"Refuse to speak english". There's no refusal, our language is french, it always was, it always will be. It's not a choice, it's who we are.

@Coccinelf

5 жыл бұрын

I completely agree, this title rubs me the wrong way!

@noemiej.marquis732

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of francos here, myself include, love to learn and speak English, we just don't want our day-to-day lives being dictated by English. It's our culture, it's who we are. I speak in English all the time on the Internet, but rarely IRL.

@shadekiller19

5 жыл бұрын

"will always be" sure sure

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. The French of Québec is very unique and is based on old French of France and you can find it in very old French texts of authors of those times. Québec is very unique and their culture is very unique like no other - not like France, not like the rest of Canada at all but unique. The people of Québec are very hospitable more than the rest of Canada.

@monculsurlacommode3238

5 жыл бұрын

"Les canado-rosbif refusent de parler français"

I'm an English speaking Canadian and I don't expect anyone in Quebec to speak anything but the language they choose. If they want to speak French, so be it! I think it makes Canada a better and more interesting place. I love Quebec and French Canadians!

@louisd.8928

5 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of attitude that brings people closer together instead of fostering divisions. Being a Quebecer myself, if I visit Vancouver or Toronto, I'm operating under the assumption that people mostly speak English there and that basic decency dictates that I should try my best to speak to them in their language in their own province.

@nicjoe5116

5 жыл бұрын

@@fanta6285 Be sure of one thing, we know that we are only 8 millions surrounded by over 300 millions english speakers, linving myself in Quebec city, I can tell you that, even if 98% of people here speak french, that you will receive any information in english without any problem.

@thefuryofdiogenes2946

5 жыл бұрын

But the thing is, in many English speaking provinces, in history classes, they don't learn anything before the English colonisation of Canada, so most of the people don't even understand why there are French speaking people in Canada even though they were there way before, the national anthem comes from Quebec, the name of the country too, 70% of the world's maple syrup production, hockey, snowmobile, poutine, snowblower and about anything that is culturally Canadian

@Thallidus

5 жыл бұрын

Charles Fortin incorrect. I had to learn about how europeans came to canada and even Before the french came. Infact, the first europeans that came to canada were actually vikings. But they ended up leaving for some reason.

@thefuryofdiogenes2946

5 жыл бұрын

@@Thallidus really? Well I have friends who moved to London in Ontario and no one in their schools even know why they are French speakers in Canada

You can’t say they refuse to speak English . I’m Greek and live in the USA we speak Greek in the house I grew up because it didn’t matter where we lived we spoke Greek because it’s literally who we are . That being said the people of Quebec speak French because they are French ! Much love to the québécois! 🇨🇦

@linefrenette9116

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍🏼

@benvad9010

Жыл бұрын

You understand that the bedrock of a culture is first and foremost relatedness but even more importantly language. An example if you take the populations of the the Southern Balkan Peninsula that are all living within the border regions of Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria & of course Greece, you’d be hard pressed to see the difference on the DNA 🧬 tests. Cuisine, dances, moonshine the drink and the Orthodox Christianity are all pretty similar. However the languages are different. So you’re an American but it is extreme important to hold on to the language. My mother is a Scottish Newfoundlander and her parents (village’s) language was Gaelic. My mother went to the school (English) Church (Latin Mass) and would speak English to her siblings (school’s influence) but would under the language but couldn’t speak. Now I have no clue about the language apart from two or three words.

@doogleticker5183

11 ай бұрын

I now live in France and the only thing I think you can realistically state that makes the Québecois " French is that they speak a language that closely resembles old French. That's it! They are more Americanized than French...even the Québecoise language teacher on KZread, whom I follow, has admitted as much. I was born in Québec, lived in 6/10 provinces, and worked in the Navy. During my life in Canada, affirmative action started making life more difficult, beginning in the 1980s. By the 1990s, I was informed that nobody could progress beyond the rank of Lieutenant-Commander without being bilingual..so I applied for French language training. I was refused three times "because I was needed at sea" or other critical positions in the naval command structure. The country had started to act against its constitution and in a direction that is anything but free. Quotas, language laws, the erosion of the meritocracy...all the good was being erased. So, I left to learn French. I planned on coming back. But, it became clear that Canada was rotting from within. Years later, although treated like an immigrant, I live in a country that has resisted wokeness and quotas. It's so much easier. Ironically, when I pass through Québec now, most people won't engage with me in French, they speak English. WTF? No, the Québecois are NOT French.

@thatamericanbritishbloke5672

8 ай бұрын

Yeah they definitely do not "refuse to speak English," especially the younger generations who understand that if they choose to only speak French, they'd be trapped in Quebec with no chance for job opportunities anywhere else in North America.

@bingodeluxe

7 ай бұрын

Thanks a million! And Québec Is the most bilingual province in Canada at a rate of 43%. Who says we refuse to speak English?

I moved from Brazil to Canada with my family and we chose to live in the province of Québec because their language culture are closer to ours, as opposed to the English provinces. It amazes me how we, as immigrants, are are able to speak both official languages on the top of our own, and the native Canadians don't bother to learn each other languages. IMHO, everyone should be fully bilingual in this country, but if I were to pick only one language I would stick with French, easily. I love the Québec and their culture and I totally disagree that they refuse to speak English, on the contrary, they do the most to speak English.

@paulingo69

3 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right, most of the English Canadian play stupid when they visit Quebec and don't bother learning the language, they expect to be served in English. But french speaking people always try their hardest to speak English when they visit English provinces.

Quebecers just want to preserve their culture, language and heritage. What's wrong with that ? After all they are the first canadians, their heritage is strong

@TheMatlemon

5 жыл бұрын

merci beaucoup ! Du Québec :)

@feelingchanvre928

5 жыл бұрын

C'est la partie de l'histoire que les gens ne comprennent pas lol. Facile d'ignorer ces enjeux quand tu est un Anglophone né dans un monde d'Anglo-Saxon mondialiste sans pied à terre. Ils ne peuvent pas s'imaginer ce que c'est d'avoir un riche héritage culturel parce que tout ce qu'ils connaissent c'est le hockey et des restos de beignes. Mais je me laisse emporter... Merci du support cher ami.

@Mickr4

5 жыл бұрын

+William Jeffers -- I don't think any Québecois would disagree with that.. We never wished for englo-canadian to become like us, we only wish for Québec to keep its heritage. When The rest of Canada try to assimilate us or to treat us like "outsiders" is when the sh*t hit the fan and nationalism flourish.

@kuryamtl

5 жыл бұрын

Technically you are right. But French Canadians were not the first peoples of the area. Just to keep in mind.

@Mickr4

5 жыл бұрын

What an ignorant question. I won't be posting a 2 pages response to fix your ignorance. Do your own research. Not that you will, since you obviously don't give a shit. Otherwise you would have done so before posting that dumb comment.

I'm Acadian! People always forget about us but we speak French too lol

@nacimsouni8539

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there ! I am french and i would like to know if acadians still speak french ? Or at least, do acadians know a bit about france ? Thanx !

@Mekwek

5 жыл бұрын

@@nacimsouni8539 Oui, tous les acadiens parlent français, mais notre dialècte diffèrent du vôtre. Au fil des ans, étant donné qu'on partage nos terres avec des anglais, on a introduit des mots anglais dans le français pour faire un "mix". Le résultats ; une langue un peu moins soigné, plus familière et souvent propre a sa région. Et oui, on sait quand même un peu ce qui se passe en France puisque certains d'entre nous ce fit au média français pour notre divertissement, même chose que les québecois. :)

@nacimsouni8539

5 жыл бұрын

Ah super vous avez accès à la tv française ? Je trouve ça bien que vous préserviez votre culture, ça doit pas être facile en plein milieu des Etats Unis ! Mais bon, comme ça vous parlez deux langues, vous avez de la chance. Je trouve votre accent super sympa et très facile à comprendre. Souvent, les francophones en dehors de la France comme en Belgique ou au Quebec ont tendance à parler de manière plus familière c'est normal ! 🙂 J'espère qu'un jour j'aurai l'occasion d'aller aux Etats Unis et de passer en Acadie 👌😉

@Mekwek

5 жыл бұрын

@@nacimsouni8539 Il y a bel et bien une population acadienne au états-unis, mais il y a aussi une plus petite population au canada, là ou les premiers acadiens on vue le jour. Canada: 96,145 États-Unis: 901,260 Québec: 32,950 Nouveau-Brunswick(Là ou je vis :) : 25,400 France: 20,400 Nouvelle-Écosse: 11,180 Ontario: 8,745 Île du prince Édouard: 3,020 Maine: 30,000 Louisianne: 815,260 Texas: 56,000 (pour être honnête, je ne savais pas qu'il y en avait tant au états-unis wow)

@believeitornot.1370

5 жыл бұрын

@@nacimsouni8539 Les Acadiens aux States se nomment "Cajuns", mauvaise prononciation de "acadiens" en anglais! Il y a des Acadiens qui n'ont jamais mis les pieds aux States comme il y a des Cajuns n'ayant jamais mis les pieds en Acadie..., bienvenue en Amérique du Nord!

The French was in Canada at least two centuries before the first arrival of the British.Why should they speak English ?

@Raisonnance.

4 жыл бұрын

Good question to which anglophones don't have the answer.

@zubair1658

4 жыл бұрын

France éternelle Because the British won the war in Canada. That’s the only reason I can think of why most Canadians speak English. Imagine if the French won, it would’ve completely changed Canada as we know it today.

@EdinburghFive

4 жыл бұрын

@@zubair1658 You tend to forget or not know that in what is now Canada during the colonial period it was not just French. There were other colonies and territories controlled by the British as well.

@EdinburghFive

4 жыл бұрын

The English were around right from the very beginning of the French colonial period with their colonies just to the south as well as Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to the east.

@zubair1658

4 жыл бұрын

EdinburghFive I always knew there other territories controlled by the British. Im not denying that.

I am a Black québécois and our language french for ever ,all province excet Québec ,do Speak english so we need to protect our language

@linefrenette9116

Жыл бұрын

Merci 👍🏼

@Bambam-

6 ай бұрын

I can't wait til this whole language is lost forever

@ronevans6958

6 ай бұрын

@@Bambam- ok sad loser...

@linefrenette9116

5 ай бұрын

​@@Bambam-Shut up, dirty francophobic

@jacquesthebeux7212

3 ай бұрын

Haitian American from Boston ..touching up on my French now so I can eventually move to Quebec. Best province in Canada imo also its better outside of Montreal imo

I'm an Indian who speaks 4 languages. English, Hindi, Punjabi and French. I completely understand the quebecois' perspective. Every state in India takes pride in their culture and language and that is what makes India such a culturally rich country. Québec is what sets Canada apart from the rest of North America. 40% of québécois are bilingual. Maybe the rest of Canada can make a little effort to learn French? Also, I learned french in school for 5 years and now after 15 years, I am back to practicing my french. There's apps in your phone for that! It's a lot easier to learn a language today if the intention is there.

