Vive Le Quebec libre
>><<if one is a Quebec resident, it's better to study there, because in Canada, they charge the quebecers like foreigners for tuition. That's why we feel that we have a second class (or maybe lower) citizenships.>>
Check number 33:
http://www.languagefairness.ca/Source_files/Uploaded/Canada-Quebec%20relationship%20-%20updated.htmKK
Just so you know, you could have chosen a better source of information, as from just looking over the site as a whole, it appears to be lacking credibility as a whole. In particular, that list looks more cherrypicked than anything else, so no matter how factual the actual items in it are, it still is rather lacking credibility-wise overall.
"Montréal is the second biggest French city in the world after Paris even you like it or not Viola"
Montreal isn't in France; it's not French.
"Just so you know, Montreal is practically the only city in Quebec with a significant English-speaking population; to claim that Quebec as a whole is bilingual because of such is to claim that, say, Flanders is bilingual overall just because of the French-speaking enclave of Brussels. "
Montreal is hardly an enclave with an agg. population of 3.5 million, about half of the population of the whole province. So it is indeed the most significant part of Quebec province at least in terms of linguistic representation.
>>"Montréal is the second biggest French city in the world after Paris even you like it or not Viola"
Montreal isn't in France; it's not French.<<
Of course, it's obvious that what is meant by "French" here is "French-speaking", so hence your comment is clearly just a cheap shot based purely on a pedantic literal interpretation of something that clearly meant something different from such.
"Of course, it's obvious that what is meant by "French" here is "French-speaking", so hence your comment is clearly just a cheap shot based purely on a pedantic literal interpretation of something that clearly meant something different from such."
Actually, it goes deeper than that. My shot is directed at the way Quebec is portrayed as an extension of France in Europe.
<<Just so you know, you could have chosen a better source of information, as from just looking over the site as a whole, it appears to be lacking credibility as a whole. In particular, that list looks more cherrypicked than anything else, so no matter how factual the actual items in it are, it still is rather lacking credibility-wise overall. >>
I never claimed it was objective, but how is it any less credible than the links and comments other people have posted here?
Paul : je te garantis qu'en France on ne prend pas le Québec pour une province française. Nous sommes conscients que l'océan atlantique sépare l'Amérique du Nord de l'Europe. Le Québec est un pays très différent de la France et il n'a pas besoin d'elle pour vivre sa vie et gagner son indépendance.
And I can guarantee you that's why you... I mean the French are so interested in the affairs of Canada.
>=And I can guarantee you that's why you... I mean the French are so interested in the affairs of Canada>=
Explain yoursel Paul
>=Montreal isn't in France; it's not French>=
Montréal is French, due it's French speaking like Travis said, what you said Paul sounded extremely childish. NYC is not in England and it's an English city.
That's exactly the attitude I cannot wait to get rid of it.
When someone plays with semantics, like in the previous post, it's best to be a bit pedantic.
Greg,
You are judging on native language.Brussels is bilingual. 80% of the francophones there speak Dutch as well.Mainly because it's almost impossible to get a job without knowing Dutch.
Brussels is not francophone as is the case with, Paris, Strassbourg or Nice.
''Montréal is the second biggest French city in the world'
I thought it was a Canadian city...
''Montréal is the second biggest French city in the world'
It is check this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal
It's a Québécois city thus a French city by cultural definition.
I thought it was a Canadian city...
You're right. It is.
No it's not. A Canadian city would be Ottawa or Toronto but Montréal is a Québecois city:
"Quebec is indeed a nation. The people of Quebec speak a different language, practice a different religious faith, have different legal and educational institutions, and have a different culture than the rest of Canada. This certainly is enough to define Quebec as a nation. As a forced member of Canada, it can also be classified as a captive-nation. This is much the same status that was granted the nations captured by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Until Quebec achieves its independence from Canada, it will continue to be a captive nation and will be an abomination to the North American continent until it finally is able to claim its independence and join the global family of free and independent nations. "