RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:We have enough difficulty solving TH's issues The Qc gov require new immigrants to attend francization courses, I know I've been on it. It was a lot of fun, a bunch of Afghans, Colombians, Cubans, Nepalese and Venezuelans. The potluck lunches were amazing.
https://www.quebec.ca/en/education/learn-french
jfm1330 wrote: Stuff your woke sh*t where I think. You are for the so called diversity because immigrants in Toronto and Vancouver learn english, and only english. In Montreal, all immigrants learn english, because they have to, busnisses are asking them to speak english, same for the native francophones, power of english is enormous, but at least half of the immigrants in Quebec (first generation) do not learn french. I would like to see the reaction from anglo Canada if all immigrants would be forced economically to learn french and half would not learn english.
It's easy to say you are virtuous when the system is 100% bended in your favor. So stop with your freakin hate, because this is what you are, a freakin hater that hides behind appearance of moral superiority. And again, all the western world is behind Ukraine because they fight for their freedom from the Russian world, but there are linguistic laws in Ukraine favoring Ukrainian over Russian, Are you still backing Ukraine? Are they really nazis like the Poutine propaganda says? No. Enough of that imperialistic cr*p. Smaller nations and cultures have a right to survive and thrive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_policy_in_Ukraine#Law_declared_unconstitutional
jeffm34 wrote: No one has to take my word for it. Everyone can look at the proposed legislation for themselves. I'm hoping the government comes to their senses before putting this into law. If it passes in its current form it will hurt every company operating in the province. Diversity can only strengthen a population or business. It is not a bad thing. There is only one region in Canada that is trying to outlaw diversity and inclusion.
jfm1330 wrote: You don't really believe what you say. I read you here for a long time now. I know you are an intelligent person. You cannot be serious. You did not think about it properly. You say what you say because english is your native language and the esperanto of the 21st century. When your language and your culture is not threatened by anything, more than that, that your language is the language of international communication, it is easy to say you are open. There is threat to your identity. Language is the basis of culture and identity, and it is not mundane or meaningless. But, as I said, the government is not forcing any busines in Montreal to operate in french. This is totally false. There is a law about language in Quebec, but in the reality, in tech companies most is done in english. I know it, as I said I worked there for 35 years. So all the stuff this guy said is false.
Wino115 wrote: There's a kernal of truth in this, but lets keep politics out of this for now as if the science works, it won't matter where they are located. There are some world class Canadian companies owned by global investors so it can be done.
To me the bigger issue is that it's pretty frivolous for a government to actually care what language a business operates in. A bizarre thought for us south of the border. There are just so many more important things and governments (in my view) shouldn't get involved in such mundane, meaningless things like language etc... There are very few countries in the world I can think of where they actually mandate a language for your "operations". At times, there were large big-box electronic retailers listed on NASDAQ and located in the US where the operations were all done in Hebrew. No one cared. I'm sure there are plenty of companies in the US where most managers speak Spanish as their first tongue and probably that's the language around the office. So many more important things for a government to be concerned about than languages. More a story about an overreaching culturally-driven government that doesn't get it.
jeffm34 wrote: They are not unsolvable political questions. It's simply a reality that is hurting the company and the prudent thing to do is to relocate to a more open, business friendly, diverse region. We sit here every day and wonder why nobody wants to buy into this company. A big reason is where they have chosen to do business. They are cut off by choice from the broad investment community and have no desire to engage outside their small circle. The changes coming to the province will only make the problem worse and isolate the company even further. If they were serious about gaining exposure and credibility in the market they would move south, and the timing couldn't be better with the business restrictions coming.
SPCEO1 wrote: Might I suggest we leave unsolvable political questions to others on other message boards