@bracerainer537

4 жыл бұрын

Learning french or English is not the issue here. Oppression and inequality is. The English in Quebec have been oppressed for decades. You speak 4 languages? congratulations. That does not give you the moral right to oppress the English minority. You totally misunderstood the point we were trying to make here. By the way, you are not the only multi language speaker. You also did not understand the critique and political analysis of this documentary. You do not understand the Anglo perspective. Nor do you understand the subject of ethno-linguistic freedom and equality in Canada. You regurgitated the standard neutral, bleached response of someone who does not understand the ethno-political landscape in quebec/Canada what so ever. Please educate yourself further before you made such ill informed comments. Disclaimer: The terms "quebec brand ethnic cleansing/ethnic expulsion, french supremacy, refer to aspects of bill 101 that directly lead to the exodus of the English speaking quebecer. Those terms do not intend tosuggest that violence was used by the advocates or implementors of bill 101. Nor does it intend to suggest that any violent ethnic genocide was perpetrated upon the English community by the advocates of bill 101).

@bastobasto4866

Жыл бұрын

@@bracerainer537 "the english in Québec have been oppressed for decades" LOL

@bracerainer537

Жыл бұрын

@@bastobasto4866 Bill 101, bill 96, are oppression by definition. These laws are suppressing/restricting English speakers. Legislation taking away English speaker's fundamental rights to education, speech, communication, advertisement is OPPRESSION sir. These laws are oppression BY DEFINITION. You can justify it & rationalize it all you want. Oppression by any other name is still oppression.

@bastobasto4866

Жыл бұрын

@@bracerainer537 okay, explain how they're taking away all of these rights. go ahead. and how is it oppression by definition ? how is it unjust or cruel ? just because a law remove some liberties doesn't mean it's oppressive (unjust or cruel) - most laws remove some, in some way - that's quite a strong word that you're using quite easily. and why only talk about coercion by law ? I mean, french speakers in english canada are far worst than english speakers in québec - just because it isn't necessarily the government enforcing it, but other sources of pressure, doesn't make it any less "oppressive". here's the thing - you're defining liberty, consciously or not, as something necessarily positive in itself - the word has a very positive connotation for you, for one reason or another -, and so you only assign elements you see as positives, in general, to being "liberty", and assign elements you see as negatives, in general, to be "not liberty" (to be oppression). business regulations technically restrict liberty, but they're not unjust or cruel. the criminal code technically restrict liberty, but it's not unjust or cruel. removing taxation from natives and only natives is technically discriminative & unjust; but you wouldn't define it as such. social pression/coercion/discrimination can't be oppressive against french speakers in english canada, yet apparently for people of color and women, social coercion is a grave source of oppression, and the same effects resulting from the law as social coercion is oppression in Québec against the English speaker (and again, the effects really can't be compared - if you think that's what having the right of speech/education get removed, then wait before you see what actual discrimination is. you're a anglo-saxon, you're privileged - just because there are measures to stop you from imposing your language on other people doesn't mean you're oppressed and all your rights were removed). neoliberal idiot

@bastobasto4866

Жыл бұрын

@@bracerainer537 also, don't like your own comment, that's pathethic - this is a old conversation on a old video, no one is watching it and liking your comments everytime you post them, within a couple of hours

If you speak 4 languages ​​or more -> you are a polyglot If you speak 3 languages. you are trilingual If you speak 2 - languages. you are bilingual If you speak 1 language -> you are an English

@NarvT86

3 жыл бұрын

nice one

@ashtonhashbrown6155

2 жыл бұрын

@@NarvT86 he didn't even type it right

@marcelbischof7203

2 жыл бұрын

or Spanish

@ElJosher

Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Rowlph8888

8 ай бұрын

Nope, You are simply propagandised. The English are simply more truthful and not vain. Most People I Speak to that Say they Speak English, is simply lying and when you explore through instructions and questions, they speak about as much English as your average Englishman speak French. after years of study at school

Vive la culture québécoise ! Vive la langue française !

A lot of Québécois don’t speak English but can to some extent. Most are bilingual but I find it amazing that you have English speakers that refuse to speak French but live in Montreal.

@hxxxkxxx1129

5 жыл бұрын

That's what English natives tend to do. You have many of them in severeal citys or regions in Europe refusing to speak the current language.

@bouteilledeau1463

5 жыл бұрын

This is ridiculous. When you're in another country, you should at least be able to respect their languages and try as much as you can to speak their normal language. If not, it's like you say "whether you like it or not, I put myself here. If you have a problem, fuck you and deal with it", which is kinda exactly what we did to the Natives. AnD EnGlIsHmEn hAd tO TaKe tHe oRiGiNaL 13 cOlOnIeS To tHe dUtCh jUsT LiKe tHaT, WhIcH MaKeS ThE CoNqUeSt oF NeW FrAnCe tHaT MuCh mOrE HuMiLiAtInG! poor Dutch...

@felixhurteau2630

5 жыл бұрын

They are like perpetual tourists in their own country

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

You should have heard my grandmother speak English it was funny but she did her best and succeeded. I can just hear her today and she has been dead since 1963.

@barrbruce9040

5 жыл бұрын

For sure ! But you know what pisses that kind of person the most ? You answer to them in French while following conversation ahaha

"Oh Canada, everyone loves Canadians" Except Saudi Arabia

@nekotamo5154

5 жыл бұрын

Well if they are hated by Saudi Arabia then clearly they are awful, awful people /s

@HurricaneHunter03

5 жыл бұрын

Mhm

@HurricaneHunter03

5 жыл бұрын

lol

@vulgrim909

5 жыл бұрын

Hurricane Hunter03. Americans hate Canada and Canadians too

@mustafabarzanji9280

5 жыл бұрын

fuck saudi

I admire the Quebecois, they kept their language and culture and they did not fall for the pressure of assimilating into another culture. Greetings from Puerto Rico, where we are having our own battles here with people that want to assimilate and give up their language and culture just to become more american because deep inside they hate themselves, they are obsessed with being a state and they want to do everything in their power to be like them, and the rest of the people like me that want to keep our Puerto rican customs, language and culture intact because that's who we are, and want to see our land free and independent.

@voicije

5 жыл бұрын

dont give up on who you are...to ad a language in your culture is just knowledge...the more you know the more you are...it is not bad ...what is not good is take something to let go the other..you ad nothing...but lose what was....love your roots...no need to fight....

@declannewton2556

5 жыл бұрын

Sad to see its the communists who want independence in Puerto Rico. They'll destroy your culture for you.

@neyougogo9923

4 жыл бұрын

@@declannewton2556 Sad to see a american alive

@declannewton2556

4 жыл бұрын

@@neyougogo9923 Reiterate your statement in propoer English please. I can barely infer what you mean to say.

@neyougogo9923

4 жыл бұрын

@@declannewton2556 you don't understand me because you have low iq

Quebec fought hard for its right to speak french outside of their homes. For quite some time, they were forced to speak english at work because the rich bosses who were all anglophones. This and many other reasons are why we are proud to still speak french here and protect it. Thats why our license plates say Je me souviens, which means : I remember

Why do English Canadians still refuse to speak French??

@Nillilininja

5 жыл бұрын

It'd be nice if just the whole country was bilingual

@YangSing1

5 жыл бұрын

Beca Coelho Because French isn’t the international language, English is.

@Nillilininja

5 жыл бұрын

@@Yonagunidc thank you ♥

@Nillilininja

5 жыл бұрын

@@YangSing1 There is no such thing as an international language

@YangSing1

5 жыл бұрын

Miriam Potter Yes there is. The world lingua franca is English. It’s the same thing

When you say "the british could've forced their language on the french canadians after the conquest" it sounds like they didn't do it because they were merciful and tolerable, but they didn't really have choice. The french canadians represented the vast majority of the population (about 80k) and expelling them like they did with the acadians would've been impossible because there were too much. Plus they didn't want to cause a rebellion right away. Also when you say english is in danger of losing its official language status in the province, well... it's already not an official one.

@emilefrenette9325

5 жыл бұрын

The reason why we weren't forcibly relocated like the acadians or assimilated as to do mostly with the following: Acadia had rich fertile easily cultivable land surrounded by many very good natural sea ports, Québec had a harsh easily defendable territory, acadians were good farmers,fishermens & traders but also not too combative, sparsely populated. The Québécois of the time because were naturally very strong because of the to constantly remove rocks all the time from the ground by human power during hundreds of years, and we were also very militarized as a people, many being militiamen. The St.Lawrence has treacherous but very valuable waterways that were difficult for Red Coats to navigate. Do you see a pattern here ? For the Brits as settler colonialists it was more viable in large part due to geopolitics(as the influence of physical geography on political affairs) to have us as vassals than deported.

@sniffinggluewontkeepfamili3387

5 жыл бұрын

Look at what happened to the Metis! If they could have shipped out the Quebs, they wouldn't have hesitated. The Quebs held their ground well.

@HarvestBreedmusic

5 жыл бұрын

The principal reason why they did not displace the French Canadians is because they where the only British left after the war of independence ! The Anglos did not have a choice. It's the French Canadians who always have been merciful of their English minorities allowing them to have ridiculously big infrastructures for the tiny portion of the population they actually represent.

@lydiafradette7643

5 жыл бұрын

so true, it's not an official language here 😅 maybe he needs to do a bit (or a lot) more research on the subject. 🙃

@carolus5409

4 жыл бұрын

80k is not a very big population that could not be expelled, even more recently there is a lot of example of re-localisation of cultures, see what happened to Germany, Konigsberg and the east prussia is under polish and russians even when after ww2 they were great majority germans, slavs replaced the native polutation of balkans, poland, checoslovakia, etc. Celts replaced pre-indoeuroean british, anglo-saxons replaced british celts in england and scotland, Arabs replaced the native northafrican population, english replaced native american population of north america, and i think they had more than only 80k, i think it could be because now british had a very big portion of inhabited land and had to repopulate with european settlers, it should take many time to now recolonize quebec if they had manitoba, saskatchewan and the other big colonies, it was just that they thought it would not be a problem, then they grew their population and the problem is no anymore british but yes canadian, French culture is very good in Canada because it brings charms, even i think the most beautiful part of Canada is Quebec, the city most similar to a european one, and is very beautiful

As a Catholic American of French Canadian decent, I hope they keep their culture and resist protestant British bullying!

@inconnu4961

Жыл бұрын

There is protestant british bullying? I did NOT know this! I thought Quebec was an atheistic, left wing Province now!! Perhaps you will recall the Catholics did a fair amount of bullying our ancestors as well when they set off the the US!

@flhxri

Жыл бұрын

@@inconnu4961 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@Bambam-

6 ай бұрын

LEARN ENGLISH LIBERAL! 🇫🇷 🔫 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I'm Mexican and I came to Québec in order to improve my French. Merci beaucoup la gang pour parler cette magnifique langue! Vous faites ce pays plus intéressant. Je vous aime!

@bloodshotred6334

5 жыл бұрын

No ass

@lazulis2435

4 жыл бұрын

Merci pour cet intérêt que tu portes à notre belle province le Québec!😁 Toutefois, le reste du Canada a aussi de magnifiques cultures aussi riches que le Québec. Ces nombreuses cultures sont justement une des forces du Canada. Je t'invite donc à découvrir le reste du Canada si tu en à envie. Tu ne seras pas déçu. 😀

@lanceli1971

4 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup aussi pour dire que la langue francaise est tres amusant. Comme un Canadien, bonne chance! Canadien est les gens qui souvent sympatique et gentile. Nous desirons vous aider quand vous avez besoin d'aide de nous.

