discuss it as this barrier to immigration falls flat. Yes, French is not an broadly spoken language like Spanish - again colonialism - but why is is a bad thing that there is a protected enclave of the language in NA? That is not to say Quebec politics aren't weird... and can seem quite overtly racist on the face of the policies (*cough* the Crucifix dans la Salon Bleu during conversations of secularism). It is also strange that the strongest progressive voice in Quebec - Quebec Solidaire - are separatist. There are legitimate questions about the way in which Quebec asserts its unique role in Canada, but saying that the second most populated province in the country should simply... not have a role reflecting its culture and values is bald faced anti-quebec propagande. Disclaimer: I grew up in Eastern Ontario and lived and work in Toronto for a decade. Then moved North... then West and lived 6 years in the YVR area. I currently live in Montreal. FWIW I heard more French spoken on the streets in YVR than I ever did in Toronto.

@guesly-a.coulanges1959

4 жыл бұрын

@@RedFireRex The country is not on the verge of failing because of french canadian but because of multiculturalism. The french Canadian, is not a minority, its a PART of the Canadian culture, like the first nation culture and anglo canadian culture. The maple leaf, the term "Canadian", the poutine, the Hockey, the Canadian flag, the maple syrup, the national anthem... all that was created by french canadian. When the Britain have take the New-France. The "French Canadian" were called Canadian. Its only several decade after the creation of the confederation that the anglo-canadian were begin to get call "Canadian" (before that, they were only British).

@MicahMicahel

4 жыл бұрын

Quebec's economy relies on handouts from English Quebec. 16 to 20% of their economy relies on English taxpayers that don't live in Quebec. They are not thankful. They don't even consider themselves Canadian. THEy call Canada, outside of Quebec. My kids went to a school that was 3/4 french and 1/3 English. The French kids bullied the English kids. The French resent the English. Every French person I've asked believes equalization payments are mosey Quebec is owed from Canada because they took too much money from Quebec. They don't realize English Canada pays their bills. They have a language police enforcing French! You will be charged if an English sign is bigger! One place was charged because the airconditionner had english stickers. Once the language police tried to get an Italian place to use the French word for pasta. They only gave up when they found out past a was an Italian word!

It's also worth noting that French Immersion schools are fairly inaccessible in rural Canada, thereby disproportionately limiting French education to those who can afford to live near a French school. I had to bus 40 minutes in order to go to my school.

4:15 : mispronouncing French just for the sake of being disrespectful. Why? I'm an anglophone raised in Quebec, and most of us just want to get along. Just showing a basic degree of respect to one another goes a long way.

@guyduquebec344

2 жыл бұрын

*Andrew, your positive attitude is greatly appreciated. If everyone had your open mind, it would be heaven on earth. Anglophones like you who know how to adapt to the Québec society by uniting with Francophones without animosity, that's true living together.*

@flooryan8332

2 жыл бұрын

I think he just doesn’t speak French lol, he mispronounces words from many foreign languages, I don’t think it’s a directed attack.

As a multilingual European who was born in Canada I believe the entire problem lies in the fact that you don't speak French (?), or any other language other then English (?). My experience tells me that once someone learns how to properly use a language they also learn to respect it, cherish it, and protect it if needed - and you clearly are not doing that. I believe Canada is one of the best countries in the world, exactly because Canadian politicians are taught humility and respect by the fact that they have to learn to express themselves in another language, and through this they learn to see things from a different perspective - which is of IMMENSE value for the quality of democracy, and it is something that only someone who has gone through the process can see, understand and properly cherish. So it doesn't really matter if Canada is English-French speaking or Mandarin-Martian speaking, the issue is making sure that Canada remains bilingual (or maybe multilingual someday) - and that requires keeping both official languages well and alive. And while I am open to adding more language to the mix someday, I think it is more important to make sure French remains strong both inside and outside of Quebec first, as it faces pressure from English.

@zachadolphe3633

5 жыл бұрын

How ironic given that Trudeau doesn't possess any of those values (coming from someone who speaks french and english).

@joetoh6675

2 жыл бұрын

@ Konrad of Kraków: Very well said!

@cakeisyummy5755

2 жыл бұрын

*other THAN English (?). I'm Eastern European, Even i know the difference between then and than.....

@joetoh6675

2 жыл бұрын

@Richmond Li French is a central part of the history of Canadian confederation, so it has a place at the federal level in ANY place that is in the confederation. Go ahead and make Cantonese an official language of BC. Next you’ll have demands that Mandarin replace Cantonese. Then in the future, Bengali or whatever. What I’m saying is that it doesn’t make sense to make a language an OFFICIAL language (that would be used in the legislature, for example) based only on current numbers, because those fluctuate. What doesn’t fluctuate is the fact that anglo Canada would inevitably merge with the US if the Quebec portion secedes. I think Canadians should strive for a basic level in THREE languages: the two official ones and any third one. Many benefits come with learning other languages, as discussed elsewhere on this page.

@HuskyTech891

7 ай бұрын

@KonradofKrakow Vous avez très bien exprimé des sentiments que je partage. Tant qu'Américain et quelqu'un qui vit à Montréal, la situation serait tellement mieux si le peuple entier du Canada était bilingue pour que tout le monde puisse mieux comprendre (ou que les anglophones du Canada puisse mieux comprendre le Québec).

