Trudeau answers English question in French because 'we're in Quebec'
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- At Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Sherbooke town hall, Judy Ross asked a question in English about access to mental health services for Anglo-Quebecers. Trudeau answered in French because "we're in Quebec." To read more: cbc.ca/1.3940058
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I don't get why english people move to Quebec then get frustrated that everything is french.. if you're gonna live there you have to learn and a adapt. Immigrants who move to canada learn English and French..
@M A There was a large English speaking population in Montreal until a separatist party came to power and banned English from signs. Before the ban, Montreal had the highest population of any city in Canada.
you don't think french move to the rest of Canada and are frustrated everything is in English!
@@Alternate1234ify lol get your fact right English sign ARENT BANNED....they only need to put the french translation in a bigger caption....
But, genuine question, learning French is one thing but do French Canadians hate anglophones either way? As a non American and non Canadian outsider / potential visitor someday, I would like to know. I speak decent French, learned it and lived it in France, but I'm still afraid people will just hate me regardless. Let me know bc I want to believe that these are all just mean stereotypes, but sometimes I'm not so sure
@@bolma1910 not at all , we just remember that we used to be dominated by an English aristocrat class even in Montreal and Quebec , so we don't like the "I speak English so I am superior" attitude , English speaker used to tell us to : "speak white" ^^
Just imagine one French speaker complaining about the same stuff but in Toronto
Many french spekers live in Toronto and Ottawa.
Here is the biggest problem we have as quebecers: people dont have the slight decency to even try to speak french. From a simple “bonjour” “merci”. Even in montreal there is places peoples dont speak french and lived there 3, 7 years or even all their life. If you ask a quebecers a question in english and they dont speak it, they will try to help you and not completely dismiss you.
Again, a simple “bonjour” “merci” “croissant au fromage”
Also if you go to an hospital, at least a person should be able to translate it in other provinces. Here in montreal i know a lot of doctor that dont even speak french. So dont come at us saying we are the one always complaining. We just had enough thats for sure.
As a reminder; les quebecois sont les plus canadiens puisqu’ils parlent les deux langues officielles. Donc ajuster vous, votre handicap de parler une langue c’est votre choix de rester ignorants et de ne pas être curieux. Votre problème.
Flying Tube yes and they are not complaining
Literally not even close to the same lol
Why move to Québec if you don’t speak French? That’s like moving to Colombia and not learning Spanish beforehand.
The thing is English and French are the 2 official languages of Canada. All official documents have both and in most parts of Canada signs have both. The problem is that outside of Quebec with a few exceptions English is the dominate language. This is heavily enforced in the school systems because many parents know that having the students learn in a French program if they do not live in Quebec puts them at a disadvantage because the French programs in the universities are not as well regarded. For example if you want to study science in French your options are extremely limited depending on where you live. And in public schools if you are not in an immersion program you do not really get a chance to properly learn French either. So it is infuriating for many when we go to Quebec or a more prominent French speaking community and get sneered and and laughed at for trying to communicate in what little French I can remember. As a resident of canada you should be able to live anywhere and speak either French or English. If the rest of the country is required to make everything accessible to both languages so should Quebec. However this is often not the case for the signage. Please remember Quebec is not a separate country from the rest of Canada
@@zanahaze Those are the official languages of the federal government, not the Provinces.
@@flyingpharoah4867 yes but the provinces are part of the federal government and all citizens must follow federal laws and regulations. I would be more than happy to speak French in Quebec. The problem is our schooling system is not set up for that all across Canada. I try my best but been sneered at when I make a mistake gets old really fast.
@@zanahaze No, that's not how this works. The federal government has jurisdiction over federal agencies and matters of criminal law and relating to commerce and trade. Anything else is under the purview of the Provinces, and their language laws apply. This includes schools. Unless you belong to one of the protected groups, under the Constitution, you have no right to receive education in your preferred language, and you definitely have no right to decide whether the quality of said education should be equal to that in French or English. Quebec is the only French-speaking province and will do everything to stay French. If it were to give in to your demands, it wouldn't be French any longer. It would be a bilingual society where English would slowly but surely be taking over due to practicality. Move elsewhere or learn French. You have 9 provinces to choose from Jesus. I wonder if you would act the same if you were in Spain or Germany. If you belong to the English-speaking Quebec community, you won't have my pity or understanding. You could have left (or your parents, for that matter). In staying, you implicitly agreed to assimilate. From where I stand, you refuse to become a Quebecer and expect Quebe to bow down to your demands. Either learn French and move to the GTA or Vancouver where you won't have to make any changes. Also, I find it funny that you are asking the only French province to turn itself into a larger Ottawa (bilingual) whilst you are perfectly content with having 8 out of 10 provinces be exclusively English-speaking. Why wouldn't they have to go from being English societies to Bilingual Ottawa-like societies?
@@flyingpharoah4867 I am not asking for only Quebec to be french and english I think all of Canada should have access to proper complete education in both languages and that signage should be in both like it is in parts my province. I do not live in Quebec or Ontario. I live in the Atlantic provinces where there are strong French communities. Do I speak good French no. Do I try yes but again it's very hard to put the effort in when you are sneered at for not having it perfect. What I am try to say is that again there are 2 languages in Canada. More if you count the many first peoples languages. Canada as a whole should try and have access for both major langauges or make sure both are taught equally across Canada.
I honestly don't want Canada to lose their bilinguism. I am from Kazakhstan and we have two languages too, Russian and Kazakh, so I know how it feels
Merci! Nos similitudes font notre force!
Same support from Scotland, we have English Gaelic and Scots. English is dominant however.
Два языка в стране мне кажется таким крутым!)
Don't care, Speak English. You lost English won get over it my ancestors > your ancestors.
@@Mr090909090909099 what?
It's impressive how it's always English speakers who complain about "other languages"...
If your language was banned from signs, you'd probably be annoyed. That's what happened to English speakers in Quebec.