@ggtoine8074

4 жыл бұрын

Te amanos tambien

@TheWolfsnack

4 жыл бұрын

...because you have a desire to be proficient in medieval French rather than the actual European French?

“Refuse to speak English” Why wouldn’t they? It’s their history and their laws protecting the French language are an example to linguistic enclaves in other countries. Merci de maintenir la langue française vivante en Amérique du Nord :) (Bien que vivre dans une région bilingue ou multilingue est aussi bon)

@emilefrenette9325

5 жыл бұрын

Les lois nationales sur la langue française sont un résultat du fait que nous sommes dans la confédération, cela ne serait même pas nécessaire comme état souverain.

@coulochonou6376

5 жыл бұрын

Oui effectivement! Vive le Quebec, nos frères!

@bitchlasagna1777

5 жыл бұрын

@@coulochonou6376 Vive la France! Je suis québécois et français(en fait je m'identifie en tant que français même si mes ancêtres sont ici depuis plus de 300 ans)

@aureliendesaintsernin3268

5 жыл бұрын

@@bitchlasagna1777 On pense à vous en Europe, cousins Français d'Amérique du Nord :)

@crazyforcanada

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely, maintain the language. But a lot of tricky socialists these days are trying to substitute maintaining the French language for maintaining the actual French-Canadians. Guy Bertrand, for example, wants us to believe there is a "Quebecois" "ethnicity" composed of hundreds of immigrant races all speaking pidgin French, and call it a "people". He's an old commie from way back. The real importance is the French-Canadian people together with their language and culture.

En 1976, je suis démenagé au Québec avec ma famille des États-Unis. J'avais 14 ans. C'était au nord, à la Baie James que nous nous sommes démenagés et je suis rentré à l'école française et à partir de ce moment là je faisais parti du monde Québecois. Je me souviens quand le PQ a gagné l'élection, je suivait pas trop ça mais je me souvien quand je suis monté sur l'autobus pour aller à l'école, tout le monde était excité et c'était parce que le PQ avait tout juste de gagné l'élection. Le monde pensait qu'ils l'auraient leur indépendence. En tout cas, ça fait 30 ans que je suis retourné aux E U et même si il n'ya pas un gout de sang Québecois dans mes veines, je me sens toujours Québecois et ça fait parti de moi. J'ai toujours contact avec mes chums de ce temps là et c'est toujours en français qu'on se parle. Aussi, de temps en temps, où j'habite j'entends la langue et l'accent de ma jeunesse, le joual du Québec, et toujours je m'approche d'eux pour jaser un peu.

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

TearLach61 excellent pour un américain et vous faites mieux en français que moi. Il n'y a pas de raison pourquoi un anglais ou un francophone ne peut pas parler les deux langues. Je vous donnes de très hautes distinctions pour votre effort qui est mieux que ma langue française. Excellent!

@NOVAsteamed

5 жыл бұрын

Tu devrais revenir nous voir. On pourrait construire un pays ensemble!

@johnwotek3816

5 жыл бұрын

En fait, on dit "j'ai déménagé au Québec" "nous avons déménagé"...

@samuelpierre7512

5 жыл бұрын

superbe histoire

@250frederic

5 жыл бұрын

Votre témoignage est très touchant. Merci pour le partage. J'espère que vous garderez vos chums québécois pour la vie!

Why do they have to speak English? Do you ask why the English Canadians refuse to speak French?

@silasbishop3055

5 жыл бұрын

They don't have to speak English. They have to stop passing laws that Target Anglophones.

@bastobasto4866

5 жыл бұрын

@Dustin Stich You should learn the sentence '' This isn't France you jackass, your unfunny stereotype doesn't even fit the situation ''

@egsbsbwbwbwbwbwwsssbbsbsbs2120

4 жыл бұрын

@Dustin Stich lol For France yes , not for Quebec

@bastobasto4866

4 жыл бұрын

@Dustin Stich Your mom is based on surrender

@Raisonnance.

4 жыл бұрын

Good question 🤔

I live in america but visit Montreal every year. I love the Quebecois, don't give up what you are or who you are. If i spoke Quebecois i would move their in a heartbeat. They value life not work. Gid Bless you

@TheSteveRobinson

4 жыл бұрын

Value life..... That's why they didn't enlist voluntarily in both World Wars. And its easy to spend other peoples money if you live in Quebec. Ever hear of "Transfer Payments"?

@zachariedube1796

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSteveRobinson quebec should have become a country back in the 90s, we are not canadians, we dont want to speak the canadian language, we dont want canadian wars, we dont vote the same, we dont think the same about most issues, we spend alberta oil money while bitching about this industry. Quebec nationalism will come back as it does every century causing trouble. We will always be a setback for what canadians want by our mere presence in the confederation.

@TheSteveRobinson

4 жыл бұрын

@@zachariedube1796 I do respect your use of English. I studied French for 6 years, never really had the chance to use it and forgot 90% of it. If you truly feel that way, why are you here? You have lost all regard for your ancestral home, (except for the language) hate your neighbours, despise English Canada for paying your way for the last 2+ centuries, and vote contrary to realistic Canadians. You do cause us a lot of grief, especially in the last century. Even Albertans of Quebecouis descent are fed up with you. If you decide to stay, great. Let's work out something we both can live with. If you decide to leave, pay your share of the bills and and go to another old French possession.

@zachariedube1796

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSteveRobinson nah i feel like we should just go away from the union i love this land and its french quebec isnt canada, both parties would be better off separated politically with free trade between us. We arent ennemies, but i fear constantly having to deal with each other will lead to exactly that or the secession of the wetern provinces. They shouldnt force you english to study french alberta its multicultural non sense. Its nothing against the english, at the contrary i agree more with with most of the times and i dont see quebec changing anytime soon, we'll sink he ship more than anything else

@TheSteveRobinson

4 жыл бұрын

@@zachariedube1796 I had family in Quebec before the sepratists reared their ugly heads and until that time I thought it was cool that we worked / lived together. Now, I'm just disgusted. English stubborness and Latin temperament... not a good combination at times.

As a person who loves French culture and language, I’m so proud of Québecois who opposes for their culture to get assimilated. Ne laissent pas effacer votre langue et culture

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

Je suis d'accord avec vous et il ne faut jamais perdre la langue française et votre culture.

@imamotherf-ckingfish2233

5 жыл бұрын

Dont worry, we are strong ! Thanks by the way

@mav3991

5 жыл бұрын

On m'y dead body! Je me souviens

@melissacourchesne2121

5 жыл бұрын

Toujours là après plus de 400 ans!

@paulmcdonough1093

5 жыл бұрын

Canada is british English French is irrelevant there really

As a bilingual person living in Toronto, I have NO problem with Quebec preserving the French language AND culture. It's who they are!? My mother is from France...my father, from Alberta. My first language was french and when we my parents split up, my twin brother and I returned to France with my mother, while my two older one's remained in Canada. We were reunited a short time later, and as time went on, growing up in Alberta, it didnt take long for english to become my first language. Now, although I have no ties to Quebec, I fiercely defend Quebecers rights to preserve the language and culture there as they see fit! There are TWO official languages in Canada. Yet, the rest of Canada...for the most part...believe that Quebec should be a BILINGUAL province. Yet, no one outside of Quebec...and in fact, they're offended by the mere suggestion of it...believe they should even have to utter a word in FRENCH...as my own personal experience alludes to, everyone moving to other parts of Canada, are forced to adapt to the ENGLISH language. So, then...why SHOULDN'T Quebecers feel the need for self-preservation?!? I applaud it! And, in fact, i'd like for curriculums around Canada, to make french a core subject up to, and including High School. After all...official languages are...indeed, official.

@guillaumegiroux9425

5 жыл бұрын

Q. Taylor I actually don't care the least if people from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, or even Toronto, don't speak french. People should just speak the language of their communities first. Switzerland has allowed languages to be decided at the municipal level and it served them well so far. It just can be so pervasive sometimes as french canadians to feel as second class citizens in our own country, we just want to be equal. I'm in Mexico right now, and having french services is a big deal for us. A good balance needs to be kept.

@exca5856

5 жыл бұрын

exactement..

@exca5856

5 жыл бұрын

exactement.

@dwightstjohn6927

4 жыл бұрын

The "Elliots" were from Scotland in the Eastern Townships, hence the name "Pierre Elliot Trudeau".

@Mattattak

3 жыл бұрын

Merci

Vive la culture Quebecoise ! This is the only thing I can write in french, I love you Quebecers ! 😊

@robin-bq1lz

5 жыл бұрын

Near c’est un bon début et c’est beaucoup mieux que tout les haineux ici...☺️

@voicije

5 жыл бұрын

knowing something is better than nothing...and its in french...so ...great !

@davidcampbell1899

4 жыл бұрын

They have the best gay porn start too!

@StudioNetcom

4 жыл бұрын

​@@davidcampbell1899 Your point being?? Oh, I guess you don't have one. Are you actually trying to insult a nation's own culture using homophobia based on your own racist mind because of your fears of linguistic differences? How does it feel to be the only monolingual in the room? Does your superiority complex takes a beating?

@endroholic7161

3 жыл бұрын

Viva france Viva españa viva quebec

Was going through the comments on another video about French Canadians and felt exasperated and angry at how mean some of the comments were towards people from Quebec. For instance, some people wrote "I'm Canadian and even us we hate people from Quebec..." and other stuff like that. So, this comment section is the complete opposite and so encouraging and uplifting to read because you guys are sharing how much you appreciate us, French Canadians, and how much you agree that we should keep protecting our language. I just want to point out the fact that we 100% take pride in the fact that we speak French, but also more importantly in the fact that most of us are bilingual or at least functional in English. We can say the same for English speaking families who value the importance of speaking French. Culturally wise, bilingualism (or 3 or more languages) is an enormous wealth!

Refuse to speak English?? Where in the world did you get that? So many of us speak English (like me, obviously), we just don't want our own language to disappear... How hard is it to understand that!? Jesus...

@acadiant2756

5 жыл бұрын

I don't understand what their saying ,English is overtaking French in Acadia

@Mayllee1

5 жыл бұрын

@@acadiant2756 Tell me about it. I grew up close to Caraquet. We speak French there, but it's such a small portion that I don't know how they'll survive another couple of generation

@acadiant2756

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mayllee1 it's tough ,no one ever taught me but I can understand them for the most part just can't speak it

@Mayllee1

5 жыл бұрын

@@acadiant2756 Well, if you're from Moncton it's totally understandable. It's mostly an English area! I've been in Quebec for over 30 years now and the big cities are mostly bilingual, but outside the big centers, it's pretty much French

@voicije

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mayllee1 it just you to blame...to follow others...this is why we are different...we are not giving up...or crying because my neighbors now speak english so do i...nooo...way...you want to keep french alive...so be it

I live in maine but my family is acadian. Im starting to learn french. I want to move to Quebec

@joedart8449

5 жыл бұрын

Do it. You'll never regret it. But first find some old french speaker in your town and learn to speak real Quebec French from them. Just talk with them a lot. They'll enjoy speaking the old language and you'll learn it the right way.

