'The objective is not to get rid of English' | The Corner Booth

It has strictly nothing to do with immigrants. Quebec unfortunately cannot deal with the fundamental issue of French on its own.

This is a very constructive discussion. I would hope politicians have this level of cool-headed attitude.

I am always awed how the Nationalists and Separatists use the "Catalan Model" as the example. The Catalan experiment is failing and so will this Quebec model. You cannot change culture by forcing a language down people's throats. The reason Francophones migrate towards English is that it created opportunities and people are interested in improving their lives and prosperity, something that living in a French ghetto won't provide.

As an immigrant I’m glad the Québec government forced me to study in French. Enforcing it in the workplace however has been a detriment in my experience

We spend too much money on it. The world is going for a universal language.

Encourage French but avoid social engineering

TOO MUCH SYSTEMIC RACISM IB QUEBEC

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French is in decline BECAUSE of CAQ policies. Dehors la CAQ tabarnac! 🤡👑💩 Legault and the Executive Caucus

There is no Quebec culture. It's the french language dubbed over American culture. You can't escape english, we can't escape America. If francophones want to work on teaching anglophones french, they can start by speaking slower and pronouncing more clearly. Crazy that I can know every french word being used, but can't pick them out of the slew being spoken. Might as well be Chinese.

Is this a serious conversation? Nobody cares about French!! It's a dying language. The remaining "French" speakers left in Canada can just learn English and join the 21st century! C'mon! Time to get rid of FRENCH as an official language!! TIME IS NOW!!

I love the wording he uses, "fix the problem". 😂 you got to laugh.

Yes it is. Its discrimination, end of discussion.

Poor guy tilted his head so many times lolllll

francophones are choosing english universities, so the solution is to teach more french in universities? That doesn't solve the original issue. His goal is to attack english institutions. Just last week he recommended not adding more buildings to McGill.

I feel like saving French in Québec is a losing battle. Promoting Francophone content creators would definitely help.

They took a run at our hospitals and backed down (For Now) with a memo but Didn’t Change The Law.
Now they’re coming after Our Cegeps And Universities !
We could speed up the Reduction And Elimination of English in BOTH By Voting Liberal !

Francophones wouldn’t be exposed to English language content if English classes weren’t allowed in the French school system. Maybe this commissioner should focus on doing that if he wants to mandate French language content for Francophones in their daily life. But don’t come imposing that on Anglophones without addressing the problem within the Francophone community first. It’s also funny how Quebec separatists get sent to English school in order to fulfill their parents dream to be bilingual, but then they want to make English a problem with the Anglophone community out of hatred and jealousy.

The objective is not to get rid of English. Why did someone tell me to stop speaking English at the Bay in downtown Montreal.

The majority of people choosing English post-secondary institutions are francophones who want better English speaking proficiency. They aren't losing their French. They are adding English. The effect of current laws is to prevent francophones from improving their English. The elites pay to go to international schools, or have English speaking nannies... most people can't afford that. So it's pushing unlingualism on francophones.

Assimilation the thing the English were not able to do with the French now you try on the English .LOL why does Quebec have to be french ,why .French commerce is not economically as profitable English is the language of business am I wrong. I have the right to be English and I would sue them trying to make me feel like an immigrant in my country province of birth and education shame on them take care of your existing french colony make them propagate thier own race

The government should not interfere in peoples private lives

The way he speaks of French in primary school sounds more like residential school for Anglophones.... This is so messed up!

Just make a true economic reason to learn French, and ppl will learn French. The reason ppl learn English is because it opens up more financial possibilities

the more i listen, the more i think this french language commission is full of BS. "We want to force french because we want to force french. Why french? Because french. Hearing kids speak english is gross. Language is the only thing that matters to us"

Imo language is meant to shift and evolve over time. Knowing multiple languages is a benefit as well. But these guys dont care about that. Theyre just a bunch of boomers who are scared of other languages.

I'm sorry but the numbers don't add up. +80% of quebecers are Francophone a decline in the language is unfounded. I believe that separatists believe a little English is too much English.