What occurred to me is that although there are just as many Italians or Chinese as Francophones in Ontario, the people that came from Italy or China chose to go there. The French speakers of Canada are there because they lost a war against Great Britain 250 years ago. They came to North America from France, lost a war, and were absorbed into another empire against their will. That's very different from someone in more modern times coming to Canada because they wanted to. I think that should count for something. There also might be a difference between Italians and Francophones, in other words, Italians might just refer to people of Italian descent, whereas Francophone means someone who actually speaks French, and isn't just someone of French ancestry. I doubt that there are 600,000 Italian speakers in Ontario, so that's kind of a distortion that you didn't point out.

@DonVaillancourt

4 жыл бұрын

What you have said is a tad strong. If you were to apply that same logic to the aboriginals you'd get your head slapped. Having said that, Quebec needs to join the 21st century and get their heads out of their ass.

@billiebobsr6876

4 жыл бұрын

So by your own logic you should be kissing our boots for letting you still speak French and have it as a national language

@bilibiliism

4 жыл бұрын

Quebec is giving a considerable monthly benefit to anyone wish to move to quebec and learn french, as long as they attend regular french language school. So many people are moving to quebec from other parts of canada.

@LiveFreeOrDieDH

4 жыл бұрын

The Inuit and First Nations were absorbed into said empire even more against their will. By your logic, shouldn't Canada be giving the native languages an even MORE privileged status? Why isn't all government business in Canada conducted in one of these languages?

@LiveFreeOrDieDH

4 жыл бұрын

@Nicolas Chaput but I'm not Anglo Canadian. I'm a mixed race American with no loyalty or affinity towards any monarch. I just find the Quebecois rhetoric concerning language to be fascinating, amusing and, at least from this outsider's perspective, a bit arrogant. Perhaps this is mostly due to with my own very utilitarian view of language. I see languages as little more than useful tools, and arguments over what language to use seem as stage and futile to me as arguments over using Phillips screws vs Torx screws.

I'm an American immigrant to Canada and I learned how to speak French. Ce n'ètait pas trop difficil.

@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane

Жыл бұрын

And what if you were an immigrant, say from Mexico, who is already finding it difficult to learn and speak English?

@SenhorKoringa

Жыл бұрын

@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane tbf becoming bilingual in Spanish & French would probably be easier than Spanish & English.

@cascadecontroller

Жыл бұрын

Learning languages is a skill that some are way better than others. I've had french for 15 years in school and I still can't speak it. Same for most of the german speaking majority in switzerland. It's almost funny how few people speak french here considering we've all learned it in school. The same is true for the french speaking swiss people. English is the common language more often than french or german.

@townsley2

Жыл бұрын

@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane Let's rephrase: why would you settle in a french speaking province if don't want to learn the language? Plus usually spanish speakers have no problem learning french quickly as both are romance languages.

I'm an American who has lived in Quebec for 10 years (and learned French). I find your take interesting and agree with many of your points, but I think you're leaving out one angle of the conversation which I think would broaden your main points to include more sympathy for French. You're comparing raw numbers of populations of minority languages/ethnicities/backgrounds. But immigrants speaking a minority language have a much different experience than Quebecois who have lived in one area for generations. It's the difference between a conscious action to immigrate to a new country and learn English as a means to integrated into your new society, vs being told that you and your entire community who have lived in one place for generations are now "owned" by an English-speaking government and must speak English. The history of Quebec still has almost 200 years of developing culture within a purely Francophone society before being merged with the rest of Canada. The fact that this language/cultural autonomy was specifically respected since the very beginning of British rule and confederation is an essential difference between French and other minority languages (which is arguably what people mean by a "marriage between two nations"). And given that Quebec's autonomy has been respected for another 200 years while being allowed to continually develop, it places Quebecois French speakers in a much different position than other minority languages. Sure, people may move to Canada and speak mostly Cantonese in their neighborhood, and with their family and community. But they are aware that moving around even the same city will require switching to English, and that their kids will have to go to school in English, etc etc. Ultimately, many of these minority languages disappear within a few generations, which is why you don't see a huge German-speaking Canadian population, even though there are plenty of German descendants here, as German immigration peaked multiple generations ago. For French, it's simply different. There is a whole society that exists within Canada where people's entire lives are conducted in French, and it spans hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. The drive for Quebec separatism grew out of this absolute difference in culture. Separatism is made difficult by economic and social ties, which lead to the current more nationalist political focus. You're framing Doug Ford's anti-franco-ontarian policy against any other policy that affects language or immigrants. But this blatantly disregards the French-speaking communities who have lived (and shrunk) in the area for centuries. It's more complicated than a strict numbers game, and you can't compare apples to oranges, or in this case pre-existing colonial populations to immigrants. I agree with your point about French being mandatory being a significant glass ceiling for immigrants and lower-class members of society. This exists in inverse-form in Quebec. There are many lower-class Quebecois or immigrants from French-speaking countries who are limited until they learn English. This is a difficult question that brings into play many questions of local vs global politics, federalism vs provincialism, etc. Could you imagine if a small state in Mexico was somehow sold to Canada? By numbers, we should not respect the Spanish language any greater than other minority languages. But to a family living in the region, being told that your society is actually an Anglophone society and that your culture and language are no more important to preserve than immigrant communities in BC would seem bewildering, as the family would have never moved for generations. Colonialism comes with a dark past of suppressing cultures, and it does seem particularly odd to just pick "winners" of which colonial cultures deserve special treatment. But this history is still a fact of the world that we live in, and we do need to ensure that people currently living in a region aren't forced to radically change their lives because of larger political forces. The only way I see to solve this issue is to either continue to treat Quebec as a nation-within-a-nation, (separatism/nationalism/favouritism) or to radically shift the average Canadian identity as a marriage between two languages. I see the latter as much more difficult, although potentially a better outcome as a whole.