@@Alternate1234ify what about french speakers in the reste of Canada? Spoiled anglophone
illuminatutos depends. Only in Quebec is French the sole official language. And Francophone speakers in English Canada have more rights then English speaking Quebecers
@@ReplyGuy22345 Yeah well english speakers have several hospitals and an university in Montreal but the french canadians barely kept their 1 french hospital in Ottawa and have no french university there. So no, french canadians don't have more rights than english canadians.
It’s because they think that their culture is a standard.
woman: *has a problem with everything being in french only*
trudeau: ...
trudeau: "si vous permet-"
staifelice she should either learn French, or she should move to an English speaking province!
👏🏾😂👏🏾😂
Renewing The Mind This Q&A was in the Eastern Townships, where there are towns that are predominantly English. Several towns in the Pontiac and Montérégie are also predominantly Anglophone.
Heather MacFarlane it was in Sherbrooke, where at least 90% of the population speaks French. I agree we live in a bilingual country, but Quebec's ONLY official language is French. In the other provinces (except New-Brunswick), it's IMPOSSIBLE to have service in French, so WHY WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED OKAY to have English service here when we STRUGGLE to have them in French in Ontario where 25% of the population speaks French (which is WAY above 10% in Sherbrooke). You keep asking for things that we don't even get.
s w I said "towns", ex. just outside of Sherbrooke there is Stansted, Rock Island, Beebe. Here in Montérégie; Hemmingford, Howick, Havelock, Ormstown, Huntingdon, Châteauguay to name a few. Never make assumptions or look solely at the metropolitan area. The French population in Ontario is concentrated in northern and eastern Ontario, and there are no restrictions on which school one is required to send their children to. There is even a choice between French public and French Catholic.
As a Canadian I can assure you it’s mostly the people who only speak one language who complain about this
well, people who only speak one language represent the majority of this country.
@@megan2484 well of course there’s going to be more English speakers. The natives in Canada weren’t allowed to keep their own language.
@@kA-je7kd I think you missed my point.
@@megan2484I think you're missing theirs
@megan2484 really? See, I'm English, and if you only speak one language, then frankly you're limiting your thinking...
This exact thing actually happened in Ottawa. Trudeau was taking questions and a woman asked a question in French. Trudeau did the same thing where he responded in English to her
As a Québécois, it's fair. Weird but fair. In Québec it's french.
@@JoeBine77 That’s the problem with this Quebec thinking. He could have easily responded to both of the people in their comfortable language. Having 2 languages but limiting when you should use them isn’t bilingualism.
@@dakotap7272 Canadians can't understand what us Québécois ("french-canadians") have to endure. We just want to live peacefully with our language protected, since it's the pinnacle of our national identity. I think it's Canada that need to make a TINY effort to respect Québec wishes. I don't know you so i don't know if what I'm going to say is factual but if you speak english, you can't possibly understand what someone like us feel. Ma langue vaut la tiennes.
@@JoeBine77 I live in QC. I think most anglophones are bilingual like most Francophones, but I imagine how an anglophone “doesn’t feel like a real Quebecer” in quebec is how Francophones feel if they “don’t feel like a real Canadian”. Tnew bills are crazy. It affects more than just English people, it affects Francophones & immigrants learning English. They can’t go to English schools and Legault literally talked about limiting English Cégep for everyone. They’re Limiting the opportunity of everyone else. It’s a lobster trap to keep people here. The rest of Canada gives more than “respect” for Quebec, Alberta even pays our difference in taxes so we can have all the services we have here. Not to mentioned our level of corruption
@@dakotap7272 I don't see how this could influence the way people learn English. Québec is french-speaking even if there are some English-speaking people in Montréal.
As a tourist I felt very welcomed in Montreal by Canadians, few of them spoke to me in Spanish, my mind just blew up, they are capable of switching from French to English in an instant, and some can speak Spanish, awesome.
Apparently French and Spanish are quite similar, so Spanish is relatively easily picked up by Francophones. I live on the other side of Canada where French is less dominant, but they also offer Spanish language classes from high school and onwards here. Anyway, hope you enjoyed your time in Canada!
I speak French and Italian when I go to Mexico I manage to be understood without speaking English. Similar languages.
Did you score a landscaping job there?
Yeah, here in Québec we learn English and also some Spanish (the quality depends on what school you go at though)
@@TeddyLucia1006 they're similar because they both come from Latin
this is like going to mexico and complaining about everything being in spanish
not at all Quebec has always been and outlier, every other province no one really speaks French. Students Even prefer to learn Spanish over French because Spanish is more useful.
Um no actually it's not, Canada isn't all French speaking.
Well there’s actually a lot of English speaking towns in Mexico especially near the borders since a lot of Americans immigrate there when they retire since it’s cheaper to live
Massive difference between and entire nation and a province.
not really... mexico only has spanish as an official language, but canada has 2
Translators who showed up: "Years of academy training wasted"
Me being Canadian and actually paying attention in French class I understood a good amount of what he said☺️
This is the way
Don't care, Speak English. You lost English won get over it my ancestors > your ancestors.
@@Mr090909090909099 Gagnez quoi? Casse toi d’ici avec un nom comme ‘Travis’ 😂😂😂 Dickhead.
@@Cigarbawz speak English, I don't speak the language of cowards.
@@Cigarbawz I mean? He isn’t wrong.
Why is The Office’s Phyllis asking questions like that?
Best comment
knew i recognized the voice
Lol
Hahahah I thought I was the only one that noticed that 😂
I swear to God, when I was listening to her, I pictured Phyillis saying it.
QUAND ON VA DANS LES AUTRES PROVINCES, ON EST SUPPOSÉS PARLER ANGLAIS MAIS C'EST UN PROBLÈME QUAND ILS VIENNENT AU QUEBEC DE PARLER FRANÇAIS!!!!
ils vont dire "french is so difficult".
Mais vous faistes la meme chose au quebec...
@@mr.k.o.1670 Vous aussi dit "Je comprend pas la francais" mdr
@@onyeenoma t'es jamais venu a Montréal, cela paraît~~
chaman cosmique le Québec est pas là seul province francophone
As an American, I think quebecois should continue their French culture. It’s only when you start enforcing anglicization that culture dies out.
Keep it going Quebec.