@Nillilininja

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome in advance! :)

@ericnicholls3955

5 жыл бұрын

Maine should be part of Canada.

@arningad

5 жыл бұрын

@@ericnicholls3955 The rest of Canada (without Quebec) should be part of the United States

@acadiant2756

5 жыл бұрын

Acadian French is different if that's what you learned, I went to Quebec and tried to order a coffee it took them like 15 minutes to understand me

Thanks for all the people that are supporting Quebec. It means a lot. Im a french speaker who has travelled a loy in Canada. What I can say is that Quebecera are obligated to be open and the anglophones are really closed up. Not everyone obviously and thanks to all the supporters. Stilll being quebecers in canada feels sad asf. If you’re anglophone, Don’t feel targeted cuz im a quebecer. I like the canadian culture in general. Its simply sad to see all the hate towards people that are doing what you would do their situation and no sympathy at all..

It’s the English who refuse to speak French because “it’s hard”. Mandarin is hard. Not speaking French is just lazy for English Canadians.

@unclesaboin

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. Anyone who can't learn French (or any language for that matter), it's because they have a bad attitude about it.

@kevinkarbonik2928

5 жыл бұрын

No, we just see no need to learn a useless language. Where is it used? Quebec? France? ... a few shithole african countries and Haiti? Yeah great waste of my time... Even France Calls Quebecios french gutter language.

@kevinkarbonik2928

5 жыл бұрын

@@unclesaboin WRONG, French is just useless, I know spanish, and some japanese, because it's of worth to me. French has no value.

@thedindon

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin is angry because french people have bigger dicks.

@kevinkarbonik2928

5 жыл бұрын

@@thedindon I don't know about that.... I do know they are bigger dicks tho.

As a quebecer, (french language) this is a good video about quebec in english. This is rare to find something goood about qebec in english, good job masaman.

@elgro3204

5 жыл бұрын

If you speak english your canadien

@marrob6995

5 жыл бұрын

What do you mean ? I am not a true quebecer because i didn't post on this video in french ? Le français est de loin ma première langue. Vous faites preuve d'une petitesse d'esprit qui m'éloigne des indépendantistes comme vous.

@spqr_3177

5 жыл бұрын

Seb Marion: this is the comment section of an English-language video. It's just normal that people would comment in English.

@spqr_3177

5 жыл бұрын

Martin: un indépendantiste dit une connerie et ça vous éloigne de l'indépendantisme? Eh bien ça ne vous prend pas grand chose! Et vous avez remarqué à quel point il y a aussi des fédéralistes qui disent des grosses conneries? Est-ce que ça vous éloigne du fédéralisme?

@marrob6995

5 жыл бұрын

OUI, MAIS LES GENS COMME SEB MARION SONT ÉPOUVANTABLES.

J'adore le coulor de drapeau de Qubec, J'aim bien de visiter au Qubec ...Salutation du Sri Lanka..

@voicije

5 жыл бұрын

love the effort you make for french writing...let me write it the proper way for you... -j'adore la couleur du drapeau du Québec. J'aimerais bien visiter le Québec Salutation du Sri Lanka. ...thank you love people who make an effort in it...i know french is kind of difficult to learn...

@voicije

5 жыл бұрын

@Antoine Gauthier ...?

@voicije

5 жыл бұрын

@Antoine Gauthier ..a oui...et moi j'ai seulement voulu lui montrer la bonne façon de le faire tout en appréciant l'effort...mais tu as raison...le reste du canada ...bah...je vais rien dire...hihihi...j'ai pas envie de dire un truc...et que ce soit mal interprété...et relancer une crise !!

@untoastedtoast9997

4 жыл бұрын

@ForTheWin clairement

@paulbain9262

4 жыл бұрын

Never understood a word of it can you speak English please 😂😂😂

A large French speaking part of Canada makes the country a more fascinating place. All Canadians should be proud.

Yes the French lost the war, and with it their independance, freedom and dignity. Knowing how the Brits treated their enemies (in Nova Scotia for example), they still had the courage to hold on to the little they had left: their culture. Gloire à la Belle Province!

@Raisonnance.

4 жыл бұрын

Nous n'avons pas perdu notre dignité sachant que nous étions à 10 000 contre 50 000.

@TheSteveRobinson

4 жыл бұрын

The only reason the British exiled the Acadians in Nova Scotia was because THE ACADIANS, under the leadership of a French military officer from Quebec (De Villiers) staged an attack on British troops going to Fort Edward and who were staying overnight in the village of Grande Pre. That's when Cornwallis ordered the expulsion. Until that time, the Acadians were left to their own devices.

@gutsjoestar7450

4 жыл бұрын

Miserable. Comment. It's noT about war or else, it's about culture and kept the french language in North America because it's like that, they discovered and occupied and build city in there, but it's not about that too. It's like a nazi mentality , can't explain now but if you were quite smarter you would understand it

@johnpaulii7667

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSteveRobinson They refused to swear allegiance to the British Crown and therefore could not be trusted.

Wtf are you talking about ? We love that Quebec is French! New Brunswick and Manitoba are very French as well. It is an official national language and taught in school in every province. We don’t want them to stop speaking French.

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

That is so true and the superintendants of the apartment building where I live worked in the federal government here in Ottawa and did superintendant work on the side and are from Moncton New Brunswick and I miss them dearly. I miss them very very much and are French Canadians. Forget the racism which is horrible. We come together as a family. My mother knew a woman from Manitoba who was French Canadian. Stop the racism and get over it.

@stevenfoulger6066

5 жыл бұрын

Missing the point. No one is asking them not to speak French. There are many however, that do refuse to speak English when it would be more appropriate to do so. Stop calling everyone racist for pointing this out. Only English people can be racist apparently.

@acadiant2756

5 жыл бұрын

their teaching the normal French instead of Acadian French here in nb

@unclesaboin

5 жыл бұрын

@@acadiant2756, they teach standard French and so they should. But I'd like Acadian to be taught in schools as well because I think we are losing our language. The young people of today don't know much Acadian French. I think they'd have a hard time understanding the French that was spoken in my grandparents' generation. They also put a lot more English into their Chiac than we did when I was a kid.

@emilefrenette9325

5 жыл бұрын

@@acadiant2756 C'est aussi le cas au Québec pour le français québécois ainsi que ces régionalismes. Ce n'est pas propre au Nouveau-Brunswick. C'est du en grande partie a l'importance(à mon avis trop grande) accordé à l'Académie et la Francophonie comme institutions de standardisation et d'unification.

Totally random, but I love how le français québécois sounds! Salutations de l'Italie!

@Nillilininja

5 жыл бұрын

Bonjour!! Love how italian sounds :)

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

My French Canadian mother who is now deceased learned basic Italian from an Italian lady who could not speak English nor French. You would have roared with laughter how mom wanted to learn and the Italian lady was a senior citizen and both learned a lot from one another by going after everything in the house to know the words. I miss mom very much and I miss those days and the Italian family that once lived on our street.

@EnvyAndrogyny

5 жыл бұрын

@@Nillilininja Grazie! :)

@EnvyAndrogyny

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheJules1003 thank you for sharing this story, that's really cute!

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

@@EnvyAndrogyny I love Québec and I love the people of Québec and all we talk about when we want to visit somewhere is Québec. The other province is New Brunswick. The Acadian people are also well remembered and don't forget that many parished with their lives by the British and many escaped back to France and many went to the US and the US in the area of Québec and New Brunswick share a history along with La Louisianne. The people of Québec and New Brunswick share quite a history and a great deal to be mighty proud of. When I leave my mail I am going to look up our former superintendant of my building who lives in Moncton N.B. There is no place like home and they went home and are home and are French Canadians.

Le Québec est une société distincte et fière, si on ne peut retenir que ça, je crois que nous aurons compris.

En tant que français j'apprécie le fait que les québécois parlent le français. En plus votre accent est superbe. Si seulement nous étions tous aussi fiers de notre culture que vous l'êtes de la votre, la France se porteraient mieux. J'espère pouvoir visiter le Québec un jour. Respect et force à vous amis québécois!

@ggtoine8074

4 жыл бұрын

Batou Jesus merci

@catherinegaron398

10 ай бұрын

Merci.

@dschmouth

7 ай бұрын

Vous seriez le bienvenu.

@linefrenette9116

5 ай бұрын

𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊

For once a positive portrait of Quebec in English, tired of the negative ones...

@terioze9

5 жыл бұрын

Idem.

Maybe it's you people who refuse to speak French?

@osez111

5 жыл бұрын

In Canada, you speak english ! If you want to speak french, go to france !

@richiehopes9313

5 жыл бұрын

Nope, Oh ignorant one, in Canada you ALSO Speak french, it's a very official language spoken in Quebec, in Ottawa and a few other places. Try telling people in Montréal to go to France if they want to speak french and see how that goes. Pauvre idiot.

@TonyPotenza1

5 жыл бұрын

@больше точно Envoie les chier en bon Quebecois y vont capoter!

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

I learned French from the age of 4 and 5 in kindergarden and all the way through high school and back then it was Grade 13 here in Ontario. Today I am a woman of 67 years old and 68 next month (a senior citizen) and I can speak, read, and write in French and I really struggled to learn the French language and I have it today. Not everyone is capable of learning the French language and many give up trying. I know that it is difficult for others to learn English as well but English is a great deal easier to learn than French. There is nothing easy in life and you have to work at it to accomplish your goals in life.

@KadruH

5 жыл бұрын

@baguette est supérieur on pense à toi, et à tout nos amis francos à travers le Canada qui se font assimiler. Même en Louisianne, j'ai vu que l'intérêt pour la langue française était revenu un peu.

Quebecers have french blood, you can do nothing against that. They will win. Vive le Quebec libre.

@angrydoodle8919

3 жыл бұрын

Vive le Québec libre ! If only more people understood that.

@leod-sigefast

3 жыл бұрын

@@angrydoodle8919 Vive le White Flag!

@emery1691

3 жыл бұрын

Win what S#*$!#, what are you playing for? You already have it all, your Language , your Bills and Canada's money.

@axelouellet9635

3 жыл бұрын

@@emery1691 You know you won't win any arguments against those people, yet you're still mean and despicable towards people who did nothing to you.

@olyaredarc1851

3 жыл бұрын

@@emery1691 Imagine if for centuries, some people decided that they will try everything to force you to speak their language and have their culture. FOR CENTURIES ! You would protect your culture, and Québec did so. Also Québec can make enough money, electricity and food to survive without the rest of Canada, they are independent. Not having Canada’s money will not change anything.

Support to quebec from Ireland!

@vikare7849

5 жыл бұрын

@The Morebike it’s a fairly similar situation too, but nowhere near as crazy as the Irish situation got;

@themorebike880

5 жыл бұрын

@@vikare7849 ye but it would be nice to see a free quebec :)

@bitchlasagna1777

5 жыл бұрын

@@themorebike880 As a partly Irish, partly french canadian I support both. A unified Ireland and a free Québec

@yurichtube1162

4 жыл бұрын

Freedom to all people

@michelnormandeau-voyer7491

4 жыл бұрын

Total support for the Irish people from Québec

Last time I was this early Canada was owned by France

@mauryginsberg7720

5 жыл бұрын

Jay Williams There is still a chunk of France just of the coast of Canada today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon

@mauryginsberg7720

5 жыл бұрын

goff0103 The shame of it was that the British & French were not allies to begin with.