@sithlord5149

Жыл бұрын

I like your explaintion however I do see a reason as to why people don't really want equality among others for if them and their ancertoris live there longer you have more rights then the a family that had just one generation in. Which one matters more equality or generational rights.

@guyduquebec344

Жыл бұрын

*Your reasoning is superbly supported. Your intellectual sophistication sets you apart from the low-level moods of a JJ who incorporates no discernment into raw statistics or superficial impressions on his part that are only intended to sensationalize and provoke tribal confrontation.* *You, Jonah, have lived in two very distinct social and cultural contexts: Québec and the United States. JJ has lived most of his life in British Columbia.* *Almost half of French-speaking Québécois (of all generations) understand, speak, read and write English when dealing with unilingual English speakers, even when they have absolutely no need to use English in their daily lives. Even in small towns and rural areas of Quebec, young people learn English throughout their first 11 years of schooling. No such long reciprocity in English Canada. Depending on the province, French as a second language courses are mandatory for anywhere only from one to six years of schooling (at best).* *If most of the commentators on JJ's videos about the French fact in Canada were as subtle and nuanced as you are, Jonah, it would almost be heaven on earth for French Canadians. Alas! many commentators are gorging themselves on the pompous comments of this man who earns a few hundred dollars a year from KZread for his recriminations about the Francophones of his own country whom he grossly and blithely denigrates.* 🙄

@octaner

Жыл бұрын

Bravo bravo for the understanding of the situation, and to be able to look at the other side of the medal.

@tammytambrella6816

11 ай бұрын

Seems like a big part of this is that after 200 years the French speaking Quebec doesn’t want to integrate and assimilate with the broader population in Canada. Basically they don’t seem to want to be Canadian? Is this true? They seem to refuse/resent speaking English and evidently have passed laws at the provincial level that seem to question whether they even accept and recognize English as one of the two official languages in Canada. Is this true? Honestly if Quebec is in the minority with only 1 province and the other 8 are moving in a different direction it doesn’t seem fair to ask the other 8 provinces to bend to Quebec’s demands but that’s just me. As an American it sounds like this is really about money, resources etc. Quebec has something Canada doesn’t want to give up otherwise honestly what makes the most sense for the rest of Canada would be to say bye 👋 to Quebec a long time ago or at least key Quebec vote on independence. Forced marriages are uncomfortable for both sides. Maybe Canada should starting developing a plan to mitigate whatever Quebec has or provides that Canada is dependent on so that in the event that one or both groups wants to call it quits Canada has the option to cut ties without harming their economy. If access to trade and the Great Lakes and Atlantic is an issue I’d say where there’s a will there’s a way. Canada needs to invent a solution. Canals can be dug, roads built, bridges and highways can be constructed over inlets, fjords, jetties, even oceans now. Canadians are smart and if a solution eludes them the world has gifted architects and engineers that can accomplish amazing feats. Think positive and win-win.

@ShitCoveredStatue

10 ай бұрын

It sounds like you learned English from reading Edgar Allen Poe short stories

This guy convinces me we're not the same culture at all.

@Bonoboorg

2 жыл бұрын

I know right, he’s so stuck in his bias that he just says straight up nonsense for about 15 minutes

I moved to Quebec in 2014 and have considered improving my french recently.

@TheChug

3 жыл бұрын

Respect!

@mrtortoise3766

3 жыл бұрын

Got more motivation then me

My mom recently took a french class and they never mentioned any of this stuff in all the time they talked about canada--makes sense, when i took chinese they sure didn't have time to talk about the politics--so it's great to get that context!

As an anglophone albertain who was put into french immersion and plans on studying in Montreal, the polarity of this topic low-key scares me 😅 edit: I wanna add I love the idea of a united french and english canada and fully support access to (at least elementary to high school) french education simply for the sake of giving people like me the opportunity to be bilingual. I also am a simp for most things french so also hella biased in that regards. I do think it's unfortunate that the barrier to entry into canadian politics is so favoured to the few french and english bilingual people of canada but at the same time do understand and share the desire to preserve the french language. This topic is hella complex 😅

@Alternity666

Жыл бұрын

People should strive to be (at least) bilingual. It quite literally changes how you think.

Le mec il critique les minorités québécoise à l'extérieur du Québec qui demande plus de reconnaissance de la langue française mais il veut que les anglophones aient plus de place au Québec...

@abdelrahmanezz7518

4 жыл бұрын

ma nigga il ya des autres minorité dans le canada

@coolguy4306

4 жыл бұрын

Les francais hors de québec sont especiellement priviligé car leur langue primaire est recognisée comme une langue officiale au canada même si leur population est plus petit que des autres minorités

@gabrielcollin8276

4 жыл бұрын

aucunement neutre, mais c'est ce qui lui attire des vues...

@francinesalvas580

4 жыл бұрын

@@coolguy4306 Ils devraient avoir droit au même traitement que reçoivent les anglophones minoritaires du Québec. De même pour les peuples autochtones. Ce ne sont pas des immigrants mais des fondateurs. Ils ont fait ce pays.