Thank you
Thanks bro
language is culture we should keep it
🙏
As a Quebecois myself, this really means a lot. As the only French-speaking province in a sea of Anglophones, it's so hard to maintain our language without it getting taken over by English. Its so hard when the effort is so one-sided. Any French-Canadian that goes to live in Anglo-Canada will learn English because that's what those provinces speak, but so many Anglophones refuse to return the favor. They just assume that people will accommodate them and their language, and refuse to adapt. While I understand it's difficult to learn a new language, it's basic courtesy when living in a place that speaks a different language to learn the language. Instead of trying to implement systems to help you in your lack of understanding, why don't you try adapt for once in your life and respect that the world doesn't revolve around you and your language?
mais ils parlent le français en nouveau-brunswick
@@swire6984 Ils parlent français et anglais, c’est la sole province qui est officiellement bilangue. Je pense qu’il as environ 40% des gens-là qui dis qui parle le français comme leur première langue. Donc oui je m’excuse ce n’est pas techniquement vrai que le Québec c’est la sole province qui parlent français, mais c’est la sole qui as le français comme leur sole langue official.
i swear bro (most) english speakers never make the effort to learn another language, they expect everyone there will speak english to them
There's français in New Brunswick and Ottawa tho. quebec isn't the only french speaking province? I think you mean Quebec is the only province that has only french as their official language.
@ashaydwivedi420 From my experience, it almost feels like (some) Québécois don't want Anglophones to learn french as if they want to preserve the language for themselves. I've learnt french from a program I took here in school because being bilingual can give you a upper hand in life but I have to say my experience in Québec has been horrible so far(my personal experience im not speaking for everyone). First of all there's a crazy long waiting list just to start learning French but I decided to learn a bit from home while waiting. Then when I finally got a spot the teachers were very rude and they had the snobbiest attitude to me just because I speak English even though evryone in the class does not speak french and they expected me to know every thing in french as if I've been speaking french my whole life. People have no patience at all with me when I'm TRYING to speak french to them and I make small mistakes. I've been told "tokebakicitte parle en français" when I'm literally speaking english to my family in public. I don't know about you but I've seen MANY Anglophones that put a real effort into learning the language but they get discouraged by the bad attitude. Though I must admit some people just come here with no intention to learn the language which I think isn't fair to Québécois but they are generally tourist and are not staying for long. Now currently I managed to learn alot of french in a year and I would say I'm intermediate level now since I work perfectly fine in french and have conversations with people. Instead of getting rid of English, simply encourage people to learn french because remember the other official language of Canada is still English, so speaking English isn't bad at all. I personally think french should be taken more serious in other provinces and should be taught alot more in school so the rest of Canada can speak more french and get used to it. You can't really blame Anglophones that don't speak french when french in school is barely taught. English as a second language is taught alot more than French so blame the education system for more English than French. Also English is like EVERYWHERE and I don't mean like in Québec, i mean like media, games, movies etc. Its much easier for Québecois to learn English when its basically in thier day to day life. I know some Québécois that have learned english from simply playing video games and talking to other people on voice chat or watching movies. Where do you ever see Québécois french outside of Quebec? Quebec should just be its own country at this point, quebec doesn't even feel like a part of Canada. If you want to protect your language so bad, stop letting tourists come here lol since they are the main English speakers, believe it or not. After no tourists wants to come here, you guys will finally be happy. Maybe Mr Legault can pass a bill to not let anyone enter Quebec unless they know french lol OH wait... they are already trying to do that so dont worry your language will be saved 😂
He was only answering in French because the majority of the people in the room only spoke French and he wanted to accommodate the majority... He wasn't being snobby or rude.
Do you believe people in Quebec don't care about the quality of services for everyone? Yes they do.
Andy, The Federal Government is bilingual. People in the country are free not to speak the language they want.
Tell em to go to School! Lol You’re in North America in a mostly English spoken country ffs! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Nah if you speak two languages it's common courtesy to reply to a question in the language you were asked in.
Paul, the question was asked in both languages, and the crowd speak mostly French.
Is there more to this? He starts by thanking the questioner for using Canada's two official languages ... This makes me think she asked the question in French first, then repeated it in English
Smart man
wow this was a tempest in a teapot. good catch.
It was weird speaking english in that regard, so he just tried to sound polite saying it like that, she just spoke english
Looks like he was being sarcastic and knew she wouldn't understand the sarcasm until the translator does his work and the microphone is away from her angry face. lol
Thought tue same weh he said that
I live out west so we don't really have the English-French problem here. So it's probably easier for me to say this but I'd expect that if you went to live in Quebec you should learn French, just as when you go to English provinces you should learn English. Lets be united not divided and respect each other's cultural differences.
Also out west here and I 100% agree with you.
I’m live out east (France) and this is the image I have of Canada
merci/thank you!
As a quebecer, THAT'S ALL WE ASK FOR! THANKS!
Yes
As a French person, I truly admire Quebecers for how they managed to keep their / our beautiful language alive while being surrounded by so many people speaking only English in their own country. I can't get how English speakers don't get the pride and love Quebecers have for their language ... English speakers around the world complain all the time about people not speaking English. In France I've met so many Americans and English tourist not even trying to say a word in French when asking me something and getting angry when I needed time to answering in English.
I hope more people in Canada will make the effort learning French, it is a chance to leave in a bilingual country with such a wide culture!
Je sais que les relations Franco-Quebecoises ne sont pas toujours très simples, mais vous faites resplendir le français, et l'amour que vous portez à votre culture est magnifique et indéniable.
The thing is, Quebec isn’t some “beautiful place that is so much better than the rest of Canada” and most francophones in Quebec are quite rude do English speakers. Once I went to Quebec, and I forgot how to say a word. It’s not like I don’t know any French either, but when I forgot a word, he started screaming at me
@@goat9551 have a hard time beleiving that
@@Cynistrelle i dont care how hard it is to believe it, because it is true
Don't care, Speak English. You lost English won get over it my ancestors > your ancestors.
@@goat9551 Of course, there are nasty people in all populations, not only in Quebec. It's not always like that. Most of the time, Quebecers try their best to communicate in English.