@mauryginsberg7720

5 жыл бұрын

goff0103 You're right, we did it again and again and again, Europeans fighting each other was such a waste.

@linkspatrick

5 жыл бұрын

Jay Williams the good ol days

@linkspatrick

5 жыл бұрын

BLACK HAT yeah but no one gives a fuck. (im french, its a singukarity more than anything else)

I spent a month or so in Quebec, found them to be some great people. There was the language thing but we managed to work around it. Great people those french.

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

Yes the French Canadians are great people and very hospitable.

@emilefrenette9325

5 жыл бұрын

We aren't french. We are our own nation.

@frederic4600

5 жыл бұрын

Yikes, don’t call French.

@voicije

5 жыл бұрын

thank you...so spread the words !

Right next to Quebec is Ontario, and along the border there's quite a few French towns, as well as in northern Ontario. However, French-Ontarians learn English in school at a young age, which makes for almost perfect bilingualism, as the french accent is still genuine and "Quebec-ish", while the English accent is minimal at most. Don't forget us. On se bas pour le Français aussi, de notre façon. :)

@Ptitnain2

Жыл бұрын

Le Québec supporte toujours les franco-ontariens.

@femtoservants

9 ай бұрын

Salut a toi mon frère franco ontarien.

I'm an English speaking Canadian..and I would go to any length to ensure the protection and promotion of the french language anywhere from coast to coast to coast.!!!!!!

@linefrenette9116

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@drdal

Жыл бұрын

So english and frech are not equal languages in Canada? Are canadians not billingual?

@keithsmith3386

Жыл бұрын

English and French are both official languages . CANADA has both languages in many places . Most motibly on all goods and food packaging. One out of every 3.6 Canadians speak both languages.. Some regions are predominant in one or the other. But each language is still protected and visible in all parts of the country.

@Ptitnain2

Жыл бұрын

@@keithsmith3386 Most English only provinces bilinguism rate is below 9%.

I just hope the French language doesn't die, like the way it died in the US

@GabMayaBackpackingNomads

5 жыл бұрын

It never will bro ;)

@immediamalcoccinello483

5 жыл бұрын

Still spoken in Louisiana

@CGJUGO80

5 жыл бұрын

Funny that you say that. When the French themselves are trying to kill other old languages of France like Occitan and Corsican. There is even a Wiki on it lol: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergonha

@crazyciler50

5 жыл бұрын

immediamal he's actually right even walloon is dying in Belgium because we enforce more french intead

@EngineeringNibbles

5 жыл бұрын

crazyciler50 It's more of a difference of dialect Vs language, waloon can't be used to communicate with many people whereas french can, and young people aren't learning waloon (how you gonna teach waloon? There aren't many books or movies or anything else, you need to find someone who speaks it to learn it)

The British originally allowed them to continue using French so they wouldn't collude with the Americans against them.

@cardett75

5 жыл бұрын

Bobby Bermudez the british didn't allow shit! When France ceeded Canada to the british it was clearly hightlighted in the treaty that the population will have freedom of language and religion, the acadian were expell because they refused to submit to the british crown, no because they were french

@Xerxes2005

5 жыл бұрын

After the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the Royal Proclamation reduced the territory of the Province of Quebec to the St. Lawrence Valley. It was forbidden to any British subject to settle west of the Appalachians. It was not really to appease the Natives who were mostly French allies. The British government knew that the Americans wanted more lands. They thought that it would force them to move North instead of West, and that it would help to anglicize the Province of Quebec. It did not stop there. Catholicism was tolerated, but not accepted. They closed the Jesuit College in Quebec City (no superior education in French until the foundation of Laval University in 1852). They refused to accept the nomination of a new bishop (which means no new priests). They imposed the Test Oath, so that only people who abjurated their catholic faith could get to public office. They also had to speak English. They refused to recognize the seigneurial system, which was an attack to the Canadian elite. But it didn't work. The Americans didn't want to settle in cold, French and catholic Quebec. Worst, the Royal Proclamation exacerbated the conflict between the American colonials and the British motherland. The Governor of Quebec, Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester, being a practical man, arrived at the conclusion that Quebec would remain French afterall, and that the British government should make friends with the local elites, i.e. the catholic clergy and the canadian nobility, if it wanted to keep the territory during the upcoming conflict with the 13 colonies. In 1774, the Quebec Act recognized the catholic faith and the nomination of bishops, abolished the Test Oath, accepted French civil law in the territory, therefore accepting the seigneurial system, and extended the territory of the Province of Quebec to the whole bassin of the Great Lakes. And that one of the reason why Quebec still speaks French, is mostly catholic and has different civil laws than the rest of Canada. Not an act of kindness (the Acadians learned the hard way how "kind" the Brits could be), but of strict pragmatism. They returned to a harder stance when all those Loyalists started pouring in...

@mazenick5

5 жыл бұрын

preach

@HarfangX

5 жыл бұрын

So... how would you go about stopping a population speaking their own language anyways especially if you don’t out number them? What you say is partly true... the brits needed to pacify the population so they would not rebel. There was multiple plans to supress the french population « naturally » and drown them out.

@drunkenmasterii3250

5 жыл бұрын

Xerxes2005 Thanks for providing historical facts, our history is so unknown to Canadians. Hell even most Quebekers don't know it these days.

As a French-Canadian, no idea why there's such a large amount of dislikes. This video is pretty fair, although word to the wise, it's not so much "refuse to speak English" as "we have a language we want to protect first". The fact I'm talking in English right now proves we don't refuse to speak English.

Québec has a right to defend their French. They need too if they want to keep the last French territory in North America.

@joangallardo9645

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget St Pierre et Miquelon

@emery1691

3 жыл бұрын

That's true, but the politicians goals are to divide and concur, until they can have their own Country.

You are by far the most serious and detailed guy creating history- and ethnography based content on youtube. I truly love your chanel and what you are doing, please keep it up!

I’m a 16th generation French Canadian my family came to Canada in 1637 I do speak French.

@stephen10.

5 жыл бұрын

félicitation mon cousin québécois

@justincouture4014

5 жыл бұрын

Heye same..

@NessieAndrew

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting.

@chadst.pierre5257

5 жыл бұрын

I'm also a French Canadian as well my St. Pierre family came to Canada in 1664 but I do have ancestors who were here much earlier than that as well. And I also have ancestors who were Caron's as well so we could be distant cousins since I do have Caron's on my family tree. But I am trying to learn French but most of my family does speak French but my parents never introduced the French language to me and my siblings when we settled in the New England states of the United States my parents did have French spoken in their homes when they were growing up but never did past it onto us when we were growing up so we have to learn the language from scratch since my parents only used English when I was growing up travelling from one state to another moving from place to place as a US military brat born abroad over in Japan and living in four US states throughout the United States of America. So when my family did arrive to the New England states of Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island they did continue to speak mostly French since it was told to me that my great-great grandparents did mostly spoke in French here in America when they first arrived from Quebec and New Brunswick. Since my St. Pierre family came to New Brunswick from Quebec in the mid-1800s and then into Maine which was where my great grandfather was born in Van Buren, Maine but my cousin told me that he was stubborn enough to wanted his children to be raised Canadian when my grandfather's mother wanted to raise them as American in Maine when she herself was raised Canadian in New Brunswick herself. And her husband my great grandfather was born American in Maine and was raised both American and Canadian himself. Since his father moved my great grandfather from one farm in Maine to another farm in New Brunswick, Canada when he was a child. So my St. Pierre family went back and forth from Maine to New Brunswick, Canada several times from 1851 to 1955 when my grandfather decided to come to Maine and married my grandmother in Maine in 1957 and then he took my father and his family farther south to Rhode Island where they still live till this very day sometime around 1962 or 1963. Which is where my father grew up for the rest of his childhood. Then my dad enlists into the United States Marine Corps in 1979 which started my growing up years moving from one place to another during my entire childhood. As a pure blooded French Canadian moving from Japan to almost all over the United States of America so far.

@LoserBroProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Pourquoi?

im from quebec, i speak both french and english fluently. Thing is they gotta learn that doesn't matter if it's only one province that speaks french, it should still be respected. The amount of disrespect i get for being from quebec is crazy.

Strangely, a lot of English Canadian don't know how useful is French. -It's the only language (with English) that is spoken in every continent -while English is good for business, French is very good for the criticism and the reflection sense (something that a lot of people don't have enough) -it's quite easy to learn for an English speaker because around 50% of the English vocabulary comes from French.

@tortillawrapper5454

3 жыл бұрын

More like 20%

@chad9015

3 жыл бұрын

It's very unfair, the federal government's bilingual requirements disproportionately benefits Quebecois. Do you know how hard it is to learn a language when you don't need to use it in daily life?

@TechnoForever21

3 жыл бұрын

@@chad9015 It doesn't benefit Québécois in the sense that they make you learn metropolitan French for the sole purpose of discouraging you in trying to learn more. British imperialism at its finest.

@paranoidrodent

3 жыл бұрын

@@tortillawrapper5454 The number gets a little weird because some words were added to the English language via French and some shared words in both originate in Latin (or occasionally Greek). Over 50% of English's vocabulary is of Romance origin, with the vast majority being a roughly even split between French and Latin. Given that French is essentially Gaulish (i.e. Celtic)-accented Latin with a dash of Germanic and 2000 years of mileage, vast majority Latin in English has cognates in French.

@paranoidrodent

3 жыл бұрын

@@chad9015 My cousins who live nowhere clear to Montreal have expressed the exact same sentiment regarding learning English in school. It's irrelevant to their daily life. The main bilingual regions of the country tend to be eastern Ontario and the western bits of Quebec along with a big of New Brunswick. Everyone else generally tends to function exclusively in either English or French. The idea that most or all Quebecois are bilingual compared to other Canadians is very exaggerated. Quebecois folks are just more inclined to break out their broken high school English to try to communicate when needed with the rest of North America out of sheer pragmatism. Most of them feel the same level of awkward insecurity about using a language they learned in school with no daily use that other Canadians feel about using their high school French. The real difference is in what dialect they were taught in school. Quebeckers learn Canadian English. Other Canadians almost never learn Canadian French and of course, they are utterly baffled when they encounter casual spoken French that sounds *nothing* like what they learned in class. Most schools in the rest of Canada teach European standard French instead of Canadian French dialects... which is about the same as if Quebecois learned to speak textbook British received pronunciation English and were taught to looked down on casual Canadian English as "mongrel" English. Honestly, the entire way French is taught outside of Quebec is utterly screwed up, reinforcing stereotypes instead of promoting Canada's actual languages.