@coolguy4306

4 жыл бұрын

@@francinesalvas580 ils ont créé le québec mais pas le canada. Le plupart du pays n'ont pas le même culture ou les mêmes valeurs que des quebecois. Je crois que les punjabis á surrey ont fait plus que les québecois sans être raciste et snobby

Even as an English-speaking Western Canadian I can really understand the desire of French Canadians to preserve their language and culture. I think you probably would too if you were in their position. I do agree though that the political classes are incredibly hypocritical in forcing multiculturalism down everyone else's throats but theirs.

@magdaw3123

5 жыл бұрын

You are right. As a Quebecer. I eat, celebrate and say words that are uniquely Quebecois. Quebec separation would solve many problems. Win-win.

@guillaumegiroux9425

5 жыл бұрын

Canada is a confederation like Switzerland, why can't we follow the best elements of their system ? I'm French from Québec and I don't think french should be forced down the throat of people outside our province/communities, but we just don't want to be second class citizens in our own coutry. Switzerland has a very decentralized state and a very consensus driven federal state that includes all national languages (including tiny Romansch). That's makes the country bigger as a whole through competition and free trade (I do wish my province was richer than average, that's why we founded and elected CAQ). I think JJ makes it worse and caricaturize us. Harper spoke more than satisfactory french and he tried, no matter how often he screwed up, he was unashamed in telling he cared. it means everything.

@dmctztv3842

5 жыл бұрын

@@guillaumegiroux9425 souverainté dude. c la solution.

@thepessimisticninja4080

5 жыл бұрын

@@magdaw3123 y'all would be poor without billions of dollars from Alberta every year lol

@Daiems

5 жыл бұрын

@@magdaw3123 nah you would starve because no one is giving you money anynore then

As an American, I really like the historical backgrounds and arguments you made, it is a very intresting topic I don’t know much about but this video really helped me to get insight on an aspect of it👍

I'm learning French to visit Montreal. It seems a lot more interesting than visiting other places in Canada.

@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane

Жыл бұрын

Good luck, even people from France have a difficult time understanding Quebecois French.

@merlin805

Жыл бұрын

I'd say Québec city is better than Montréal! It's so much prettier and a better place for tourists :)

@sergelauzon7763

Жыл бұрын

@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane And people from England understand easily a fisherman from New-Foundland or a farmer from Alberta? Get real!

@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane

Жыл бұрын

@@sergelauzon7763 Ya, they can, you moron.

@bingodeluxe

Жыл бұрын

@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane As a Scottish person would find it difficult to understand a Texan. Also, in every language you have levels: a carpenter from Strasbourg doesn't speak French the same as a football player from Abidjan. Vive la difference!

I like how he thinks French Canadians don’t speak English while English classes are mandatory since first grade at school.

@MrGrey-zc2cy

5 жыл бұрын

Guess us anglophones who had to take mandatory French classes since first grade all speak French and are just pretending not to because we hate Quebec so much.

@thom9103

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrGrey-zc2cy guess what? Us quebecois don't want to learn english anymore because all of english-canadian treat us like s**t.

@FwoGiZ

5 жыл бұрын

@@thom9103 De quoi tu parles?? J'habite en Ontario depuis 7ans et j'ai vu au moins 5x plus de hatred de fr contre les anglo que le contraire... Tu t'es fait remplir de marde

@thom9103

5 жыл бұрын

@@FwoGiZ non, tu regarde dans les commentaires, et tu vas voir les "hatred" Anglais. Et s'il te plaît, reste poli.

@thom9103

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrGrey-zc2cy Do you really think everybody is like that? This is the good old : "French- canadian myth" You are one of the reason that some of us don't want to speak english anymore. I still want to learn english because Ik that a lot of english-canadian are friendly toward us. But please try to be More open-minded.

I live in Quebec. I'm one of those chauvinistic French Canadians you're talking about. I couldn't disagree more with the underlying message of your videos and we clearly have opposite political views. But I have to say, to my own dismay, I love your videos. I think I now understand more the perception non-French speakers have of us and to be fair, some of it is legitimate. I do think political roles should be accessible to all, no matter their mother tongue (and by that I mean that they could speak neither of the official languages). I think it all comes down to a matter of point of views. When we are 9 French speakers in a room (I work in video games) and we have to switch to English because of that 10th non-French speaker, it becomes infuriating, because not all are capable of expressing their opinion in an understandable English. I think we just all want to be part of the majority, because being a minority sucks as your reach is limited. We are a majority in Quebec, we behave as such. If you include Canada we then become a minority. When a minority in Quebec has ridiculous demands (Hasidic Jews at the YMCA for example) there is a backlash, just like there is when we have "ridiculous demands" or privileges to the rest of Canada. That also explains why the Quebec Separatist movement had reach outside Quebec, with some Canadians tired of us whiny bitches. But still, here we are. So I disagree with you sir, but I respect you. Have a good day (and to all my fellow Canadians from all horizons) !

@p11111

5 жыл бұрын

I must love you, sir, for you respect others with differing opinions AND you have a fucking Reboot avatar

@carlprefontaine

5 жыл бұрын

@@p11111 Reboot is Canada's finest contribution !

@p11111

5 жыл бұрын

@@carlprefontaine Finally, something that can truly unite all of Canada! :D

@larandproductions9126

5 жыл бұрын

I am french speaking from Quebec, and I was about to say pretty much the same message.

