Quebec Bill 101 Report

Bill 101 is the charter in Quebec that makes French the official language of the province. It makes French the everyday language of work, communication and most pre-college education.
But change is in the air, and the Parti Quebecois is planning to make an extension of Bill 101 to CEGEP part of their political agenda. Adam Avrashi takes on the heated issue.

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[skyscraper03]

@minhounou For your information, Ontario doesn't have a law like Bill 101 (tyrant + discriminatory sign and education law against French), and I think you'll be surprised to see many bilingual signs in transits, in provincial handouts, and so on, when just about 1% of Greater Toronto's population is speaking French. But I personally like this and yes, I do want to respect "Canadians" no matter what language they speak.

Peace & Freedom, and God bless Canada (and Quebec, of course :)

[skyscraper03]

@minhounou I'm not a troll but a person wants Quebec as well as the rest of Canada to be a better place with more freedom, equality and prosperity. That's purely it. I am not from the tiny island of Britain that you hate (and I don't like it either), nor speaking English as my first or second language. But I live in Canada and love this country. I just got interested in this issue by having studied the history of Quebec& Canada and by talking to many Canadians from in and outside of Quebec.

[minhounou]

@skyscraper03 You are an EPIC troll or what ? I just click on youtube in order to watch video about Quebec and I saw many of your comment everywhere, stop trolling !

The only official language in Québec is French deal with it !

The only province with 2 official language is New Brunswick the rest are English provinces. You speak about English minority in Québec but what about 1 million French-C. living in Ontario ?

if you are not happy with Québec's law GET OUT and go live in another place.

[skyscraper03]

@boosra Quebec is Quebec, and will always be remembered as “Quebec”. The land found and shared by Native Americans for thousands of years, later cherished by French then English from Europe, and then more people from the world, will be always remembered as "Quebec" no matter what it becomes or how it changes. I just want it to be a land of more freedom, equality, and be much more prosperous regardless of what language people choose to speak.

[skyscraper03]

@boosra I love Quebec as I love Canada, but let me be honest with you, preservation of French language with discrimination against English is an unhealthy obsession, and is not eventually going to achieve preservation of French Quebec. With 100 times stronger intensity, Bill 101 will kill Quebec itself, the freedom and most importantly the wealth and economy of Quebec particularly in Montreal until it completely dies. And I don't want to see that happening.

[skyscraper03]

@boosra Let’s be objective. North America, or at least Canada clearly is not monoculture. It is a "multi" culture. And I don’t think sharing& enjoying differences is a nightmare. The communication language of the continent happened to be English, but you should remember people are all different and/or from different cultures and backgrounds. Everyone has different style and way of living to be respected.

[skyscraper03]

@boosra Living in Paris is indeed a great experience, but it's not all about the language. It is greatly about experiencing the thousand years of great French history, and the beautiful ancient architecture you can't possibly compare with Quebec or any other cities in Americas. Living in Tokyo is a great experience, but it's not all about the language. It is more about the amazingly vibrant Japanese entertainment and the modern high-tech culture that no place in the world can really compete.

[boosra]

@skyscraper03

As I said before, probably to avoid assimilation into the nightmare North American/British monoculture. Clearly, living within it, you have no idea it is any different anywhere else.

Go live in France for 6 months, or most places in western Europe. Then you'll see what I mean.

[skyscraper03]

@boosra So, what is this all for? To make yourself more French? So is your daily life so specially French now? Are you really that specially “French”, other than the fact that you can't and your kids won't be able to talk to 98% of the population of North America unless spending years to learn something? No offence, and I like French language. But Bill 101 won't preserve Frenchness of Quebec, but does guarantee your continued economic collapse and forever unsolved isolation. "Really, for what ?"

[skyscraper03]

@boosra So, French “language” has to be preserved “to keep/ preserve the mono, super unique(?) in Quebec” is a mistaken idea. It is especially mistaken in Quebec because at the same time, extreme laws like Bill 101 also gives the disgraceful title of discriminator to Quebec, and tremendous damage bounced back to itself, as it is in fact against "the communication language" of the continent.