Thank you for giving us a good unbiased and respectful representation. It's a breath of fresh air from all the JJ McCulloughs of this world

@robin-bq1lz

5 жыл бұрын

Olivier Brassard n’est-ce pas🙂

The French people of Canada have been hurt real bad and my mother who is now deceased went through hell with anglophones and the terrible remarks and she was born in Québec but raised in Ontario. I don't blame the French people of Québec and elsewhere to want to retain their language and culture. Someone wrote the other day about Louisiana would love to join Québec and there is a history that goes back to the late 1700's where the French were massacred by the English and the French had to escape back to France and others went to the US to Louisiana and other parts. JE ME SOUVIENS is on the licence plates of the cars in Québec. These people have to retain their language and culture otherwise they would be a melting pot of the US. I am a Canadian woman 67 years old and I speak, write, and read in both languages fluently and I understand both. I also understand the French of France which is the real French. I don't blame the people of Québec for wanting to keep their French and their ways of living.

@Gabriel-yo5wj

5 жыл бұрын

Le français de France n'est pas le vrai français. Il y a énormément d'accents en France et dans la vie courrante personne ne parle le français officiel instauré par l'Académie Française.

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

Gabriel je suis d'accord avec vous avec les différents accents en France et si vous avez écouté le chanson de Mireille Matheieu ou elle parle des différents accents en France et elle vient du sud ou elle a un accent different de Paris. Chaque region en France a son accent. Le neveu de mon mari a vécu en France et il a beaucoup voyage et oui c'est vrai qu'il y a beaucoup des accents. Les canadiens parlent avec un français qui est très ancient et mélanger avec d'autres langues. Chaque pays parle avec d'autres accents. Mon mari est un libanais chrétien et dans son pays l'arabe a des différents accents dans chaque region. Hier on a entendu une femme parlé en arabe avec quelqu'un sur le telephone et mon mari m'avait dis en sortant que c'est un autre dialect de la langue arabe et il ne savait pas de quell pays car chaque pays a son accent. Il y a quelques mots qui sont pareilles ou semblable et d'autres sont complètement different. Un des médecins de ma fille est égyptienne et elle nous a racontée qu'elle voulait faire un compliment à une femme libanaise et au lieu d'être un compliment elle lui a insultée par erreur et depuis ce temps elle utilise l'anglais avec les libanais.

@doswheelsouges359

5 жыл бұрын

Metropolitan French was introduced in France much later : it's not "the real" French.

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

The real French is kind of a barbaric similar to what the people of Québec use but different as well. If we listened or read the old French texts as well as the old English texts we would scratch our heads wondering what all that is about. There is no comprehension at all to be made from the old French and even the French spoken in Québec and Louisianna is still better understood than the ancient French and ancient English.@@doswheelsouges359

@doswheelsouges359

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheJules1003 French spoken in Quebec isn't "barbaric". New-France was colonized before the French revolution and the establishment of spoken metropolitan French. Those colonists brought with them their regional dialects. The language was later influenced by the French spoken by the King's daughters, the "bourgeois" French instated by the king in France to kinda normalize exchanges in all layers of life. Of course languages today are very different than what was spoken in the middle ages : this goes without saying and is unproductive to the matter since it's so obvious.

Our language, culture and identity are one. This is who we are. You can't change it. Québécois!

@jeffreykaufmann2867

3 жыл бұрын

@Leo Proctor Jean Charest voted YES in the 1980 referendum

@lesvinpinto8927

3 жыл бұрын

Bleh bleh bleh

@Mr.ZooYYa

3 жыл бұрын

Vive le Québec libre!!!!!

@dnrspdr03canadian95

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone in Canada expects you to be anglophone, and i frankly like french Canada and like how we share a history, i like how Quebec has its own culture while also adopting a few English customs. But god damn your Canadiens and your second language should be English, not dominated by Arabic. I live in British Columbia and i can speak French perfectly but comn you guys.

@jerrymatthew4394

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffreykaufmann2867 No one trust Jean Charest in Quebec.

Comme l'a dit un grand Homme : "VIVE LE QUEBEC LIBRE"

@annonymeandfish

4 жыл бұрын

Gasconha George Washington était vraiment un grand homme.

@edwardelric1370

4 жыл бұрын

En 2018 j'ai lu dans un article que dans 40 ans la population Francophone aura diminuer de 20% au Canada .

@Itsme-vo4fx

4 жыл бұрын

Gasconha ; Quebec is not free as long as it’s residents are not free to choose to speak one of their country’s official language, English. It’s deplorable that a Canadian is forbidden to speak English (one of Canada’s OFFICIAL language) in it’s own country.

@tomboura8951

4 жыл бұрын

@@annonymeandfish Ouais d'accord, ton George il aurai rien fait tout seul contre les anglais si le général Lafayette n'avait pas était là...

@ggtoine8074

4 жыл бұрын

Degaul?

Some important points: Since the Canadian confederation in 1867 got created, French is one of the 2 official languages of Canada. There was and have been many attempts to integrate Canadians. The large majority of French-Canadians (now called Quebecers) can speak very well English and function very well in north America. So this part of your title" (and why they still Refuse to Speak English)" is wrong. They do not refuse to speak English but they refuse to not speak French anymore in their own motherland. They just do not need to change their mother-tongue nor lose their language.

@joedart8449

5 жыл бұрын

It's hard to generalize about the motives of people. I once lived in Quebec and knew many people there (francais) who refused to speak english because it was a foreign language to them while others who understood english refused because they resented the anglos. There was no rule for everyone. Personally I loved hearing the french language all around me. Even though it is a second language, I learned quebec 'franglais' in lower grades in a catholic school in new england. Quebec french has a pleasant vibrancy that is hard to reproduce in english. I hope it never goes away.

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

Julien Mazloum ah you must be Arabic. The more languages that one has the better they are. My husband is a Lebanese Christian Maronite and when he came to Canada he had the Parisian French and learned English through me and the television. If one wants to learn they can. One has to have an open mind and the ability to learn.

@jmazloum

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheJules1003 Yes, I am Lebanese too. I agree with you that we can learn language. Where I disagree with the statement of the video is that it is not that Quebecers do not want to learn English, it is that they do not want the existence of French as their mother-tongue language to disappear.

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

Kifik Julien Mazloum. I know that the French of Québec want to retain their French language and culture and I don't blame them one bit. I am bilingual of English and French. When my Lebanese husband came to Canada he could only speak Arabic and French and he learned English and even after 45 years of marriage he is still learning English. @@jmazloum

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

I know when I am being cursed at when he uses Arabic. LOL LOL.

As an American of Québecois ancestry, I can only say how proud I am that La Belle Provence has retained her language and identity. Nous nous souvenons!

@robin-bq1lz

5 жыл бұрын

Douglas Shambo II ⚜️

@douglasshamboii956

5 жыл бұрын

@André Lussier Et salut à toi, André!

@douglasshamboii956

5 жыл бұрын

@André Lussier No -- Minnesota. Born in Northern New York, near the border with Canada.

@lightburstsurfer5113

5 жыл бұрын

Douglas Shambo II At least you are aware of it. So many Americans with french canadian last name dont even know about it. Specially in the northeast. Thank you for honouring your ancestry.

@patgiguere3065

4 жыл бұрын

Douglas Shambo II You could’nt say better my friend...we will always remember..nous nous souvenons...!

''why they still Refuse to Speak English'' we do not refuse to speak english, we speak it by necessity.

A lot of people like to consider Canada a "melting pot" of cultures. In reality, it has always been more of a "quilt" of cultures.

@JoDee172

4 жыл бұрын

Back in the 70s, we in Canada were taught in schools that our country was a "mosaic" and it was the US that was the melting pot

@paranoidrodent

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoDee172 You do know that along with recognizing the increasing diversity in Canada, one of the "mosaic" cultural model's purposes was to supplant the "two solitudes" cultural model and intentionally render French Canadians "just another minority" (along with indigenous peoples). That's why it was pushed *really* hard after the events of the early 90s (Oka Crisis, Charlottetown Accord failure, 2nd Referendum). Francophones and natives were a political problem and sidelining them as "just another minority" suited the politicians of the day so the mosaic was really emphasized after that until it kind of became one of these little things Englsh-speaking Canadians love to pull out when doing the "We're different from the US because of X, Y and Z" thing (seriously, that whole "we're not Americans" neurotic thing is so weird to French Canadians). Despite it claiming to be just the opposite, the mosaic is an assimilationist model in that it undermines the notion of founding peoples and it broadly rejected by French Canadians even today. Everyone is just a little piece of the mosaic and no culture or background is more special. Seriously, most French Canadians think the mosaic is a farce. That's one of the underlying sources of clashes between the feds and Quebec on immigration. Most Quebeckers still subscribe to the melting pot approach, which used to be what English-speaking Canada espoused in the past.

A lot of the former French explorers who came to Canada way back in the 1500's and later came from Normandie in France. Québec held on to their culture and mom was born in Québec and I went to French schools as a child and older and very proud of that heritage and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

"Qwebec" is the proper way to mis-pronouce it. Both native nations and french speakers call it Kebec (writen Quebec). ... Also, the Metis are a different (officially recognised) nation in Canada.

@naromellow

4 жыл бұрын

Makes me cringe, every time I hear “Qwebec”... >.>

I lived in Montreal for 5 years and it was an amazing experience to see how bilingual that city is. I wasn't forced to speak french but I did wanted to understand what was happening with individuals that refused to speak English, it was a very interesting experience to be part of the Canadian culture and adapt to it's 2 official languages. Vive Le Quebec et Vive Le Canada!.

We do not refuse to speak English, it is mandatory in Quebec's schools to learn English and school is mandatory till the age of 16 so please change your title it is not right.

@mike62mcmanus

5 жыл бұрын

Who was kidding you. Grade four when rich people are allowed English instruction in kindergarten.

@sarahlabbe9779

5 жыл бұрын

@@mike62mcmanus after the "réforme" in like 2008 or so, kindergarden kids are now taught english bases

@mike62mcmanus

5 жыл бұрын

@@sarahlabbe9779 I really believe that it didn't have to be like this in Quebec, it must be put at the doorstep of the Catholic Church who nicely just apologized for Rwanda's massacre. Didnt Lionel Groulx teach the French were racially superior? He did so I don't know where us Irish stood. You should have seen my mother crying when the office de la langue francais came to her work where she waited on tables to give her a French test, she could serve but couldn't tell you how to get to the expressway so they threatened her, a sad time of crying my friend. Why do we let people do this to each other? England was saved from revolution by the wesley brothers teaching the bible and it caught on and saved the nation of criminals it had come to be. Then the people tackled Slavery and in 20 years had it abolished... SO THERE WAS A SEGMENT.... The loss was great for the rich and the slaving Brittish East India Company so they came up with Darwin who credits the chief admin for the B.E.I.C, Malthus. So Quebec is a victim of England also to this day in this respect... The much maligned Bible predicted the dispersion of the Jews and that few would survive in those nations they were driven thats why there have never baan more than fifteen million since Christs sacrafice, and yet they have won 203 of 993 Nobel prizes, thats in perspective is 11,250% above average and through faith in Christ we have a part in that. 1.8 Billion Muslims have no part in that and have won just 9 with six peace prizes (talk about oxymoronic ) the Muslims being the children of Ishmael.... Father is a title and not a name and the Catholic church changed the doctrine of Baptizing in Jesus Christs name and just repeating the words "In the name of the Father and of the son and of the holy Spirit and tricked you and never says any name. But I after being shot six times kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYaIp86ghtnJosY.html prayed and diligently searched and was baptized in Jesus name and when I recieved the Holy Ghost spoke in tongues after that river flowed through my belly and the words were French "Mon Papa, mon Papa" and persuaded me to realize languag makes no difference... Some links for you www.6000years.org/frame.php?page=noahs_grandsons www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/evangelical-revival-in-england-11630228.html. www.jubilee-centre.org/the-abolition-of-the-slave-trade-christian-conscience-and-political-action-by-john-coffey/. larouchepub.com/other/2011/3846humbug_darwin.html. www.apostolicarchives.com/articles/article/8801925/180090.htm Gods speed to you.