@vivalarevolucion9

5 жыл бұрын

JJ do amazing videos, he's very handsome and pleasant to watch (no-mustache JJ)… but when it comes about the Quebec, he display much more hate toward us than almost all of us against the Canada (only his videos make me remember that we're supposedly stuck into in a rageful linguistic war, and that I'm suppose to hate every Canadians... if I'm a "real Quebecer"). It's because of people like him that federalist Quebecers turning against Canada (as they indirectly created/contributed our independentist movements). How could we love a country who hate us that much? The most cynical thing is that he (and others) twisting our provincial prime minister's words (province-first as any other provinces, but also from Quebec federalist parties) to serve their own Canadian interests against the Quebec (federalists shooting at other federalists! Congrats!!)… or they use the "because they are French"(xenophobic) to judge every provincial decisions that they don't agree with.

As a Mexican studying English literature, while living in a Francophone city, I JUST LOVE how both languages clash with each other. Speaking Franglais is a lot like Spanglish but not exaclty.

@Alternity666

Жыл бұрын

If you like "franglais" you should move in Moncton, a large number of the population speak "chiac" which is basically that.

As a French Canadian from Ontario born in Quebec, this was a very interesting video. I do value Canada’s French-English identity but you make a great point about how all individual liberties should be respected equally and while I doubt it will be an all white elite a Franco-English elite that disconnect completely from the rest of Canada would be bad. Idk good thought peace anyways.

@cowsmuggler1646

Жыл бұрын

They just used you to bring in immigrants. They did in America. They gave Blaks the civil rights. But it was not to help them. As soon they gave everybody the civil rights, they opened the immigration floodgates to non-Europe countries.

Première fois que j'entend vraiment un canadien anglo dire "a boot" à la place de about. Moi qui croyait que c'était une légende ... Lâche pas garçon, t'as un beau toupet rempli de préjugés. Bisous!

@33PhP

5 жыл бұрын

j'adore ton ironie! Bravo!

@camerons-m8040

5 жыл бұрын

Omg moi Aussie

@ggrad2651

5 жыл бұрын

Il fait ça exprès. Si on écoute bien, on voit qu'il met ses "oo"s n'importe où.

@thelastpizzaroll8190

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry I don't speak surrender.

@robin-bq1lz

5 жыл бұрын

TheLastPizzaRoll probablement que tu parles juste le rednecks morons comme tout les idiots....😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😁😘

“Just like your parents”

@MustraOrdo

5 жыл бұрын

Very insulting towards the ones whose parents never split.

@bipulsoti7368

5 жыл бұрын

OAC hallucinating 😂

@felixhurteau2630

5 жыл бұрын

Thomas is really funny

@MustraOrdo

5 жыл бұрын

@André Lussier ... nah

I think french canadians like me should be consider, be respected and have IMPORTANT services ONLY in other provinces (like ensure a french school alternative). But we should do the same for english and possibly for not official canadian languages like spanish...

I think if Quebec has the right to preserve its language and culture by having immigrants assimilate, then English-Canada should be afforded the same right. Alors je soutiens pleinement le mouvement indépendantiste québécois.

@two_motion

2 жыл бұрын

@@louisd.8928 Yes, I'm not disagreeing. I'm saying, don't force English on Quebec and don't force French on Anglo-Canada. Like, would it make sense for someone immigrating to Europe to learn Dutch when they are going to live in Germany?

The english population was the first minority my J.J! You should know that.

@laurencegravel5188

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought!

@inwalters

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, but they're not now.

@jerrytheracecardriver1100

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but this is 2020, and it is no longer the minority. So fuck your history, what worked a couple hundred years ago doesn't necessarily work now.

@chista9515

4 жыл бұрын

by that logic then Americans should be speaking a Native American language because in the early days, they were once the minority.

When you immigrate, you are expected to assimilate to the culture and language of the country. Francophones of Ontario did not immigrate, they have lived here for generations, this is their land as much as the anglophones. Therefore, it is expected that the government builds institutions for them as well.

@bigboy3454

5 жыл бұрын

Dude, French Canadians are the least assimilated people in canada. Canada should have a single official language, English. Btw, I'm fluent in french.

@rotters2556

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigboy3454 Why should they be assimilated if they are not immigrants?

@bigboy3454

5 жыл бұрын

@@rotters2556They are immigrants, if you are not First nation you are an immigrant.

@rotters2556

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigboy3454 Then you're not consistent, why should the langugage be english and not the first nation's language?

@bigboy3454

5 жыл бұрын

@@rotters2556 It would still be english, because the first nation don't have a single language they have multiple. Plus, the majority of first nation speak english has either their first language or second language.

This was an incredibly informative video JJ!

I'm one of those canadian anglophones that really bad at french, and I am trying to get a government job. I worked in Quebec for a summer and I didn't have to speak much french which I found to be very ironic

@KaisTestKitchen1

2 жыл бұрын

@@louisd.8928 Thank you for the info! My govt job in Quebec was English essential so I know they're out there. I just gotta keep trying

I am a very liberal person in Canada, but these videos really do highlight a strange assumption that French Canadians (predominantly white) are somehow more oppressed than every other minority in Canada

@Alternity666

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say we are more oppressed, but as a French Canadian from New Brunswick, the only officially bilingual province with about a third of its residents natively speaking French, I say we are about as equally oppressed when we are not in a French speaking region. The difference lies more in the number of native French speakers, more than 20% of canada is native French speaker so you will hear them much more loudly.

"Canada's first minority" hahaha very funny. At first French were a majority.

@deancuban894

5 жыл бұрын

Majority white ethnicity*

@fancy4663

5 жыл бұрын

@@deancuban894 da faq u mean?

