What race are the French?

[AKIron]

What race are the French exactly? Hmmmmm.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=3&u=/nm/20040213/en_nm/leisure_canada_conan_dc

[gofaster]

Nothing like pissing off the country that's covering your operating expenses.

Conan should know better.

Another low moment in American entertainment.

[Kieran]

Originally posted by gofaster
Nothing like pissing off the country that's covering your operating expenses.

Conan should know better.

Another low moment in American entertainment.

You mean that Province that will take a shopowner's business away from him for hanging an english language sign outside the store is upset about racism? Too funny.

[john9001]

you caan insult zee Quebecez, but you must do it in la french lanquezz. i it zee law.

[MJHerman]

Originally posted by Kieran
You mean that Province that will take a shopowner's business away from him for hanging an english language sign outside the store is upset about racism? Too funny.

Ummm...not quite, and not really sure where you got this information.

[midnight Target]

If we sell one of our products in Quebec, all labels must be in both French and English. But there is more. The law also specifies that one language cannot take precidence over the other. All lettering MUST be of equal size and font, and side by side or alternating if one is on top of the other.

[Otto]

Oh! Oh!  Now the Canadians wouldn't be our friends any more...

[pugg666]

If we sell one of our products in Quebec, all labels must be in both French and English. But there is more. The law also specifies that one language cannot take precidence over the other. All lettering MUST be of equal size and font, and side by side or alternating if one is on top of the other.

That's for product labeling, as far as store signs go, french has to be written noticebly larger than english is

btw MT. should be renewing my account within the next month or so, looking forward to flying with the squaddies again

[Kieran]

Originally posted by MJHerman
Ummm...not quite, and not really sure where you got this information.

From this BBS, from a Canadian.

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by Otto
Oh! Oh!  Now the Canadians wouldn't be our friends any more...

Indeed, Canada flips a switch and the entire eastern seaboard drops off the grid.  

And if we get really pissed the invasion of the Celine Dion clones begins.

[MJHerman]

Originally posted by Kieran
From this BBS, from a Canadian.

If you have a link to the original post it would be appreciated, because:

1.  I grew up in Montreal and still have family there, and I have lived through all of the language nonsense.
2.  I have never heard of a business being "taken away" as a result of violating the laws which you are referring to (fines yes, business being taken away no),

and I am therefore curious as to what was originally posted.

[MJHerman]

Originally posted by midnight Target
If we sell one of our products in Quebec, all labels must be in both French and English. But there is more. The law also specifies that one language cannot take precidence over the other. All lettering MUST be of equal size and font, and side by side or alternating if one is on top of the other.

Bear in mind that 80%+ of the population of Quebec speaks French as their first language.  The labelling law goes a bit too far in my mind, but that being said, if you are selling a product into a market where the first language of a vast majority of the population is not English, don't you think it makes good business sense to label the product so that the people who are supposed to be buying it understand the label?

Bad law in the sense of too much government intereference, but still good business practice regardless.

[AVRO1]

Originally posted by Thrawn
Indeed, Canada flips a switch and the entire eastern seaboard drops off the grid.  

Didn't the black out come from the US?

As for the racist comments by an ignorant.
MJHerman is right.
What would you do if all the signs in your home town were in a language you do not speak fluently?
In the 60s the signs in Montreal were almost all in English.
That is what lead to the language laws.
So, if you don't know the whole story maybe you should shut up.

I agree that it went too far but we have bigger fishes to fry.

[john9001]

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move , or learn the language.

[Habu]

Originally posted by AVRO1
Didn't the black out come from the US?

As for the racist comments by an ignorant.
MJHerman is right.
What would you do if all the signs in your home town were in a language you do not speak fluently?
In the 60s the signs in Montreal were almost all in English.
That is what lead to the language laws.
So, if you don't know the whole story maybe you should shut up.

I agree that it went too far but we have bigger fishes to fry.

It is not the draconian language laws that can lead to you being fined, put in jail and eventually loseing the business if you refuse to pay the fines for having a sign in English that amaze me, it the reaction of Quebecers like this guy who see nothing wrong with the law.

He would be right at home in Afganistan under the Taliban. The concept of freedom and liberty does not exist in Quebec. There it is make everyone toe the line and make racist laws and it is all ok. As long as it is french.

At least the rest of the world and this NG see how wrong it is.