@bitchlasagna1777

5 жыл бұрын

@@mike62mcmanus If you are Irish, why are you not on our side? British are those who oppressed us and you defend their language? I'm also partly Irish

@mike62mcmanus

5 жыл бұрын

@@bitchlasagna1777 The rulers and people of Quebec allow the language police to harass and bully English small business people. I have seen it from the dirty end of the stick and there are none who stand against it or are even aware of the pain and suffering people endure. The common people got hold of the Bible in England and Ended slavery in the realm as best they could. The Bible was placed on Rome's Index of Forbidden Books list by the Catholic church around 1100 ad. and you could die for possessing it...So Catholics had no part in the reformation that saved England from revolution because of the cesspool it had become or the 20-year struggle to end slavery that followed.. The answer from the rich was to promote Darwin.to free men's Conscience of the burden to love thy neighbor and made Killing Natural selection The Rich in Quebec always had access to early English education, something denied the average joe and they were told as a rule English hated you.. This is a ruling trick. Hitler said "I am come to destroy the false morality og the Jew and taught that the Germanic were more evolved as a race (there is only one race of man we know today) What did Lionel Groulx teach? That the french were more evolved or higher than the English (look it up) He and others in the Church fought to keep Nazi's from the crimes committed by the rulers of the Vichy regime from judgment for their crimes... There are few Bible believers left in Quebec that might actually have the courage to stand for anything.. We will take Alberta money and rather Arab oil because we cant band together therefore the Muslims will rule over us and they are another religious group that does not believe the Bible... Are we blessed by it and cursed without it? There have never been more than 15 Million Jews Since Christ because as God foretold they would be scattered among the nations where few would survive and yet they have the blessing promised through Isaac...15 million Jews have won 203 Nobel prizes of 993 awarded (11,250% above average), while their cousins the Muslims have multiplied to 1.8 Billion and they have won 12 and only three in anything but peace prizes or literature... We have been blessed according to faith in the principles of the New Testament... From the time that Israel becomes a nation again is the beginning of the end time when all nations shall turn against Israel... Nation shall rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom... That is whats happening on Quebec... Trudeau and his Muslim advisors will weaken our country because we cant get along..... Whos side are you on?

Im bilingual from quebec but my first language is english ,i always order or speak french first in public situations .What i dont understand is why in quebec some english people born and raised here do not understand one word of french it just doesnt make any sense .

@thedindon

5 жыл бұрын

It's called "superiority complex".

@exca5856

5 жыл бұрын

ils comprennent cela est du raciste., c,est tout.

@n.g.spencer8076

5 жыл бұрын

...and living in the bubble, they're missing out on everything. If they ever wasted time in Trawna, they'd know!

@JoDee172

4 жыл бұрын

The older generations that grew up in English schools were not given the most extensive education in French until the late 60s when immersion was introduced (actually, the French didn't get the best English either), and that wasn't even available in most schools. Plus, many of those areas they grew up in would not have had enough French around them to be exposed to. Some, but not enough. And that's how you really learn a language imo. Things have changed, but it couldn't have happened overnight. Even downtown was divided. Until the 80s, the anglos went to Cresent st., and the francos went to St.Denis. So, unless some people have recently moved to Quebec from elsewhere in North America, most of the younger Anglo generations who are native to Quebec speak French. Plus, you need it for just about every single job.

@PhxSml

4 жыл бұрын

Je connais du monde qui sont jamais sorti de West Island et qui connaissent pas c'est quoi Les Francopholies. C'est juste ridicule. J'ai déjà vu du monde surpris de voir des chevaux sur la Rive-Sud parce qu'il avait littéralement JAMAIS quitté l'île et Montréal de sa vie. Genre wtf??

I had a wonderful visit in Montreal. As a visitor from the States, I had no problem communicating in the city. Montrealers were helpful and made me feel welcome. I want to come back and visit more of Quebec. Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City is calling to me.

@bitchlasagna1777

5 жыл бұрын

Its called being a tourist in a cosmopolitan city, sure its cool and you feel appreciated... and btw Montrealers are legit trouble makers here, I wish we could just throw them away

@aerisaskies5503

4 жыл бұрын

Quebec City is very beautiful, I'm sure you will enjoy it. I would recommend learning a few French words though, it makes people happy to see that you are making efforts to communicate with us in our language :)

@ggtoine8074

4 жыл бұрын

Bitch Lasagna 1 in Quebec we are not nicer with tourists between and people like you are the real trouble maker

@ggtoine8074

4 жыл бұрын

My dad come from Quebec City

@olyaredarc1851

3 жыл бұрын

You should also go to Saguenay-lac-st-Jean. It’s one of the best place to learn Québec’s culture.

Love your vids mate! Very informative 🙂

When I went on Ancestry, I already knew that my grandmother was full blooded French Canadian. But when I went up the family tree I had an ancestor whose name was followed by (metis). I had no idea what it meant until now. Thank you very much!

Asking Quebeckers if they want to integrate into the Anglophone Canadian-US culture of the rest of North-America is a bit like asking the Irish and Scottish people if they want to become British ;3

@boptillyouflop

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. And the language barrier adds an order of magnitude more of cultural difference.

@boptillyouflop

5 жыл бұрын

I mean British in the sense of "England English", not in the sense of "great britain-ish". :3

@DrJRL

5 жыл бұрын

British and English are two different overlapping identities. I am English and British as I am from Yorkshire. I have friends who are from Edinburgh so they are Scottish and British. British is the identity of the people of Great Britain, which is made up of England, Scotland and Wales. P Some people from Northern Ireland as part of the U.K. identify as British due to their heritage from these three countries while other identify as Irish. The Irish from the Republic of Ireland are Irish and have not been part of Britain ever. Although they were part of the U.K. for little over a century up to their independence in 1921. Internationally people tend to confuse the terms England, Britain, U.K. as well as English and British. They are not the same thing.

@soutpielsanchez1574

5 жыл бұрын

+boptillyouflop - The Northern Irish and Scots ARE British.

@TheLewisLegend

5 жыл бұрын

boptillyouflop the fact you don't mention Wales shows how ignorant you are

I don't refuse to speak English to anybody who is nice to me and can't understand French.

@ethanlamoureux5306

5 жыл бұрын

I’m an American. When I went to Québec in 1991, I found that most of the people were like you. Of course I tried as much French as I could, and they were very happy to help with as much English as they could. Overall I was very impressed with the Québécois, and I consider them my friends for life.

@sniffinggluewontkeepfamili3387

5 жыл бұрын

And I do my best to speak French! I appreciate those who see I'm trying, but switch to English to avoid me butchering the language. As long as we all try to get along.

@robertcuevas3602

5 жыл бұрын

@@ethanlamoureux5306 lye your racist with the spanish speakin and french in the US

@ethanlamoureux5306

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertcuevas3602 Not sure what you're talking about. I am French-American myself, so definitely not racist against French people! I also am not racist against anybody else. I just don't like people coming to our country and refusing to speak our language. Would you like it if Americans came to your country and refused to speak Spanish, instead insisting that you learn and speak English with them?

@Masaman: your work on the historical reality of my people is excellent, as are all the other videos of yours that i have seen so far. Keep up the good work brother! And, most of all: Vive le Québec libre!!!

Cool video, very informative! Thanks a lot!

Quebec is like a fine, classy bistro while the rest of Canada is like a Denny's

@user-qz1nx8je3o

3 жыл бұрын

haha exactly rest of canada don't have a proper culture

@donairsauce2496

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody does a drive by on Canada bc they wanna be a Crip though

@user-qz1nx8je3o

3 жыл бұрын

Donairsauce what do you mean?

@donairsauce2496

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-qz1nx8je3o I was making a joke about shooting up a Denny’s in order join the Bloods or Crips.

@user-qz1nx8je3o

3 жыл бұрын

Donairsauce haha

I'm french and Québécois are our cousins long live to their culture!

@Demographiaanthropology

5 жыл бұрын

Long live Canadian culture

@InVinoVeratas

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry bud, they probably don’t look at French people as Québécois. They literally see themselves as apart of their own culture.

@tritonxx

5 жыл бұрын

Quand il dit que le Québec est rendu plus francais que la france... :/ ... ca va pas ben votre affaire.

@terioze9

5 жыл бұрын

Vive la France et vive le Canada français ! 🇫🇷 ⚜️ 🇫🇷 ⚜️ 🇫🇷

@NOVAsteamed

5 жыл бұрын

Demographia Canada doesn't have a culture.

Oh... they tried to force French Canadians to lose their language. We French speaking Ontarians (Franco-Ontariens) are well aware of this. We all know about Regulation 17 (Règlement 17) and one teacher called Jeanne Lajoie. (You will have to Google these.) Pembroke, Ontario used to be composed of a high % of French speakers at one time. They are now 6% speaking French as a first language. They will probably disappear in a few years. The premice of the video is also absurd. We do not "refuse" to speak English. We all know the importance of speaking English. But why can't we also live in French?

@inconnu4961

Жыл бұрын

@Nicko Ouin

One thing that really needs to change in Montreal is the French courses in Elementary and High School. I went to English schools where the extent of our French classes was repeating the verb conjugations and watching the Simpsons in French. I really only learned to speak French when I got a job and had to speak with people and I met friends who were french. For anyone struggling to learn a language the best way is through interaction over time. I've seen the change in sentiment over language over the years, when I was young Anglophones were made fun of in Quebec and called "têtes carrées" ((square heads)) and English people would call Francophones frogs. Now there is more of a comradery, we want to help each other learn the other language. It didn't help that a lot of millennials grew up with parents who resented the other language based on the politics they grew up with. Whatever language you speak you are welcome in Quebec.

Very informative. I grew up in the Boston area and have visited Quebec province several times. You're right, they are very independent and very proud of their ancestry, as they should be.

Can you make a video on the evolution of English Canadians (and why they still refuse to speak french) ?

@TheDipset1233

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheJules1003 @jacob lamontagne this is the reason the rest of canada laughs and you guys and shuns you and are the butt of every joke.

@voicije

5 жыл бұрын

they dont have to...you cant push someone to speak a language that will not serves him-hers...we in quebec understand that...we dont push english speaking people to speak freanch...of course...those english people who make the effort to say words in french...is just what it need to make a friendship...little respect...we dont ask to much...

@barneyquinn3657

5 жыл бұрын

They don't. Where on earth did you get the idea they do?

@lilacsbby4787

4 жыл бұрын

TheJules1003 bro... not all fucking anglos are “pig headed.” this is why quebec has such a bad rep. me personally, i would love to learn french, it’s a beautiful language. but people like you are the reason why it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

@ggtoine8074

4 жыл бұрын

TheJules1003 calme toi tu salis notre image c’est pas en insultant ceux qui sont majoritaire qu’on gardera notre langue.