English is basically taking over everywhere, and it is especially most dangerous for quebec because it is surounded by english speaking states and country (actually I got surprised when I went to quebec that every french canadian is able to speak english, while most of the english canadians I met couldn't speak or even just understand french), so I understand that the people of quebec are fighting to keep this french alive because its also a part of the diversity that makes canada such a beautiful place, and I hope that it will survive throught the time. (Coming from a Non-canadian person)
Well said
Everyone in Quebec speaks English?? Which part of Quebec were you visiting?? Downtown Montreal?? Outside of Montreal and certain areas in Montreal, English is barely heard and the Francophones in theses areas don't speak a word of English, and are down right rude if you try to speak to them in English. I am an Anglophone who has lived in Quebec all her life so spare me.
@@maro0532 I never said that you didn't have a right to exist in French. I was just replying to a tourist who said everybody in Quebec speaks English. Just because French is the main language in Quebec, that does not condone francophones being rude to anglophones when they speak their language. Don't compare China and France to Quebec. Quebec is part of Canada. Which last time I checked, had two official languages. How are anglophones treating you like crap by giving Quebec transfer payments of billions of dollars every year???
@@maro0532 I never said anglophones treated francophones better. That was not the point I was trying to make. All I said was that not everybody in Quebec speaks English and the reality is a lot of francophones are rude when you speak to them in English.
@@maro0532 Do you know how to read English? I never said every single Quebecer was rude. I said there are quite a few Quebecers who get uptight and rude when u speak to them in English. I was replying to a tourist who said everybody spoke English in Quebec that is not true. Not only do they not speak English but they are rude when u speak to them in English.
Y'all are having problems with 2 languages, welcome to India, we have 24 recognised languages and about a thousand unrecognised languages. We manage fine tho
We manage, idk about fine, there are still problems.
For example, many south Indians were recently agitated when the only 2 options for writing an entrance exam for a local position were hindi and English without the option of the local language.
@@vishrutshah8419 yeah, great point. I'm from the south and frankly I think we need 3rd option. The options are good enough for me. But many are not proficient enough in hindi and english.
Still, I was not talking about administrative problems (we need some amends on that front) but the cultural aspect. In USA and UK people demands others speak in English. Lol. Indians have accepted that if you're gonna go to other states, they won't speak in your language.
@@vishrutshah8419 the problem of pushing Hindi is super real, but south indians (mainly tamils) also act way too agitated. Example- my father trains new employees of a nation wide bank in central India, and the employees are from everywhere. It's natural for my father and his colleagues to lapse into hindi sometimes, at which south Indian trainees get agitated. Now remember, these employees will have to work in central/north India where their customers won't speak English or tamil.
@@vanshitagupta9327 Your father or his North indian trainees might have to work in South India where customers won't speak English or Hindi too. When are they gonna learn the southern languages ? It is simple. You come here, you learn to speak our language. We come there, we will learn to speak yours.
@@gowthambond007 my father learnt to read and write Punjabi (we're biharis). My uncle learnt tamil. Both for the same purpose.
I know there are a lot of Hindi speakers who are shitheads just wanting to push their language onto others. But not all of us bro.
What's the big deal, he was in Quebec for that speach and used the primary language of the place, Imagine if I went to your english state and mandated someone to speak some other language you'd be outraged at me, yet the comments seems in uproar about him speaking french, It's not just americans that are hypocritical im starting to think it comes with the language.
The language is soooo beautiful!
Learn French ;)
@@ChachouLP how
@@ChachouLP too hard
Not impossible.
You have lot of french words in English. 25 % ~ with the normand.
Sans le savoir vous utilisez des mots français.
Parking =parquer
Mail = malle
Etc
And it’s not like the rest of Canada pays much attention to French, I live in Alberta and there’s nothing absolutely nothing for French speakers.
So Québec is really like a separate country, huh
@@ToutCQJM It pretty much is living in Ontario my whole life besides French being mandatory to learn until grade 9 only certain cities in the province with a decent size French community have bilingual signs. All the roads here are in English, mostly all signs are in English only etc. In Quebec all the roads are in French and a lot of signs are in French only. As a Canadian living in Ontario not taking French in school after its mandatory is fine as long as you don't get a job in Quebec or work for the Federal government those are the only jobs where you need French honestly in the country. I literally know only a few French words and know how to spell certain words properly le- the, bonjour- hello, français- french and that's about it
ToutCQJM just because most people speak a different language doesn’t mean it’s like a different country
@@sydakk thats exactly what it means dude. LOL, Of 1st World countries how many have two administrative languages ? Switzerland, Belgium and Canada. Half the countries in the world are named after their language dude. Language is in essence what makes an ethnic group- ie their is no "Austrian Ethnicity" or "Belgian Ethnicity" they are German and either French/Dutch.
then why are people out in Quebec city able to speak english when they don’t have people to practice with
Nothing wrong with speaking the overwhelmingly dominant language of the region you are in. Why must people complain about EVERYTHING??!
Québec libre ⚜
She’s saying that a country that is majority anglophone should offer services in English in addition to French, not that there shouldn’t be any French.
@@Grokford Canada does offer services in both English and French, when you call the number on the back of your credit card for example it asks if you want English or French, and all government documents come in both English and French.
they why does he speak in both languages when he's in Western Canada?
T cave gros. Si tu viens au Québec parle français point. Oui c bilingue mais c pas vrai qu’on vas tous commencer à parler anglais.
Good Job 🇫🇷❤️🇨🇦
Protect Quebec
Coolest thing he's ever done.
If you move to French Canada...LEARN FRENCH!
👍 🇬🇧 !
No
Does anyone remember when Celine Dion rejected that award for Best English Album? French Canadians are very proud of their language and heritage.
itsjemmabond Also when she learned to speak English because just she wanted to be able to meet Michael Jackson. 😅
@@mai.vancon I was not aware of that!
Also many of us won't take being called French Canadian very well, seeing as we've always been a nation separate from both french and canadians, but were conquered and oppressed by english speakers for centuries.
@@MILOPETIT Really? Because from what I've heard, people from the French part refuse to accept they're not really French (Don't quote me, ask Katherine Ryan). Remember the PFK fiasco?
