Non.
Wait did he actually say that??? I’m surprised Trump even knows French is an official language in Canada
I suspect the reality is something like them not needing to do dual languages on products we import.
This will explain a bit more.
It’s such a crazy demented request that has no chance of resulting in a deal. It is such a small buisness cost to market in cultural acceptable labels in any country they do business in. It’s like asking to sell english only labelling in Mexico. It’s an internal Mexico governance issue what languages should be present for their consumers, but businesses know that sales improve as a result of projecting respect for consumers.
It does a little bit there’s not much elaboration on what specific demands were made re: french language and Quebecoise culture
This other article linked from the first one has a much better explanation: https://montrealgazette.com/news/why-the-u-s-sees-quebecs-french-language-laws-as-a-trade-barrier/
Thank you, yes it does.
Kind of maddening that a government would try to demand that of another. US businesses do not need to be babies to this extent.
The dumbass actually demanded that???
Everything has been so wild for the last 500 days that I’m no longer surprised by bs like this. It’s par for the course for this US administration. Everything they do is BS.
a lot more than that.
He wants Canada to tariff the same countries as the USA.
He wants to force Canada to use US farm chemicals proven toxic and cause brain rot.
He wants Canada to dismantle our dairy structure…so we can run out of food like the US and charge $9 an egg.
He wants Canada to cut all it’s trade with Asia and Europe.
Yes, that is what MAGA is about everywhere it goes.
La Riposte.
A movement to inspire all Anglophone Canadians to commit to learning a bit of French everyday in response to US economic and cultural aggression.
Symbolic, valuable, but extremely accessible. CBC has an app (Mauril) that our tax dollars already pay for, and of course there are dozens of language learning apps, many free.
Something almost anyone can do, at no cost. It’s good for you. It’s good for Canada (bilingual workforce opens many international doors). It’ll piss Trump off.
Canada needed something to get behind, all together. If it gains enough traction, CBC and companies like Duolingo will pick up the bump in traffic and the story gets legs.
Am I high? Would you commit to learning more French and then actually do it, for this reason?
I’m in! I was actually already thinking about it as my best friend had a stroke last week and we’re thinking maybe french might help her communicate better. She studied french for years and lived in France as well. Hasn’t spoken it in years though. A good friend from Montreal will be visiting her in the hospital this week, going to try.
I’m no web developer but wanted to get it out fast while the iron is hot.
Please tell 2 people about it, ask those people to tell 2 people about it.
I’m very interested in this myself!
Thank you for sharing that. Can you imagine US folks also getting into this? I bet some would.
There are the Cajuns, we could patriate them.
they could bring back some white onyo.
Happy cake day!
I’ve been trying to learn French. My whole dad’s side of the family is Québécois but I grew up with my Mum for the most part in Ontario and was never spoken French to :(. I’ve cut off most of that side of the family now but I still adore everything about Québec and want to feel at home there someday
As a québécois, I strongly suggest to watch Infoman (canadian politics satire, excellent way to stay informed on the federal level politics).
Also, some classics: “Dans une galaxie près de chez vous” (a show in the style of Red Dwarf, but targeting a younger public), “Le coeur a ses raisons” (a parody of soap operas), and even older “La ptite vie” (may not have aged as well, but depicts a typical Montreal family in the 80s)
For the hardcore, listen to François Pérusse “L’album du peuple”.
All these things can be watched and rewatched many times and will never get boring.
Je suis anglaise, mais j’ai appris français de France au college il y a longtemps. Mais j’aimerais bien apprendre français québécois. Jeu-t’allée, tabernak! C’est tout je connais lol
I’m not Canadienne is what I’m saying, but I’d gladly switch my je suis allée to jeu-t’allée if it annoys a maga.
Please share the link if you do it!
Québécois here, it’s more like chu-t’allée. The French are the ones that pronounce Je like Jeu. These 2 words sound very different in Québec French.
Happy to help with any Québec French question!
Are there any Quebec specific ways to insult Trump?
I linked it but it may have been removed
La-riposte
Dot ca
Allez vous faire foutre
Is there a list of Canadian alternatives to U.S. products we can buy in Europe by any chance?
Definitely findable with a simple internet search. I’m sure there are several, even. I’m glad you’re curious about this! Greetings from Europe!
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Europe should blackmail the US this way, if they don’t pay our tarifs they can no longer make hamburgers and French fries. /s
They already tried to break away with the Freedom Fries^TM so that wouldn’t be an issue, sadly.
The following may be French French but I feel it’s appropriate: qu’il aille chier dans sa caisse ce petit dictateur en carton.
Stay strong cousins.
qu’y’aille chier dans son char le p’tit crisse de boss des bécosses
Absolument * bisou de chef *
How big a trade barrier can it be to label stuff in two languages?
We have so many products with three national languages over here that it just sounds normal to me.
Ok, my pants are down and I’m bent over. Now what?
If your bum itches, there might be an orange champignon trying to dominate you.
Hmmmm nazis trying to erase their French neighbors… where have I heard this before?..
Russia tried to do it with Ukrainian language and culture. 8 years ago, vast majority of Ukrainians in the north and east of the country used russian for every day communication (me among them). Now you’d be hard pressed to find even a few outside of the occupied territories. I believe the professional term for this is “backfired spectacularly”.
Absurd nazi propaganda delusion. Pig Ukrainian nazis did this to Russian language rights, and subhuman scum now calling the inverse. World literally too stupid to go on, with selective nazi revisionisms so easily manipulated/upvoted.
You are very racist
And a touch insane
World literally too stupid to go on
Don’t do anything rash: as a millennial you have so much to live for and so many things to learn.
Learn to speak English properly or don’t use it at all.
There are so many lovely people who speak English as a second language and not very well but who I would always be happy to listen to. On the flip side the guy you replied to could be a scholar of English language and I’d still want them to shut the fuck up 🤣
Yeah but they’re learning, that was just word salad, I suspect auto translated.
Canada should start shipping all their remaining products to the US in Spanish.
Jaque mate pendejos.
add manuals in Esperanto.
lmfao yes