Very interesting. Thank you for posting.

What you mean , Refuse to speak English. Why do the Americans refuse to speak French?

Thank you for that overall quite objective presentation. Thank you for not falling into demonization/bashing of french canadians holding onto their culture that we are proud of, being proud of our culture can never mean being closed to others.

@TheJules1003

5 жыл бұрын

The French Canadians are the best part of Canada itself. Without the French people of Québec we would be not much different than Americans and that is what makes us all unique so be proud of what you are. The French made our history in Canada as well as part of the US and this is all true.

Tabarnak .

@retiredshitposter1062

5 жыл бұрын

taabourwet estie jean cretien!!

@VerbaleMondo

5 жыл бұрын

*Câlisse*

@ralphe14

5 жыл бұрын

asti de coliss de tabarnak

@sirthom3627

5 жыл бұрын

Ciboire

@lecoureurdesbois86

5 жыл бұрын

J'suis québécois câlisse

Nice video, continue like that!

I don’t really think Quebec is as European as most people think they are. I’m an American who lives in Quebec now and while yeah, there’s some places like the old town of Quebec City and Old Montreal that are extremely European looking, but those are kind of just areas preserved to look old and European. The vast majority of Quebec is virtually indistinguishable from any other North American city with the exception of seeing and hearing French everywhere. Other than that, it’s really the same. The streets look the same, they have most of the same chain businesses, the food is more or less the same, people have the same general interests, they watch the same sports, listen to the same music... it’s FAR more similar to the rest of the US and Canada, then anywhere in Europe. I feel like people overestimate how different it really is

We don't refuse to speak english! A lot of us speak the both language and I speak spanish to. It's good for the brain to have a lot of culture! Try it!

@pierrepinson2906

5 жыл бұрын

🌲Vous avez préservé vôtre langue, vôtre culture et en plus vous maîtrisez l'anglais. BRAVO. J'ais entendu dire que vôtre accent était le même que celui de LOUIS IV. Celà doit être vrai.

@mike62mcmanus

5 жыл бұрын

I wish they would have given me English schooling in kindergarten. Now I know all the words but struggle... $$$$ its rich vs. poor and not English vs. French...

@danielasterling6936

3 жыл бұрын

MENDOZA NEUQUEN RIO NEGRO CHUBUT SANTA CRUZ TIERRA DEL FUEGO A R G E N T I N A

@danielasterling6936

3 жыл бұрын

@@pierrepinson2906 JACQUES DE LINIERS MONTEVIDEO BUENOS AIRES 1806 1807

@danielasterling6936

3 жыл бұрын

@@mike62mcmanus VILLA LA ANGOSTURA THE HOUSE OF HITLER LA PATAGONIA A R G E N T I N A

D'un Américain, vive un Québec fier et INDÉPENDANT!

@mreddyfeelgood

5 жыл бұрын

I love you

@clementcharlebois

5 жыл бұрын

Bravo! Quand nous aurons notre ethno-état, vous vous joindrez à nous.

@corin164

5 жыл бұрын

@@clementcharlebois - Dream on - Quebec was too afraid to go it alone and now you're talking about an Ethno-state. Quebecois and the Scots don't know what you want.

@emilefrenette9325

5 жыл бұрын

@@corin164 No, just, No...

@adouhoiad

5 жыл бұрын

H T Thank you brothers, feels good to see americans supporting our freedom after these snakes sabotaged our sovereignty

I am French and I believe a fair share of the population would welcome with open arms Quebec as part of a New France ! We have so much to learn from French Canadians, I am amazed how they managed to protect French language, this is just impressive !

Not even halfway through the video and it’s amazing very informative as somebody who lives in Quebec I wish the thought of this at school everywhere in fact.

Usually comment section in youtube is full of random crap, hate and ignorance, but this time glad to see that most of the comments add value to the content of the video itself

@CdeHavillandMosquito

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I noticed, where's the Quebec bashing? I'm baffled. Maybe lower down the comment section? Surely.

i'm A proud French Canadian even though of different etnicity and background, Quebec has become my home and i love it and would do anything i can to preserve this culture, language and unique sort. I strongly believe that we are stronger Canadians together and have so much more opportunities while coexisting with the English part of Canada. Canada is A greater place having the best of two worlds from what used to be British and French empires. We should cherish it and protect it for our childrens. God bless Canada.

@Raisonnance.

4 жыл бұрын

Non. Le français devrait être la seule langue majoritaire au Canada.

@dennisschwartzentruber3204

4 жыл бұрын

Well spoken !

@lecomtedemirabeau5548

4 жыл бұрын

@@Raisonnance. Hélas, fallait pas perdre en 1763...

@emery1691

3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone who has some sense to him. Great comment, thank you.

@olyaredarc1851

3 жыл бұрын

@@Raisonnance. no, that would be awful... (coming from a french Canadian)

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi les Canadiens anglais refusent de parler en français...

@Raisonnance.

4 жыл бұрын

Moi non plus...alors qu'on était présent 200 ans avant eux LOL

@stephanelecocq1027

4 жыл бұрын

C'est l'héritage anglais. Tout le monde apprend l'anglais... Et ils ne sont pas portés sur l'ouverture vers les autres. Enfin si, pour le business 😉. Alors ils apprennent le chinois. En France, ou en Europe de manière générale, on apprend 2 langues étrangères.... Mais on a un accent à péter des bulles... Donc on ose pas trop parler 😂

@robin-bq1lz

4 жыл бұрын

Zachariasz Kowalski par haine traditionnelle, de vrais membres du klan...😘

@larrybxl5406

3 жыл бұрын

Parce que le majorite de canadiens anglophone ne parlent pas francais

@catalannationalist9847

3 жыл бұрын

Parce que ils sont suprémacistes

Thanks for this great video.

I can't figure out why the other Canadian provinces don't speak French! Are they xenophobic and renounce the original language of what was spoken prior to their being a Canada? Being from Louisiana I know how the english language and its speakers tend to spread and overwhelm, often with the force of law. Where once French was our language here in Louisiana it has been supplanted by the mass migration of english speakers from the U.S. after the selling of the Louisiana colony by Napoleon. Restez calme et fier, mes frères au québec et ne parlons que la langue maternelle, française, sinon vos enfants et petits-enfants seront anglophones seulement comme ici en Louisiane.

@paulalbares643

5 жыл бұрын

@@robin-bq1lz Est-ce à dire que les "cous rouges" ne veulent pas arrêter de parler anglais au lieu de leur langue maternelle, le français? C'est vraiment triste de perdre sa culture maternelle et pour quoi?

@TheWho58

5 жыл бұрын

There are french canadians in other provinces mostly the northern parts with the natives. Like ontario, southern Ontario is English and "multicultural" northern ontario very french, native and/metis with English. Where just not talked about often.

@emilefrenette9325

5 жыл бұрын

My grandfather(a sympathethic good living silent gen traveler in his days) once was in the outskirts of Vancouver,B.C. on a very frequented road stop equiped with picnic tables & a snackbar. He told me that while he was there a family with two children seemingly of east asian origin, came to him and the father then asked:"I saw from your licence plate that you are quebeccer, can i ask you a question ?" My grandfather responding:"Yes, sure." The east asian supposedly then asked:"What is your problem to you all !?"

@voicije

5 жыл бұрын

they dont have to...but they can...like here we dont have to speak english...be we can

@waitwho3074

5 жыл бұрын

@@robin-bq1lz Hahah! S'pas facile d'être une tête carrée en 2019. Même ils devraient prendre exemple sur nous, car le côté anglais du Canada fait dure à certain endroit. Ils sont entrain de le perdre. Quand ta plus de chance de te faire servirent correctement en mandarin qu'en anglais y'a un méchant problème!

The French came to Canada first.The Anglos came later!

@emilefrenette9325

5 жыл бұрын

It's not true even if you speak restrictiely about europeans. Taking the first would be either the Basque people and/or the Scandinavians. If you restrict it to those of them who established a permanent presence through blood,institution and/or soil it would be the euskadi(basque) by trade relations and intermingling then in much the same way followed soon after by various french peoples.

@stevencarrier2466

5 жыл бұрын

Whatever you just said is completely irrelevant to the point that I made.The FRENCH came to Canada before the ENGLISH. That is what I said.

@VICTOR-ok3mg

5 жыл бұрын

@@emilefrenette9325 love france hate English

@barneyquinn3657

5 жыл бұрын

No they didn't. The Spanish did. But the natives preceded even the Spanish. Don't get too hung up on the notion that the language to be spoken should be the one 'used first'. The world doesn't work like that. The world evolved.

@stevencarrier2466

5 жыл бұрын

@@barneyquinn3657 The Spanish were actually quite late in showing up in Canada. The Norse Vikings landed in Canada centuries before Columbus, and a few Portuguese explorers came to the Eastern part of Canada around 1498-1502. They made claims to the territory, but didn't really follow up on them, so the claims were forgotten. The French made the first official claim of the territory by Jacques Cartier in 1534. A settlement was later established at Tadoussac, Quebec in 1600, but it didn't survive. Samuel de Champlain founded a more permanent settlement in 1604 at the Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The British then entered the picture by gaining Acadia in 1713, and spread from there. Spanish explorers finally appeared on the West coast of Canada in about 1774-1775, scouting for the possible threat of a Russian invasion in California. The Spanish had a settlement for a time in what is now British Columbia from about 1789-1795. (Note the dates I have given). This video and thread is about the French (and the English), whom along with the First Nations, are the ONLY entities who truly made the beginnings of Canada.

Vive le Québec, vive le Québec libre !!!! On vous aime. Un frère de France

@MsBones1

4 жыл бұрын

Stop saying Vive le Quebec libre and leave already. We have nothing in common with you. Both Canada and Quebec can survive without each other. I would have no problems with no more English in Quebec.

@unpseudopascommelesautres997

4 жыл бұрын

@@MsBones1 Chut. T'es un collabo.

@shrekfan2734

4 жыл бұрын

MsBones1 yo he’s not quebecker , he’s from FRANCE

@dennisschwartzentruber3204

4 жыл бұрын

@@MsBones1 No need to be so nihilistic Quebec and the french culture is a beautiful and enriching thing ...you are missing out on another dimension of your national heritage !

@nelsonmay258

4 жыл бұрын

le Quebec est libre maintenant and de Gaulle was an asshole.

I'm french canadian, most of us a bilingual, we grew up flooded with more english tv channels than french. The cultural rift is created by english canada and it's roots that still cling to british monarchy. Funnily enough, when a people abroad want to claim their independance, Canada supports it, but not in its own backyard...

And they should NEVER give up!, THEY ARE FRENCH, they have NO OBLIGATION to assimilate no other culture. They arrived before the British. Period.

@emilefrenette9325

5 жыл бұрын

We are not french we are canadiens.

@BoricuaKelfa

5 жыл бұрын

Émile Frenette lol

@vikare7849

5 жыл бұрын

@Émile Frenette colonisé. We are French.

@egsbsbwbwbwbwbwwsssbbsbsbs2120

4 жыл бұрын

@@vikare7849 lol Canadien et Québécois pas français

@vikare7849

4 жыл бұрын

@Jean philipe Nouvelle France : )