And im proud of them being proud lol
In Switzerland we have 4 languages and everything is working fine. Is it that difficult for the Canadian government to make everything available in English and French?
Mais si vous êtes de suisse pourquoi est ce que vous ecrivez en anglais ? Parlez Français uniquement d'abord !
@@r.crowder8819 why should he speak french? 1. he might not be able too 2. The thought that '' i will only speak french anywhere , cause i speak french'' is very dumb to say the least. 3. He is speaking english , not because he is pushing this so called agenda to the rest of the world to speak english. But simply because english is the most spoken langauge and therefore portrays and reaches a bigger audience when placing a comment here. 4. This is a canadian channel, spoken in mainly english grounded in a city where the ''official langauge'' is english. So under your guys standart why should he speak anything else but english ?
@@r.crowder8819 peut-être qu'il parle pas français, il t'a dit qu'il y a 4 langues. Peut-être qu'il parle allemand ou italien.
So you can get tf out of here
Because Quebec and New Brunswick are the only French speaking places, and some of western canadians believe Quebec should not be speaking French, but rather english, because "Quebec" French isnt French. When in reality, Quebec French is closer to old French, like what they spoke during the Seven Years War, and when britain annexed it Quebec French developed differently, retaining ye olden francais with newer english words. Like "Parking" or "Cellphone".
@@coledavis5212 saying Quebec French isn't French is like saying Australian English isn't English just because some words are different to the country of origin
We support an Independent Quebec.
@@tamhiker1 Nous, les francophones, sommes les vrais propriétaires de cette terre.
J'aime aussi Don Quichotte.
I really wish Louisiana had formally retained its Francophone culture; I was in about 3rd grade when most of the parishes' education departments gave up on forcing bilingual education.... and now, good luck finding anyone under 40 who speaks French outside of home, or heck, at all. Imagine an America where at least one state was like Quebec!
Ainsi vont les choses…
@@Fallen_2003 Indeed, but doesn't mean we have to like it.
@@ImmortalSynn very true
Dude, we have plenty of states that are like Mexico, a place that more states border it than Quebec. Spanish is our 2nd language.
@@notoriouseagle1074 "Dude," we don't have a single state where Spanish is spoken as a first OR second language by more than 27% of the populace... the USA doesn't have anything REMOTELY like Quebec (94% French speakers).
Lol don't we do the same thing in the states
"Speak English if your going to live in 'merica!"
correction. ignorant people say "Speak American!" LMAO
I've met a lot of people who were told to speak english instead of french or spanish...
The US doesn't even have an official language so you don't need to speak English there.
really? english is the official language and you should be able to speak english if you live in USA.
Gouresh Kamble English is the de facto language along with Spanish mean that the US has no official language.
This man seems to virtue signal at every possible opportunity.
Well, so are you, singing the maiden song of the alt right?
GADefence alt right? that's trendy
same with Macron of France
Trudeau is hardly a man.
Virtues are a good thing. It's crazy how conservatives are somehow trying to twist stuff like virtues and social justice like they are bad things. Lmao.
That woman is ridiculous. If she only speaks English and doesn’t want to learn French, she can easily move and live in the other provinces
Don’t call yourself bilingual if you only accommodate one language
@@jw1629I don't think English Canada serves people in hospitals in any language other than English. While Québec is the only province that promotes and serves the service in both languages, "Canadians" that only speak English still complain while everything is served to them on a silver platter. The hypocrisy of a lazy and petty people.
@@JoeBine77 Not true.
@@ProteusTG I experience it on a daily basis. I live in Montreal and 80% of the population bends for the ?%.
@@JoeBine77 Does the 85% of Canada bend for Quebec? Who is paying for all the bilingual labels on all the products? Also Quebec benefits from equalization payments
You dont see signs or anything in English in France, so you shouldnt either in Quebec.
I like how some of the English speakers are mad because he wants to Speak French where it is the official language and argue about it being rude since they feel like second class citizens because THEY can't speak French. However, they don't care about the francophones that go to the English speaking provinces and have a hard time, but wait, most of them are bilingual, how it should be. Maybe you should learn French too and it would not be a problem!! Why should people accommodate you when you won't accommodate them???
Alfa Mail glad people are speaking up about how they see him. He just seems to try too hard to be a liberal god to the millennials that it's obnoxious
Lol. Sorry to burst your bubble, but when I go to Ottawa, I get served in english most of the time. And in Toronto? Hell, if you speak french, they look at you like you're aliens! So don't come here and act as if the english provinces will bend for you to help you in french, 'cause they won't!
Liam Not true, if i ️ try to go anywhere in BC, Alberta, hell even Toronto sometimes, many times no one speaks french and they require me to use my subpar English. Quebec is french only, The rest of Canada is English only. New Brunswick is the only bilingual province so we don’t need to provide english services. its like going to France and demanding english services, youre going to sound moronic as English isn’t an official language there nor is it in Quebec. We have a right to use our language, we don’t want what happened to Louisiana
Jon Castillian except Quebec is part of a country which in your words is first and for most English speaking, you're using France as an example/comparison that's an entirely different country. Quebec IS the minority province and based on the fact that they are the ONLY province that cannot and will not accommodate THE ENTIRE COUNTRIES -in your words- first and "only" language it's more like learning french to go to France and ending up in place where they only speak Spanish and WILL NOT accommodate you and actually get aggressive and rude when you try to speak to them in french. Which is what the rest of the country speaks.
But yeah keep acting like France and Quebec are the same when they are not. One is a French speaking country the other is a province in an English speaking country that is rude and belligerent and refuses to accommodate the masses in their country. If Quebec doesn't want to accommodate ALL OF CANADA as you put it then brother I recommend you start digging, if you're lucky Quebec will break off and you'll have more merit to attempt to be your own country again -which is hilarious have fun fighting wars with an entire population of like 20? Haha
Jon Castillian like literally you're saying if I go to France a country which speaks french and speak English I'll look moronic. Canada is an English country, I guess that means all of Quebec looks moronic for demanding the English speaking country which they are apart of to speak French.
