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Of course, I keep the name of the last Ottawa crappy restaurant I was unlucky enough to step into ten years ago. Let's change Anglo for Franco, Quebec cop for Ontario cop or Alberta cop, and Ontario license plates for a French accent or Quebec license plates, and you will describe a reality that is as much ture, or more exactly as much anecdotal and overblown as what you just wrote. BTW, I know more than a few English-speaking Canadians who have told me how much they had loved to travel to Quebec, how well treated they were, etc., etc. :lol: You believe that, I have some fine Florida swampland to sell you.

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Obviously, that's not what I am suggesting. What I am suggesting is that his meaning is that of a "war" for continued existence, not against "the Anglo".

Except business owners and employees who give you a dirty look the moment you dare speaking a lnaguage other than English (or French, yes, stupidity is not monolingual) in their sacred abode. But you are also welvome to think that those who in the old day would put signs like "No dogs or Chinese allowed" were only making a business statement. What people in England believe is not relevant here. And I know a majority of English-speakers in Canada SUPPORT official bilingualism. Then, there are of course those who whine the moment they see French on their cereal box.

Actually, I agree with him - at an individual level.

Argus. meet Leafless. :lol: That could be an apt description of English too, but that would be equally irrelevant.

Talking to the mirror again? The one who is living in a small world, set to fit a small narrow mind, is you.

Considering how blind you are, I find that rather funny

Guess what, you manage something extremely rare. For once you are right. Removing the children from their family because of their parent's ideology would be wrong. That being said, social workers had reported comments by the kids that, if they really said those things, are pretty troubling. Such as expressing the opinion that Blacks should be killed. If the parents teach that kind of things to their children, and if the cjildren go to commit hate crimes, the parents should be charged as well.

The word "please" is not the one that comes to my mind. I'd rather refer to the way you, Argus, use words to amuse me with your profound stupidity.

As I once heard somebody say about literal interpretation of Genisis (or poor attempt at making it pass as a science text) - "it's a bit insulting towards god to say that is not able of inspiring people to write an allegory". The Bible is many good things to me. what it is not is a science book.

I wouldn't think about starting a thread in English on a French-language site either. Nothing to do with the rights of Canadians.

If that's how you call treating French-speaking Canadians outside Quebec as full Canadians, so be it.

The idea that restaurants in Ottawa do not see fit to provide menus in the first language of one -sixth of its population or so just because there is no demand is fine in principle, and far from me to see that it is never a consideration. But it doesn't take that many encounters with bad or rude service for even having a conversation in French with another client to understand that there are restaurants where it's just plain bigotry.

The passing fad is bigoted ignorance such as yours. then, one has to realize the fact we have two national languages is not "the" essence of the country, but one of its defining characteristics. And Argus, if you lack the capacity to recognize that, now is tge time for YOU to emigrate.

Quebecs-style laws? I didn't know some languages were prohibited in Russell. Frenchmen coming from Quebec? If they're French, they're from France. And btw, most of the new residents in Prescott-Russell over the recent years have been English-speakers. I am no fan of laws or by-laws that say to businesses what languages they need to use (btw, you know of course that the Russell by-law mandates Frecnh AND English). But let's not forget that this used to be an area where you could get services in English and french and the vast majority of businesses. That changed when some people decided that having English wasn't good enough, French had to go.

The collective must be getting sloppy. They forgot to erase the capacity for wild imagination when they assimilated you. Official bilingualism at the federal level is a reflection of two caracteristics of this country - the fact that we have two national languages, and the importance of individual rights.

But I am not French-Canadian, just French. :lol: As for utilizing the English language, one has to wonder when you lost that capacity. I don't like things that do not exist either.

Nope. Although poersonal bilingualism is not the essence of what makes someone a Canadian. By that he obviously meant the "battle" to continue to exist. And on that account, he is right.

And guess what, it is primarily what it is about, along with equality of status for our two nationak languages. Thanks for reminding us that French citizenship comes with a right to vote in Canadian elections.

I have no doubt that his bigotry does not originate from his language skills. On the other end, considering that he has (among other things) "accused me" in turn of being French, of not being a French-speaker, of hating English-speakers,and of betraying the French culture, you have to wonder about his understanding of his own postings.

One thing to keep in mind, though, is that most other languages are just catching up to english (to some extent).

Nah. I just think he does not understand the meeaning of what he reads and writes.

More factual now. enhancing protection of the rights and freedoms of Canadians. Can you provide us with the English translation of your definition?

Yet, you keep calling french-speaking Canadians "French". You do not get a clue about what you write.