[kenmore]

Everyone in Canada should have to speak French or English and that include immigrants before they are allowed in.

[Brenda]

Skilled Worker Immigrants usually do. Family Class immigrants don't have to, and refugees... Well, I think I just made my case.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Brenda Brenda:

Skilled Worker Immigrants usually do. Family Class immigrants don't have to, and refugees... Well, I think I just made my case.

Yeah, those damn Dutch refugees are a real pain in...I mean God bless the Dutch

[kenmore]

Ya well it pisses me off when some have been here 18 yrs and not be able to speak either.. I say no way man

[ASLplease]

kenmore kenmore:

Everyone in Canada should have to speak French or English and that include immigrants before they are allowed in.

No one in Canada should be forced to speak French or English. If you are suffering some sort of inferiority syndrome then make your own rules among your friends and family.

[ASLplease]

kenmore kenmore:

Ya well it pisses me off when some have been here 18 yrs and not be able to speak either.. I say no way man

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If an 18 yr old immigrant that doesn't speak english or french is a threat to your way of life, then I suggest that you have chosen the wrong occupation. Washing dishes in a chinese restaurant is not your god given right.

[PimpBrewski123]

ASLplease ASLplease:

inferiority

You keep mentionning this for some reason. ok guess you've made your point.

Please no reps, I tend to use some sarcasm in posts.

But, it would be fair to say that only to the ''pur & dur'' then.

[PimpBrewski123]

Ok so on some level, I can understand the ''bashing'' of sort.

Are some Quebecers annoying? You bet your ass. Are some whiners, but of course.

But let's see here. Politically speaking, there seems to be 2 different types:

Federalists
Péquistes

Ok so Federalists, in terms of the population representing the majority, tend to have pro-Canadian values. Often not heard. They go about their business and do not bother much.

Then there are the péquistes of sort. In that category, there are the hardcore separatists ''pur & dur'' and some are soft nationalists. (there could be more ''types'' but let's go with that for the time being).

Now the ones that often speak out in controversy are simply known as the ''pur & dur''. RRQ, Societe St-Jean-Baptiste and so on.

[EyeBrock]

I don't think it's too much to ask immigrants to learn at least one of our official languages. I had to learn Canadian English eh? No car parks, windscreens, pillar boxes, back gardens for me anymore!

I speak proper like what you lot do now.

[PimpBrewski123]

Now the ones that often speak out in controversy are simply known as the ''pur & dur''. RRQ, Société St-Jean-Baptiste and so on. The ''separatists''. They are the ones that the ROC should be concerned about. But then, they are probably only 5% or so of the population if that much even.

So yes, on some level, I can agree with you EB and others that have a certain resentment.

The only thing, it would be fun for the ROC to differentiate between the PQ (Parti Quebecois) and the entire provincial population. That's all.

[DerbyX]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

I don't think it's too much to ask immigrants to learn at least one of our official languages. I had to learn Canadian English eh? No car parks, windscreens, pillar boxes, back gardens for me anymore!

I speak proper like what you lot do now.

But bollocks to anybody who tries to make you stop saying mate eh?

[EyeBrock]

Too right Derby! I can't get out of that habit! My sister was over here in August and she was taking the piss out of me saying 'eh' all the time though.

[DerbyX]

Hell I say it because I picked it up when I lived there and that was only 2 years. Well the Aussies say it too and I spent a year there. Didn't pick up any Aussie slang thought. Too weird.

[kenmore]

uwish uwish:

French has faded because your 3 million francophones surrounded by 300 million anglo's!

you will loose this fight, you can't legislate a culture, though you sure do try!

You sure don't know what you are talking about.. so why comment on something that you haven't a clue about

[EyeBrock]

G'day Derby me' old sack of bollocks!

Aussies just put 'y' on the end of everything and they stole most of our slang words!

Property theft is a national trait.......