Le Quebec est en grande majorité francophone alors où est le problème à s'adapter au lieu où l'on se trouve? Les anglophones semblent être les seuls à ne faire aucun effort...
Soutien aux canadiens français depuis la France
Justine Bch Merci, enfin quelqu'un qui comprend, si ils sont pas contents parce qu'il faut parler en français bah ils ont 9 autres provinces où ils peuvent s'installer, ou bien alors les états unis
Motavi oui je comprends mais tu oublie let fait que le quebec n'etait pas toujours francais francais. C'est le loi 101 qui a changé tout ca...Il reste un nombreux d'anglophones, et ca va pas changer.
Tomoppify Ouais je comprends, mais combien de ces anglophones font des efforts pour apprendre le français? Pas beaucoup, moi si je vais habiter dans un endroit où on y parle une autre langue, j'essaye au moins de l'apprendre
Motavi je suis plutôt une anglophone. J'ai grandi dans un quartier anglophone, puis je suis allée à une école secondaire anglophone, et maintenant je vais à un cegep anglophone. Mais ce n'est pas ma faute, toutes les écoles près de moi sont anglaises. Si c'était mon choix, j'aurais choisi d'aller dans une école française. Honnêtement, c difficile d'apprendre le francais quand vous êtes toutes entournées par les anglophones. Donc je voudrais vous dire que parfois c'est difficile de mettre l'effort quand il n'y a personne que vous pouvez avoir des conversations avec. Quand même chui tellement fière de la langue français, mais je sais que c hypocrite pour moi de dire ça.
G 6 Après il ne faut pas avoir "peur" d'apprendre le français, je peux comprendre que tu sois entouré d'Anglophones et c'est moins facile comme ça, mais si tu le veux vraiment tu peux le faire ahah ^^
I dislike Trudeau with a passion, but I see no problem with what he did here.
Justin Trudeau ❤✊🏼
From Argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇶🇻🇦
Your a clown
Why do you feel so entitled as an English speaker in one providence of canada that mainly speaks French? I mean you have 30 million english speakers in Canada and about 300 million in America. Move if you don't want to learn French. These people are doing all they can to keep their minority language of the country alive.
NeverLivedIn TheWhitehouse your right all imperialist white language should have no protection because they exterminated indigenous languages.
That is not the point. He is the Prime Minister and he has to represent all Canadians. Geography is not the issue.
john smith not just one province. Many French speakers in Ontario, New Brunswick... Etc.
Missangelcake68 to me he just comes across more like a slime ball who will represent and sometimes appropriate any cultural characteristic if he needs that group to vote for him in the next election... Nothing to do with accurate representation or he would reform voting laws
john smith why? Why should we be held accountable for things we did not do?
I went to Québec ( Montréal ) once and put in every effort to speak French and half the time the services were in English. Still to this day, everyday I "maîtrise la langue française " so why can't other English speakers do the same
put in every effort*
Most anglophones in Quebec DO speak and understand french. They all learn it heavily in school and hear it every day. It's not about knowing french, it's just a matter rights and privileges. Remember quebec only because 100% french operational in the 90s due to the majority govnt law passed by the bloc quebecois party. The real issue is connected back to that referendum. People in their 50s today really know see the change
What part of Montreal were you at. I have been living in Montreal all my life, and I don't experience that at all
Anjelynn Pydiah why waste time in translation? Speak a single language and get it over with .
None of the languages there are indigenous to the land anyway
Missangelcake68 au centre-ville de Montréal
Why is it always so hard for American to learn a language? British people often speak more then 2 languages, in France we are taught to speak English plus an other language of our choice and I’m not even talking about people for who French is already a second language
She was just complaining about the lack of English speaking health services , and he had to answer in French!
I don't think English Canada serves people in hospitals in any language other than English. While Québec is the only province that promotes and serves the service in both languages, "Canadians" that only speak English still complain while everything is served to them on a silver platter. The hypocrisy of a lazy and petty people.
Hospitals have interpretors for English speakers and evidently for tourists, of which a majority are English speaking (in case you didn't know). You also can translate legal documents online I'm pretty sure (and if you can't find that, there's translators you can contact as well if you are desperate. Or you can even ask friends, family, spouse, etc). The QC government always asks me if I want French or English correspondence for my taxes as well (so does the Canadian gov, as expected). I always check the French option for both ofc, but I have the option. Not too sure where the whole attitude of not getting service in English comes from. There's ENTIRE regions of Québec that are majority Anglophones and they manage life just fine (think of the Pontiac region, for example. If they had 0 services in English, they wouldn't even be able to function in daily life).
Many Quebecers speak both french and english. So why anglo from Québec can't speak both too??? Seriously I don't understand. Many anglo from Montreal west island speak 0 FRENCH. They have been living there their whole life yet they don't speak french AT ALL. I immigrated from France to Québec at the age of 18 and learned the other official language of my new country, it's not that hard you know! Plus french classes are free there, so honestly I don't get why they have such a hard time learning french.
Miami Beach It is because of the under- estimated large north american influence that is readily and easily accessed in Montreal to suit their mother-tongue and then combined with an old political history of linguistic segregation in quebec from many years ago and the affinity of quebecois from Montreal to continuously pander to speak english to native english-speakers when they detect their accents. That is the empirical answer, It is culturally psychological.
@Olympe you live in Canada we speak English and we have to protect our language and no french fry or francophone speaks english but become spiteful and refuse to speak in english we have a canadian human charter of rights which supercedes your charter!
@@carlito783 "No francophone speaks english" you're funny 😂 Most people from Quebec speak perfect english (maybe except people who live in remote regions). Anyway, I don't understand what's the big deal of having to learn many languages, I personally speak french, german and english...
@@PG-3462 hey! Why are we learning the same language!!!
