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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For those unable to read the article, and who haven't heard about this through other channels . . .

The issue is that Quebec is actively throwing Francophone minorities in other parts of Canada under the bus, which goes beyond them being "reluctant to defend" them. The Quebec government doesn't seem to care that the weapons it's using against its Anglophone linguistic minority can be turned around to attack Francophones in the rest of the country. What they do doesn't necesarily stop at their borders.

It's been a while since I had any reason to talk to a Franco-Ontarian about Quebec politics, but Quebec used to be considered snooty, obnoxious, and out of touch at best.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

"the weapons it’s using against its Anglophone linguistic minority"

Bill 101 and the nothwistanding clause that allows it are not new things. If Ontario or Manitoba were going to use that precedent to limit francophones ability to work in French in Ontario they would probably have done that by now, not that Ontario or Manitoba have ever needed any encouragement to push for the assimilation of these people.

If by weapons (such ridiculous hyperbole) you mean that Quebec is going to spend less on subsidizing foreign students in Anglo Universities, I feel like the anti Indian sentiment in Anglo Canada is going to push them in that direcion already.

Quebec is not responsible if the the rest of Canada chooses to pretend that the status of English is somehow equivalent to French in this country and institute English protection laws. In fact I would argue that is the right of any province, regardless of how unnecessary it would be, and no business of ours.