RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:We have enough difficulty solving TH's issuesAnti-Quebec sh*t from Vancouver. What do they really know about the reality in Montreal? Nothing. Frustrated anglophones pumping themselves because they cannot tolarate that Canada is not 100% english speaking. There a sick desire of linguistic purity in all of it. Allow us to assimilate you or die. Totally sick. Really looks like pro Poutine propaganda calling Ukrainians nazis. We have a saying in french that can be translated this way in english: "If you want to kill your dog, accuse him of having rabies".
jeffm34 wrote: Read and decide for yourself.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bill-96-french-language-anglophones
If Bill 96 is passed, here are some of its points that may directly impact Quebec’s anglophone population.
- Doctors will be required to address all their patients in French.
- Speaking French will be mandated in companies with more than 25 employees.
- Fines of up to $30,000 and the revoking of the status of companies may be enacted if there are repeated incidents of employees communicating in other languages.
Wino115 wrote: You are right. I was purely talking about a law that actually mandated a particular language for business. That's sort of silly. But glad to hear that is NOT what they are doing according to you. It sounds like we are in agreement on that fact - that they are not doing what he says they are.
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