tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post8484441923052583801..comments2023-07-05T09:29:09.647-04:00Comments on Chronicles of a Pure Laine: French in the workplaceMichel Bolduchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07301737603817812981noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-44992162717977436762012-01-06T19:34:22.597-05:002012-01-06T19:34:22.597-05:00The nut of this issue is this: Quebecois are terri...The nut of this issue is this: Quebecois are terrified of losing their language by cultural assimilation. And since an ever-increasing percentage of the population of Quebec, and Montreal in particular, comes from immigrant populations the future of the French language is in their collective hands unless regulated. Hence, Bill 101, OLF, etc.<br /><br />I sympathize. I'm bilingual, and so are Ian Gillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08253853073679100203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-76948524727497046302011-12-14T11:56:21.701-05:002011-12-14T11:56:21.701-05:00Edgy,
How about the Journal de Montréal reporter ...Edgy,<br /><br />How about the Journal de Montréal reporter who went applying for jobs in several businesses, in and around Montreal, specifying that she didn't speak any French, and still got hired ? How about the bosses who told her not to worry about it, that only asshole customers would whine and complain, but that they would speak English anyway ?<br /><br />How does that compare to my Ramanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533470790770571127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-27445716525770445202011-12-14T07:02:33.481-05:002011-12-14T07:02:33.481-05:00Edgy,
For businesses to be efficient, people have...Edgy,<br /><br />For businesses to be efficient, people have to communicate with one another. Two unilinguals speaking a different language can't do that effectively. This isn't about "Anglo-hunting". People are wringing their hands over the situation because it's detrimental to the majority of Québécois.Michel Bolduchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301737603817812981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-40484396992577105432011-12-14T06:05:21.408-05:002011-12-14T06:05:21.408-05:00I don't know. I wouldn't like to see a uni...I don't know. I wouldn't like to see a unilingual Anglophone or Francophone discriminated against but that's almost beside the point. The reality of the situation is that Quebec is a Francophone province with a large bilingual city that serves as its economic engine. That's why Rahman's girlfriend is told she has to speak English to be a waitress; that's why I'm asked Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-40764881755399097162011-12-11T13:48:18.522-05:002011-12-11T13:48:18.522-05:00Good of you to point this out.
I often recall an ...Good of you to point this out.<br /><br />I often recall an example about my girlfriend; because that's the first time I realized all this.<br /><br />She's from around Sherbrooke. She'd learned English in school, but didn't speak it fluently at all when she arrived in Montreal, a bit over a decade ago.<br /><br />At all the jobs she applied for, she was systematically told that Ramanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533470790770571127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9035801220467246539.post-15421993399881527862011-12-11T12:56:39.053-05:002011-12-11T12:56:39.053-05:00"...does it make it OK to discriminate someon..."...does it make it OK to discriminate someone who only speaks the language of the majority?"<br /><br />I assume we're talking about Montreal. <br /><br />A loaded question and a good one with no one size fits all answer. The shorter answer would be that would depend on the nature of the work and what kind of company/organization it is. <br /><br />If one is working in a back CKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10762523064802036223noreply@blogger.com