Because it's not very useful since everyone speaks English
I like that stand from Trudeau. Why English speakers always want to impose their language even in areas that are originally not speaking English first? Quebec is historically French, therefore they speak French first there, plain simple. Why English speakers can't comprehend that? Anybody speaking another language than English always has to adapt and speak English to areas that are speaking English so why can't English speakers adapt also in areas that are not primarily speaking English? He was right there and if you don't get it it is because you are just wrong!
kirikou306 Originally, Canada belongs to the indigenous people not French or English!
kizz but like 90% of people in Quebec CAN speak english, especially the younger generations. They need to study english in school, and at a much higher level than english canadians study french
kirikou306
Impose? Is that what you call asking a question of a public servant?
IKR
kizz i agree that not all quebecois can speak english BUT all the younger generation (under 30) can since its a requirement to take english in school from grade 1 until the end of highschool. So in about 50 years the entire population of quebec WILL be able to speak, read and write english at a level high enough to respond to natural disaters and participate in the military. Anyway, both relief and military services are federal in Canada and are required to be offered in BOTH the country's national languages
I'm learning French and absolutely love it. I hope that the French will not gradually disappear and English dominate in Quebec, as is the case with the Afrikaans in South Africa.
What are you talking about , english is just the lingua Franca , pretty much all of western and northern cape speak afrikaans as well as english .
@le le French in Africa is used as a lingua Franca many countries have their own language
if she asked the question in both languages she can understand french, what is the problem?
She's asking on behalf of some people who cannot speak French and need mental health services. Have some sympathy
@@geoplanetaire lol the rest of Canada doesn’t offer any French services!
@@jordangoulet6536 because English is the language of business and the rest of the world, quebecers speak quebecois, a mix of languages, it's not entirely even French.
@@Jacthesnake1420 its 100% French, the accent is just different.
@@jordangoulet6536 😂😂😂😂 it's like Texas French, it's concise like English, with lots of slang. It's unique.
Vive la francophonie Ne laissez pas langlais envahir notre noble langue
*Laughs in English*
*Laughs in English when colonised by British in India*
Viva la francofonia, no dejen que el ingles invada su lengua en Quebec, asi como lo hicieron con el español al suroeste de los Estados Unidos.
@@katmido y en Lousiana :(
VIVRE LE QUÉBEC LIBRE! MERCI
I am not a fan of Trudeau, but as a true Canadian I speak both English and French fluently.
Il y a des gens qui sous-estiment énormément l'avantage d'être multilingue. En fait, un pays avec plusiers langues dispose d'un énorme potentiel quant au développement de nouvelles idées et de l'économie en général. Je suis certain que lesquels qui se refusent manquent cette chance.
hockneyfication tu as raison puisque moi même je viens d’un pays où l’on parle fr, anglais et arabe et où ces trois langues sont apprises dès le plus jeune âge à l’école. Pour moi , être multilingue est un grand avantage puisque je peux communiquer avec plusieurs peuples et je pourrrai même peut être m’intégrer un peu plus vite
I actually love this. He was trying to accomodate for the majority in the room, no problem there.
By ignoring the minority of the region? Yea, no....
M. A. That’s how democracy works to
@@m.a.118
Then what about the french minority in Alberta and Saskatchewan?
Does only the english minority matter?
I think she asked the question in French first because he thanked her for asking in Canada's two official languages
With psychology it's different though, opening up in your language is a whole different thing. But I do agree this is a service private therapists should offer, she can't demand the government to take care of it
People, please be Googling first before you drop any unpleasant comments here.
Have to be understood that only in Quebec region, French is the official daily language in that area. English is still acceptable if you’re visitor (from other region), or totally foreigner.
Moreover, what he had done was only to preserved and obeyed for the Language Policy. The interviewer one, has acknowledged herself about this prior to throwing an English questions in the wrong place. Otherwise, the TV broadcaster should having itself with a French interpreter, instead :)
BRAVO LES GARS ! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
on l'a défendra pour toujours cette langue
Canada is a market of the people’s from all over the globe!
Only 20% of their population are real Canadians!
Majorities of them from quebec! Immigrants usually prefer to speak english rather then french!
Quebec should be independent! It'll be great to see a franco country in America!
You mean like Haiti
Yeah, without us french people they have no culture ! also new-brundwick should move with quebec cause they speak french too and many more
Go fight for their independence
But what we the rest of his answer? He's answering so everyone in the room can understand but the news report cuts it off... I'd like to know.
LTD Edition according to the description this was about access to mental health care for the english speaking population of quebec. Since the language is spoken as a first language by only about 15% of the population, it's harder for them to get treated. It's the same problem in the army, where access to mental health is only accessible in english through all of canada
To me him answering in french kind of is the answer no? She's specifically asking for access to services in English and he said ' on est au quebec 🤷'
I agree you should learn French to the best of your ability when you move here. But it takes a while, so what about I'm the meantime? What about the people who just learned English as a second language and kind of ended up here? If your language has a different alphabet it's even HARDER
Free qubec. Shame on Trudeau
I’m a Quebecker who grew up only speaking French, and didn’t learn English well until I was like 18. I don’t understand why people would complain about people speaking French in Quebec of all places. I would rather and do see a psychologist and we speak in French because we both feel more comfortable speaking French and we can get our points across better than if we were only speaking in English. If I was in Toronto and wanted to find a therapist who spoke French it would be hard to do to say the least
@@croquaranta3032 I don’t see that at all, maybe there is some slang we use that wouldn’t be used in a classroom but English Canadians also use a lot of English slang also. Although my French is better than my English I’m told I still use English slang like everyone else in Canada and probably around the world
But the question was why government services in Quebec are not available in English. They should be as Quebec is part of Canada.
@@AnthonyJMurph see the double standards?? if i go to toronto for example and i don’t speak english, almost nobody will be able to serve me cause none of them speak french. however when it’s in Quebec, now it’s a problem… it’s way harder to live in english canada if you don’t speak english than anglophones living in quebec. most québécois speak english and will be able to serve you in english if you ask so… anglophones are spoiled
That's impossible you began to learn English so late. Even in France (which is not a bilingual country as everyone knows), we learn English at 11 years old maximum. I can't figure out how you learned English at only 18 in Canada (!). You didn't go to school ?
He automatically adapt to say what people want to hear.
Il a tellement raison! vive nôtre chère langue française ! Il faut la protéger et la promouvoir partout !
