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<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=26208" target="_blank">PQ would require immigrants speak French</a> (click to view)

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<strong>Posted By: </strong> <a href="/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=Robair" target="_blank">Robair</a>
<strong>Date: </strong> 2007-10-19 13:06:24
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[Robair]

Isn't that pretty much the definition of discrimination??

[saturn_656]

It's legal to discriminate in this country, as long as you can prove you have a "reasonable" reason to do so. Unfortunate eh?

[DerbyX]

They are backdooring what they cannot get legally and are doing everything they claim is being done to them.

Why should any single non-francophone ever believe they would be an accepted part of a seperate QC?

Bring on the partioning already.

[Pimpbrewski]

I tend to agree with this matter somewhat. Eventhough that I am so against the PQ tabarnak

I know that I have posted a thread about English signs in QC. So, I do not want to take a completly different approach with this one.

But......... it clearly mentions that it is for running for elections. It's not the typical immigrant that comes to Quebec to reside.

Look at Thomas Mulcair. He is an Quebec Anglophone and he learned to speak French (quite good actually!). He was part of the Charest government. (Now NPD at the Federal level).

They should at least be able to speak English if nothing else. English being one of the official languages of Canada. But then again, this is Quebec that they are referring to

Pretty sure that the Quebec Anglos on this site would probably agree.

[Brenda]

First of all, that title is incorrect. Immigrants are not able to vote, or to participate in any election. Only Citizens are, and when you are a citizen, you are a Canadian, and not an immigrant anymore.

Secondly, if you immigrate to Quebec in the first place, you have to provide proof of French language skills on your application, so that point doesn't stand either.

Of course you can move to Quebec from anywhere else in the country, but why would you do that, AND run for any office, while you know people in Quebec don't speak French, but Quebecois?

[DerbyX]

Pimpbrewski Pimpbrewski:

I tend to agree with this matter somewhat. Eventhough that I am so against the PQ tabarnak

I know that I have posted a thread about English signs in QC. So, I do not want to take a completly different approach with this one.

But......... it clearly mentions that it is for running for elections. It's not the typical immigrant that comes to Quebec to reside.

Look at Thomas Mulcair. He is an Quebec Anglophone and he learned to speak French (quite good actually!). He was part of the Charest government. (Now NPD at the Federal level).

They should at least be able to speak English if nothing else. English being one of the official languages of Canada. But then again, this is Quebec that they are referring to

Pretty sure that the Quebec Anglos on this site would probably agree.

Its less the language thing and more the "citzenship" aspect noted in the article. I get the feeling they want some sort of 'Quebec citzenship" and that all this is really just smoke and mirrors to get a country by proxy without all that messy buisness of actually getting the people to vote for it.

[CrazyCanuck007]

cut off ALL federal funding to those whinny little spoiled brats if they want to bring in such a discrimatory law as that.

fuck em!

[Bodah]

I think this pretty much an unessecary law, anyone in the right mind would know full well if your running for a position in Quebec politics being able to speak french is mandatory.

Hell if they kick out Nurses and Dentists out of Quebec not because they cant speak fluent french but fail to achieve a univerisity level of written french, why not shut the doors on a few wanabe politicians.

I still believe that if you live in Quebec you should learn french.
We'd expect the same courtesy from a francophone Quebecer if he moved to Calgary.

[ryan29]

and all they have to do is learn french ? which is not an easy thing , wonder did they think this policy out .

[BartSimpson]

Fine, then every francophone should have to demonstrate their English language skills to get a government job or welfare cheque.

[Pimpbrewski]

DerbyX DerbyX:

Pimpbrewski Pimpbrewski:

I tend to agree with this matter somewhat. Eventhough that I am so against the PQ tabarnak

I know that I have posted a thread about English signs in QC. So, I do not want to take a completly different approach with this one.

But......... it clearly mentions that it is for running for elections. It's not the typical immigrant that comes to Quebec to reside.

Look at Thomas Mulcair. He is an Quebec Anglophone and he learned to speak French (quite good actually!). He was part of the Charest government. (Now NPD at the Federal level).

They should at least be able to speak English if nothing else. English being one of the official languages of Canada. But then again, this is Quebec that they are referring to

Pretty sure that the Quebec Anglos on this site would probably agree.

Its less the language thing and more the "citzenship" aspect noted in the article. I get the feeling they want some sort of 'Quebec citzenship" and that all this is really just smoke and mirrors to get a country by proxy without all that messy buisness of actually getting the people to vote for it.

I apologize to you and Brenda, I guess I only read the language aspect of the article.

We all know that these pricks at the PQ will pretty much do anything in accordance to their ``so called values``. Which isn't much btw Look at the Loi 101 in QC.

Still, an elected official should still be able to speak the regional language. How else do you expect that politician to speak to their constituents !!! After all, that should be one of their responsibilities, meaning that official has to hear and respond to his/her constituents.

Anyhow, it should not matter much anyways. Outside of the West Island of Montreal, a person running for election would not get far if cannot speak French. At least not much support in the voting booth.