I don’t speak French, but I assure you I would kill and if necessary die to ensure Quebec always can. We stand together.
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That moment when Louisiana (in the U.S.) looks around and says wait, our laws are based on Napoleonic laws, we French based too right?
I mean, the Cajuns, the best part of Louisiana, are basically Quebecois.
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It’s the old “I don’t necessarily agree with what you are saying, but I would defend to the death your right to say it” ideal, and I’m 100% down for it.
"wait, we have to follow laws of other countries?" that's illegal!
The US government doesn't give a shit about anything except excuses for their catastrophic tariff plan. They want to highlight issues that will never be negotiable so they can justify them to Faux News and their Trumper cult. It is a classic divide an conquer technique on Canada. Further, I am sure Russia is running troll farms with misinformation on us now.
Dairy industry, VS oil and gas, VS Québécois.
Who is next?
Concede nothing to the US.
Totally agree. "Make an outrageous demand" is one of the few tools in trumps repitoire.
Even if we did somehow ascede to it, he'd just come up with something new. The point is to have something to hang over us, not to actually get the thing.
Lmao.
Dude, not even the English could keep the Quebecers from speaking French, and they tried for over 100 years after the Brits took the province in the Seven Years War.
Good luck with that one, Cheeto.
I don’t know a lot about Canada but isn’t that how you piss off quebec?
It's already done.
I haven't seen anywhere near this much Canadian patriotism in Québec in my lifetime.
My dad who's 80 mentioned the same without me bringing up the subject.
I don't know how to explain this other than with an imperfect analogy:
Even though we disagree or squabble at times, my fellow Canadians are brothers and sisters and no one picks on my siblings but me.
“My brother and I are enemies until my cousin comes. Then my brother and I are allies against my cousin until my neighbour arrives.”
It takes even less. I think they're all but chewing their shields and loading the cow into the catapult now.
FU. You want to sell your products here you package them in our languages.
Je ne peux pas parler Francais avec un peu de compétence, mais la langue des Québécois n'est pas une barrière pour les gens avec un peu de respect!
Pff. All that high school French and that's the best I can do. Anyways, shut up, US.
C'est déjà bien! Faut pas se décourager :)
You know, I only learned the basics of English at school. I became bilingual through exposition to the language, which admittedly is far easier for English than French in my opinion, but still.
Vive le Quebec. Go get 'em.
As a French French, I have the feeling Don picked the wrong fight...
I have a lot of issues with the French legislation, but I understand why it exists. It's not about me, and it's not about American businesses either!
You don't negotiate and speak with a kid in a sandbox having a tantrum. You educate.
Well with a child you are the kid's source of authority, jailer, etc. if you can get Trump to view you as an authority or get him into a jail of some kind, you may have the ability to educate.
Under the current situation, I don't think you have any power over the child.
Trump is using this to cause a crisis in Canada. Quebec objects, the ROC 1) may grow impatient with an agreement not being made. 2) IF the ROC rallies behind Quebec, the US will use it forever to justify tariffs.
Dirty tactics.
Like a third of the charter of rights and freedoms is about language laws and french/english. Even as a west coaster, I highly doubt there's a scenario where Canada doesn't side with Quebec on this front.
So option 2 it is -- but that's their endgame anyway, they're just hunting for an excuse to do it anyhow. Thats been clear ever since he dredged up Fentanyl as a boogeyman. Just hurry up and diversify trade more -- I'm fairly sure we can find other markets for most goods. Any business that's just sitting there hoping this will blow over, and/or that the government will bail them out, and isn't taking direct actions to mitigate this issue that's been months and months in the making.... deserves to fail.
What does the Republic of China have to do with this?
Écoute mon gros gros pédophile et ses amis, tu pourrais me battre au sang que tu ne m’empêchera pas de parler ma langue. Gader vos estie de cochonneries amazon et vos films de super-héros pour idiots heureuz et enfoncez-vous les bien profondément dans le cul.
Should counter with the USA using the imperial system.
It's not any less of a barrier to Canadian companies outside fo Quebec. They both tend to hire Quebec people to deal with the barrier. Just as they might hire California people to help sales/marketing in that state.
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CBC has English coverage, and the law is only described as a "trade irritant", not anything illegal, which is surprising given the insane claims the Trump admin likes to make:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its annual list of global trade barriers Tuesday, and it includes Quebec's controversial language law Bill 96 as a trade irritant between the two countries.
The law isn't new but it has provisions that kick in in June that seem to be the main issue:
The changes impact the use of French in the judicial system, health care, schools, workplaces and businesses across the provincial economy, but the issue singled out as a trade barrier by the U.S. is how it impacts trademarks and labelling.
"U.S. businesses have expressed concerns about the impact that Bill 96 will have on their federally registered trademarks for products manufactured after June 1, 2025, which is when the relevant provisions of Bill 96 enter into force," the National Trade Estimate Report said.
When the new provisions kick in this summer, trademarks displayed on a product can only appear in English if there's no French version of the trademark registered. If the trademark or label contains generic terms or descriptions that are not in French, the trademark must be changed to include a French version of those terms and descriptions.
Companies found to have violated these changes to the law can face fines of up to $90,000 per day for their third offence, while individuals can be fined up to $42,000 a day for their third offence.
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