@colleenmcintosh6974

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Thomas hi, just thought I correct the percentage of French in Canada. Outside of Quebec, Canada is overwhelmingly English at 97% of the Country. But, if we factor in Quebec then the French minority accounts for 20% or 1/5th of total population l. Thanks 🙏🏻

@jerrytheracecardriver1100

4 жыл бұрын

Not anymore. Use today's stats and not 1825's stats.

I understand your points. Yet, I think monolingual Americans have to learn that learning a language isn’t a big deal. In Europe, like you mentioned, we tend to speak multiple languages. We’re not blessed by god… you make it sound harder than it is. Teach people languages. It’s good for them. And it is easy too. There’s no reason why almost everybody in Canada can’t speak both English and french. It’s just another skill.

@Anurag-xe2jp

11 ай бұрын

Europeans learn multiple languages out of necessity . English isn't my first language but i wouldn't bother learning any other if it was

@whitneysmiltank

7 ай бұрын

Monolingual english speakers are so cringe

@peeeeeeemp

6 ай бұрын

You aren’t blessed by god but you are severely underplaying how much regularly encountering other languages plays a role in their acquisition - If every interaction you can have in hundreds of miles in every direction is in one language it not only seems unnecessary to most but genuinely makes it much harder to actually become proficient

Bro I am an immigrant here in Ontario. When I first get to know that Canada has French as its second official language this made me kind of curious that why an english country has French as its second language. Then I got to know that in past britishers did that to preserve the french identity in this country. I believe having french as an second official language kind of tells people who are new here that french people are an important part of the canadian society and history.

@Hasde_dfs

Жыл бұрын

They are?

I live Alberta and have started to learn French recently, I now have more determination to keep learning it.

@jerrytheracecardriver1100

4 жыл бұрын

All I can remember from being forced to learn it in school is the word "merde", which I use to describe my opinion of the language.

@1000eau

4 жыл бұрын

Bravo, tu es vraiment déterminé ^^

@mathewbrown9371

4 жыл бұрын

Hello from Ontario my western compatriot! lol Greatly relieved to see someone of a like-mind in the myopia of the youtube comment board. I'm in the same boat, I was reluctantly dragged through French class for 10 years, learning the bear minimum to pass, only to graduate and realize how ignorant I was as to what "Canada" is as a national entity and what it could be. Our longterm goal should be 100% bilingualism--it is possible! Recently I've gone back to French and I'm making real progress, I hope you are too. I appreciate J.J.'s polemics on many issues but I think he's severely wrong on this one. So much of the argument is based on age-old English Canadian nationalism and this ingrained reluctance to open their minds by putting in the hard work of learning French. The idea that French does not have a unique status in Canada is ahistorical, the first people to call themselves Canadians were of course, the Canadiens! It's too much to get into here because it requires a different approach but the role of Indigenous people--whether they understood themselves as Canadian or not--also played a major role in defining the territory that eventually became Canada.

@allisonchains__

3 жыл бұрын

Mathew Brown I don’t think you watched the whole video...

@mathewbrown9371

3 жыл бұрын

​@@allisonchains__ Hi Allison, thank you for reading my comment but I'm not sure why you would assume I didn't finish the video. Actually, I did finish the video and enjoyed it...although I strongly disagreed with its conclusions. I think it's important that we debate these issues. The last thing J.J. actually said was "maybe you disagree, you can leave your comments below". J.J.'s argument, that French will grow increasingly insignificant compared to English in Canada as immigrants cannot be expected to learn three languages, is basically premised on the 18th century assumption that Quebec itself will eventually be assimilated--or perhaps breakaway from Canada. The problem is that this runs counter to the 250 years of development we've seen since the original union of the Canadas. Quebec went from being a tiny, backwoods colony of lords (seigneurs) and farmers to a free, modern, economic powerhouse with the second largest population in Canada and the largest French speaking population outside of France. Immigrants from around the world are already going to Quebec and learning the language; it's not a myth, it's happening every day. Think about the plight of the Irish in the British Isles, they withstood centuries of overt imperial domination (far more extreme than anything that has happened in Canada) and today they are prospering under their own government and sense of national identity. The total population of Ireland today is about half that of Quebec. My point is that is that if a state as relatively small and oppressed as Ireland was could withstand domination right next door to one of the greatest empires in history, Quebec is surely beyond a stage of development where they will simply dissolve. Hence, Canada has a choice: embrace our unique historical roots as the union of English and French (and again, Indigenous people are also very much a founding party but that is a separate issue) or adopt the divisive and antagonistic policies of promoting English domination. People have been making arguments akin to J.J.'s literally for centuries and yet, sometimes by a thread, Canada hangs on. I would similarly argue that if we alienate Quebec to the point of legal separation, the spine of Canada has been broken, at which point other provinces would probably also be tempted to break and join the American union. An alternative is that Canada actually uses its vast intellectual resources to support the development of French across the country with the goal of 100% bilingualism. The demand for French teachers is already very high in the English stronghold of Ontario and god forbid somebody who already speaks two languages, say English and Hindi, is encouraged to gain some level of fluency in a third. In the past, this may have been difficult but today the access to digital language learning programs is widespread and cheap. Most of J.J.'s argument on this topic seems like it's coming from the 18th and 19th centuries--especially the laughable idea of a white, bilingual "aristocracy" in left leaning, democratic Canada. In the 21st century, the more languages you speak the better and French is a major global language, it's not in decline! It's entirely possible that Canada could accelerate the growth of the French language while better situating its citizens, including native English speakers, for the challenges of an interconnected and linguistically diverse 21st century.

