dualhunter Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/it-s-a-bit-weird-she-s-french-but-quebec-denies-residency-over-language-1.4676066 A woman was denied residency for not adequately demonstrating proficiency in French. She's a native French speaker from France. I'm surprised Trump isn't scouting Quebec for potential new hires. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 🐸 civil war 🍷 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Quebec only cares to protect their version of old french. I do love watching french and quebecers arguments eventually turn to English because they can’t understand each other. -edit- this seems to be a case of not that she is french but that she used English in one of her papers. This is not shocking and shows the petty anglophone/francophone divide in the province at the hands of the province. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Sacre bleu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Tabernac! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualhunter Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jason said: Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.! If they had tested for outrageous accent she would have been granted residency but they'd have to kick themselves out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Québec* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 If you want barely disguised racism and bigotry, visit Quebec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Q-Beck is where the losers are at. Also, I went to Canada once as a child and the first person on the other side of the border that talked to us spoke in french and that was when I knew Canada sucked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 45 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: If you want barely disguised racism and bigotry, visit Quebec. It's disappointing because in most other ways Quebec is easily the most progressive place in North America. It's shows that xenophobia is not directly tied to other social issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 3 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: It's disappointing because in most other ways Quebec is easily the most progressive place in North America. It's shows that xenophobia is not directly tied to other social issues. It's potentially the most racist part of North America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Wow they denied a native French citizen and native french speaker. Quebec thinks they know french better than the French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 23 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: It's potentially the most racist part of North America. Have you been to Boston? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualhunter Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 20 minutes ago, Rodimus said: Wow they denied a native French citizen and native french speaker. Quebec thinks they know french better than the French. That was absurd enough on it's own but they denied her again when she passed the French test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 49 minutes ago, 2user1cup said: Have you been to Boston? Do Bostonians ban Muslims from wearing Hijabs, Sikhs from wearing Turbans and Jews from wearing Yamakas in government jobs? They do in Quebec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 2 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said: It's potentially the most racist part of North America. In some ways it is more racist (official government ban on wearing some religious articles if you work for the government). In other ways it is far less racist (when was the last time people of colour were killed in Quebec in the back country?). Overall I'd say it is less racist than many parts of the US as the official racism is still less than the cultural racism in the US towards black people in some areas. I mean, either way, it's bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 34 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: when was the last time people of colour were killed in Quebec in the back country? People of color live in Quebec in the back country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualhunter Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 In America driving while black can get you killed whereas in Quebec it gets you tickets which you can fight in court and then repeat every few years. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/south-shore-man-says-police-continue-to-unfairly-target-him-1.2631629 https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/07/pm-on-trumps-racist-tweets-only-quebec-is-allowed-to-do-that-in-canada/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 There are really multuple spectrums upon which to measure racism (that I can think of): State-sanctioned discrimination Systemic cultural discrimination Violent-result racism I would guess that Quebec is higher on the first, but lower on the latter two (than southern US states). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 2 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Do Bostonians ban Muslims from wearing Hijabs, Sikhs from wearing Turbans and Jews from wearing Yamakas in government jobs? They do in Quebec. u mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 18 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: There are really multuple spectrums upon which to measure racism (that I can think of): State-sanctioned discrimination Systemic cultural discrimination Violent-result racism I would guess that Quebec is higher on the first, but lower on the latter two (than southern US states). IMHO, there is huge systemic cultural discrimination to anyone who is not white and francophone from a significant portion of the population in Quebec. My wives family was anglophone from the Eastern townships, and have mostly all emigrated from Quebec to Ontario. The "state-sanctioned" discrimination against anyone who speaks English is derived from systemic cultural racism that is the bases for terms "distinct society" and "Quebec values". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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