Should Ontario join Quebec in requesting that Federal institutions sub

[Second-class Canadian]

Given that Quebec governments of different party stripes have long requested that Federal institutions serving only residents of Quebec submit to Provincial language laws, should Ontario join Quebec in making the same request?

The way I see it, this would save on translation costs in all Federal offices that serve residents of only the province in which they operate. In Ontario's case, we could request that all Federal institutions operate unilingually in either English or French according to which has the greatest demand. For example, a Federal office that serves the residents of only the local community in a predominantly French-speaking south-eastern Ontario town would operate unilingually in French, while one that serves a predominantly English-speaking town would operate unilingually in English. While they would not be prohibited from serving bilingually, they would no longer be constitutionally or legally or officially obligated to do so. Likewise, while bilingualism would still be an asset to any applicant (all other qualifications being equal), no position could be designated bilingual-required. This could also mean that bilingualism in a sign language could be just as much of an asset in a predominantly English-speaking community as in French for example, while still not being required if no bilingual applies for the job.

Given that according to a report published by the Fraser institute, Canadian taxpayers pay around 2.4 billion dollars yearly for official bilingualism at all levels of government, making Federal institutions in Ontario and Quebec officially unilingual would certainly save at least some of that money.

Additionally, given how Franco-Quebecers and Anglo-Ontarians are usually butting heads, seeing them fighting as allies on this would make for a refreshing change .

Your thoughts on this?

[Ash74]

This would take too much common sense and cause the language gestapo collective heads to explode on both sides of the provincial borders.

Quebec would say that English speakers were trying to kill their heritage of losing wars,crying for dollars,etc,etc. While the people in Ontario would just likely ignore it.

End of the day nobody of any political stripes will touch this.

[Second-class Canadian]

Why would Quebec say that when both the PQ and Liberal Party of Quebec requested this for themselves? The only twist I added is Ontario making the same request for itself. The main opponents I see in this would be Anglo-Quebecers and Franco-Ontarians. Fraanco-Quebecers and Anglo-Ontarians would likely support this for the most part.

Edited July 6, 2015 by Second-class Canadian

[Ash74]

Why would Quebec say that when both the PA and Liberal Party of Quebec requested this for themselves? The only twist I added is Ontario making the same request for itself. The main opponents I see in this would be Anglo-Quebecers and Franco-Ontarians. Fraanco-Quebecers and Anglo-Ontarians would likely support this for the most part.

Franco-Quececors have instituted the language police.

If you were to ask this question to a rational person I think they would agree. The issue is that this would have to be dealt with by governments.

Every language group in Quebec would go crazy and protest would start in english speaking people in rural Ontario that might be affected by this.

[Second-class Canadian]

Why would English people in Ontario protest? Even not all Franco-Ontarians would protest since this might mean some Federal offices in south-eastern Ontario would go monolingual French. In Quebec, almost everyone but the Anglo know French. So really the only opposition I could see would be among monolingual Anglo-Quebecers and Franco-Ontarians living in predominantly Anglo communities.