Trilingual superstar? Most Quebec immigrants speak their mother tongue, learn French through francisation and eventually learn English if they didn't speak it before immigrating.

@guillaumecoziol-lesperance9095

4 жыл бұрын

Correct. Especially true in Montréal.

@deathflame3849

4 жыл бұрын

We are talking outside of Quebec

@DK-bc2hk

3 жыл бұрын

Most immigrants don’t live in Quebec.

@joetoh6675

3 жыл бұрын

It's quite racist for JJ to say that only white people can gain proficiency in English and French. Growing up in western Canada, neither of my parents spoke English or French as a first language, yet I've gained some proficiency in French. I think there will be a lot of trilingual speakers in Canada in one more generation. One doesn't need to be a superstar to be trilingual, just diligent and persistent. Le Canada sera encore plus fort grace à son population qui peut apprécier les autres cultures et capable à parler plus qu'un, ou même plus que deux, langues. Voilà ce n'est pas parfait, mais je continue à étudier le français parce que je me sens qu'il est mon devoir à le faire, comme citoyen canadien. Ça aide dans la vie privé aussi.

@coincoindelacanardiere3958

3 жыл бұрын

@@DK-bc2hk Québec receives 54 000 immigrants every year

I enjoyed this video. Thank you for discussing this topic.

There are over 300 millions french speakers in the world and it's growing fast thanks to Africa's population growth

"(...) I didn't like that Francophones were being compared to Chinese or other cultures." If that isn't stereotypically racist, I don't know what is.

@joetoh6675

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine that Canada was predominantly French speaking and had an English minority. (And let's say the US was taken over by aggressive Louisiana Creoles or something.) The English minority in Canada sees its best chances of survival in sticking with the Canadian francophone majority, yet they want their British traditions (tea at 4) and English language protected. The country adopts the French civil code for most of the country, with a small part of it using British common law. The French Canadians recognize English Canadians as a founding nation, even though they are a minority. For a century the country grows along these foundational lines that have been set. The 20th century rolls along, and in the second half of it large numbers of immigrants speaking Chinese, Arabic and Yoruba arrive. The French Canadian majority recognizes these groups as having the same rights as English Canadians, who have been here almost as long as the French. An English Canadian politician says she doesn't like that these other groups are being given the same status as anglophones. Now, would that statement be racist?

@user-sm5sj6mg2t

3 жыл бұрын

@@joetoh6675 Yes. Claiming to be the superior race of a certain country and to deserve a better treatment than other races is racist. Or chauvinist, if it's about nationality and not race.

@joetoh6675

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-sm5sj6mg2t I don't see it as the group claiming to be a superior race or nationality, rather an established culture. This includes, importantly, the legal system, which is an embodiment of core values. What would a country become if it started to accommodate Sharia law or Confucian justifications of authoritarianism, simply because of new immigrants?

@coincoindelacanardiere3958

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-sm5sj6mg2t How not wanting to be lumped in a multicultural melting-pot when you are one of the founding peopl of this country is racist? Are you just pretending or are you really that stupid?

@joetoh6675

3 жыл бұрын

@@coincoindelacanardiere3958 Peut-être il est si bête et jj aussi. Il s'agit de "anglo privilege", ou peut-être de "anglo insecurity".

> Quebec : i want to be independent. > Canada : No, please stay we love you please please stayyy > Quebec : okay, I'll sta- > Canada : *Complains about Quebec*

@douvik8615

5 жыл бұрын

:pikachu face:

@MrGrey-zc2cy

5 жыл бұрын

Lemme fix that for you > Quebec : i want to be independent. > Canada : Well if you really want to l- > Quebec : We're keeping your money, want to use your international connections, demand a discount on trade... > Canada : No... ...please stay... ...we... ..uh... ..."love" you... > Quebec : *Is Quebec*

@megan2484

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrGrey-zc2cy Canada saying " well if you really want to" never happened. They did everything to prevent Quebec from leaving, check your facts

@MrGrey-zc2cy

5 жыл бұрын

​@@megan2484 Creative license, y'know the thing you also used? The government didn't drop to it's knees begging Quebec to stay and the English citizens of Canada knew you weren't going anywhere assuming they even cared. Quebec wants to "leave" like a millennial leaves home by moving into the basement.

@robin-bq1lz

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Grey la maison nous appartient, va te louer une chambre miteuse ailleurs le moron....😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😁😘

The population of french canadian in Manitoba was like 50% 200 years ago or so I think, but today only 1%... I guess they did worst than the law 101 🤷🏼‍♂️.... In 1960 the salary of a french Canadian was 50% the salary of english Canadian. I think it was a good thing to think about getting out in the 70s.

@jasonb6860

3 жыл бұрын

You should look up 'The Manitoba School Question' if you're interested in the topic. iirc in the end the Protestants (aka English speakers) of Manitoba pulled a reverse Bill 101 on the Catholics (aka French speakers) of Manitoba.

@tylersmith3139

3 жыл бұрын

Well, back then Métis were the majority of Manitobans, immigration from Ontario and more importantly Germany, Ukraine, Russia and other parts of Europe meant that Métis became a minority and all those immigrants learned English so it's pretty different from what you're describing.

@bigmoneylost

3 жыл бұрын

And then McDonald gave Louis Riel a deal.. "Say that you are mad and live or dont and die" he chose death and then our great "Founder" put all the métis in pensionnats which were basically rééducation camps that made them loose their identity and language. Talk about a great way to build a country bet you don't learn this in you anglo history class...

