Harper vs Trudeau

[Tilter]

Harper's like the anti-christ to a lot of the Quebecqois, so naturally they do talk about it.

And yet---- the votes he got in Quebec were the votes that gave him a majority government.

[Moonbox]

And yet---- the votes he got in Quebec were the votes that gave him a majority government.

No. The votes in Ontario gave him the majority. Harper would have done better overall if Quebec wasn't even part of the election. Nice try though.

[Smallc]

If you live in Que, federal bilingualism is non-existent

Not true.

and provincial language rights are a thing of the past for Anglophones.

Provinces can set their own language rights, and where they conflict with the Constitution, the notwithstanding clause gives them an out.

You`re right--- I don`t understand how a country like Canada, a country that preaches about it`s charter, free inter provincial freedom of passage & trade (what a laugh) can allow one of it`s member provinces abrogate the language right`s of 20 % of it`s Canadian residents.

Then learn. BTW, anglophones do have certain rights in Quebec. Legal and government services must be provided in English where necessary.

[Moonbox]

Then learn. BTW, anglophones do have certain rights in Quebec. Legal and government services must be provided in English where necessary.

It IS a little lopsided.

[Smallc]

It IS a little lopsided.

In what way? Yes, some of the language laws go too far, but Quebec is a majority Francophone province. The majority of services there will and should be in French.

[Moonbox]

The language police in Quebec, Smallc. I don't know how many changes there have been in the last year or so, but I recall reading articles in the Globe about how a lot of people in Quebec weren't allowed to send their kids to English language school or where an anglophone running an online business in Quebec was ordered to create a french language one as well.

It's a not quite as straightforward as someone like Tilter would make it out to be, since an Anglophone in Ontario operates with a triple majority (English is the majority language in the province, country and continent), whereas Francaphonie in Quebec is proverbial drop in the bucket, but if you were an English speaker there I could certainly understand why someone might feel things are unfair.

[Smallc]

if you were an English speaker there I could certainly understand why someone might feel things are unfair.

There are certain things that are unfair, and actually unconstitutional. Quebec though, is not and does not have to be bilingual in most areas. This country is federally bilingual, but that has nothing to do with the province of Quebec....even though there are problems with some language laws there, as you say.