@Keeboy96

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylersmith3139 The true history is : Metis ( mostly french with american indian mix) used to own the land, but they got kill ( hanged) & then the history you describe with english and multiculturalism came, but after.

@Keeboy96

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigmoneylost Very true 👍 Well said

Surely the government should be like Switzerland in terms of language? As in, you only need to speak one of the official languages used in government, not both (or all for Switzerland).

There is also the possibility to live in two language country without major problems. In Finland the second official language is Swedish. Therefore I had to study it in school, but personally, I didn't learn it and after passing the final examination in university (even in that time I just pass the examination) and today I can't speak Swedish at all (I can understand it a little bit). This hasn't been major political issue in Finland for quite long I will add a link to Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland

@SardonicALLY

9 ай бұрын

This is very interesting. My brother (who is Irish) married a woman who lives in Sweden (far from the Finland border) but her family is from Finland originally. So they speak the Finnish language at home. As a result my brother moved to Sweden to live near her family. He learned the Swedish language fluently, and has learned a great deal of Finnish because they have two little boys. The boys are growing up bilingual at home. Mommy speaks Finnish to them and Daddy speaks English. They will learn Swedish by natural exposure from the society they live in. In effect they will be tri-lingual with no effort on their part. A great gift.

I don't entirely agree with this. As an immigrant who lives in Quebec, I have felt at times that the obsession with the French language was annoying, but I understand why. I don't think it's fair to compare other minorities to French Canadian minorities, since the French have been on this continent for longer than any of us, even English speakers. French heritage is very important in Eastern Canada, I think more than it would be in the west of the country. Quebec just wants to preserve its heritage, history and language and I respect that.

@voicije

4 жыл бұрын

thank you

@hellnaw6515

4 жыл бұрын

My boy thank you for the comment

@gavsch5690

4 жыл бұрын

Anne Edwards but then why not the First Nation’s language, they were there before the French

@gavsch5690

4 жыл бұрын

Doffy Rob the French in Canada were conquered by the British, they represent less 20% of Canada, and if immigration continue French will continue to fall, so your argument is completely useless and irrelevant.

@matchampagne

4 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup mon cher co-patriote!

This is really good video, thanks JJ.

All I can think about is a buddy cop drama about body that was found on the boarder of Quebec and Ontario. It was called Bon cop Bad cop

I'm not Canadian but I am a speaker of both French and English and you nearly had me up until saying French is not a useful language. It's the official language of 29 countries, as well as the EU and United Nations. It's not only useful in politics, but also has a huge impact when it comes to Western law, art, music, literature, film, philosophy and architecture. Not to mention that more than 25% of English words come from French. To say that French is not useful in the 21st century is a lie.

@amair104

5 жыл бұрын

Or you can just learn English and understand what each of those French (Norman) derived words mean anyways. Not to mention you’ll still be understood in each of those important organizations you listed.

@johnobrien7908

5 жыл бұрын

English is far more useful.

@scotth8166

5 жыл бұрын

Quebec is stuck in a historic state and cant evolve!!!

@thom9103

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnobrien7908 ... No lol.

@blaaaaaaahhhhkathi

5 жыл бұрын

The EU had 24 official languages, you wouldn't say Romanian or Latvian or Finnish are useful languages because they are the official languages of the EU. Besides that, the more accurate statement would be that French is not as useful as it used to be, in the 21st century...

Hi there J.J. I'm French and I've got the chance to go to Ontario these last months. I think that you need to mention that in a historic manner, French speakers were not so lucky among the English majority: look at Lousiana, a million people were speaking French there in the 70's. But after laws facilitating the suppression of the French language, they are about 100 000 speaking french Cajun now. What I'm saying is, your country has two official languages. Canada is lucky to have this cultural strength and should stick to it.

@zachadolphe3633

5 жыл бұрын

How is it lucky? If you live in Alberta like me it means that you have pay Quebec 13 billion in transfer payments every year just to protect their privileged entitlement.

@southerncoyote

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely a two wrongs don’t make a right category. It was wrong of Quebec to target/ignore the English speaking minority just as it was wrong of US and Louisiana to target/ignore the French speaking minority

@acharat6

Жыл бұрын

@@zachadolphe3633 What does payment transfers have to do with French language protection measures? Moreover, JJ mostly argues that those measures make no sense OUTSIDE Quebec. Transfer payments is about richest provinces money being redistributed to the poorest (including English speaking Atlantic provinces I assume). This has nothing to do with Quebec being privileged. You can be against wealth redistribution but this feels like you just decided to scapegoat Quebecers.

J.J. McCullough, how do you feel about the Canadian Reform Party and their time from 1987-2000? The end of bilingualism in Canada was one of their points, which is something I presume you would favor, but the controversy surrounding the party and some their MPs statements considered to be racist, sexist and homophobic would most certainly not make you feel good about them.

I visited Winnipeg once (I'm from the US) and somehow got on this subject with friends, most of whom were sort of outspokenly left; half were NDP supporters. Anyway I was surprised to know that all of them seemed irritated about Quebec and bilingualism generally, which kind of surprised me (it was years ago but one thing they talked about was the cost of bilingual signs, forms, etc.) This video was enlightening.

@AABradyKK

2 жыл бұрын

Hard core lefties tend to be the biggest hypocrites. Logic is only used when it benefits their views.

@Hollywoodin2001b

10 ай бұрын

Deep down, almost everyone wishes bilingualism would go away.