Because of colonisation and stuff, don’ they speak it in africa too?
@@GoingToAFuneral ssssh
@@GoingToAFuneral "because of colonisation and stuff" they speak also English.
@@redflowers6350 English speakers aren't nearly as snobbish and annoying as French speakers (especially in Canada)
You don't even speak proper French, it's a bastardised version of it.
Je suis mexicaine et je m'énerve aussi quand quelqu'un n'essaye pas de parler mon langue quand il est dans mon pays, surtout les anglophones. Bon pour les francophones.
Yo there's like 400 million of us English speakers in North America and you're telling me we're getting pissy about protecting a small region where French is the official language and there's only like 7 million of them. Like move out if you won't adapt
Pourquoi compare avec l'Amérique du Nord, 37 millions au Canada.
De plus champion, 90% de la population du Québec parle français et la langue officielle de la province est le français 🤷♂️
Dude Theres like 100 millions more spanish speakers than english speaker in America like move out if you won't adapt
@@opticalfred4 offiacial languague of usa is english official language of canada is french and english its not hard to understand
I don't think English Canada serves people in hospitals in any language other than English. While Québec is the only province that promotes and serves the service in both languages, "Canadians" that only speak English still complain while everything is served to them on a silver platter. The hypocrisy of a lazy and petty people.
I'm not even canadian but when i see the comment section i really understand why quebec wants to be independant.
juste kevin imagine il y a 50 ans, c’était 100 fois pire...😔😡
@@bmac4039
Well, its sort of like the natives didnt trust the French, and the pro-independence people just gave up after the second try.
@@robin-bq1lz nah, it's the same today than it was 50 yrs ago.
@@megan2484 non,c’était bien bien pire, d’ailleurs le klan t’envoie ses salutations historiques.😉
English speakers need to get off their high horse. Something isn't in English and suddenly the whole world is against you. If ya don't speak French and have no intention of learning it, why in the world move somewhere where there's no english? There's plenty of places in Canada where you don't need any French to live comfortably. Maybe you shouldn't have presumed you'd get special treatment just because you speak english.
Noelle Irina most Quebec anglophones know french. It's not about the language , this shift to 100% french operational happened in the 90s.. I'm sure u remember the industry shift to Ontario ..due to this law. Ppl in their 50s + today grew up in Quebec speaking either language and there were never any issues. And then suddenly their choices are taken away , even though they can speak both. It's just a matter of privileges....that's why none of them move, cause they are just fine and have the means to work in french....but language police exists in Quebec and things like that frustrate tax payers
The shift was in the 70s
This was a town hall meeting by the FEDERAL prime minister. He was asked a question. Can he not politely answer her back in her language of questioning??? If not, there is a problem with our political system. Domacracies are to represent the people.
Noelle Irina The question was asked in English
Let's put all the classic Italian and French operas in English too because we're too lazy to learn those languages. I'm being sarcastic.
Imagine if it was the opposite in Ontario. A person asks in French and he responds in English because "we're in Ontario"
It would be leading the national news and outrage would ensue.
Reading the comments I am comforted. In Quebec we speak French. In the ROC they can speak English. Period. Bravo Justin Trudeau, a REAL leader.
Imagine if a person asked a question in French in Calgary or Vancouver (which referenced French speakers specifically) and the pm refused to answer in French "because we're in Alberta/BC".
Tyler Godspeed yeah I'd would have been kinda rude, but we wouldn't be whining over it ...
Small loan of a million dollars yep but people are good at whining
yeah that happened no big deal, idk why you quebeckers try to pretend you’re quebecois if you can’t even learn the language. They are transplants and if they don’t want to use the SOLE official language then they can leave to Ontario
Ive never had my question answered in french in either of those places
That wouldn't happen. He'd be happy to accommodate the french speakers.
Americans get pissed off when people speak anything that isn't English in America. Why should Quebec citizens not treat Americans living there the same way? Americans say "You're in America. Speak English." When they see foreigners especially ones of colour speaking foreign languages. Why shouldn't Quebec citizens say "You're in Quebec. Speak French?" I completely support this man for doing what he did.
Not all of us.
@UNION WORLD Certain people in certain parts of the US will get mad if they hear someone speaking a language other than English (there are videos of this happening).
Canada needs to protect English in Quebec.
If the only way Quebec can protect Frencg is by discriminating against Anglophones, then something is wrong. Fact.
I don't think English Canada serves people in hospitals in any language other than English. While Québec is the only province that promotes and serves the service in both languages, "Canadians" that only speak English still complain while everything is served to them on a silver platter. The hypocrisy of a lazy and petty people.
English is the international language. It is spoken, and it will always be spoken everywhere.
On s'en fout, le Français reste plus beau et beaucoup mieux sur tous les points
It's not so hard!! If you are planning to move to Quebec take the time to learn the language!
If you are planning to move to Catalonia (as an example), they won't talk to you in spanish, they will try you to learn catalá!
u do realize that some people are just born in quebec....to english parents.... and dont have a choice in their first language.... and then get educated in the quebec school system which FAILS to teach the english kids adequate french LOL
@@fubar9225 People have to adapt to the society they insert, not the other way.
@@Noel_13 idk maybe the quebec society should adapt to the people that are born into it and accept that there are native quebecers who are english speakers
They speak English there too
@@fubar9225 sounds like millions of immigrants go through the same thing every day world wide...just make an effort
Just learn French. I'm saying this as a American.
Everyone in Québec should be able to speak at least in a conversational French, whether it’s your first, second, third language it doesn’t matter, you can speak whatever language at home and with your friends it’s perfectly fine, but the common language shared by all communities must be French.
@@DiscreetPete5050 looking at it on a national scale doesn’t make sense, what matters is that within the Province of Quebec the only official language is French
@@DiscreetPete5050 as much as it irks you, English is not considered FIRST or SUPERIOR, French and English have an EQUAL Status on the national scale, for provinces, only Quebec is only French, NB is bilingual and the rest is English only.
Quebec not being a sovereign territory has NOTHING to do with it, do you know about Belgium, Switzerland? Even though only 7% of the Swiss population speaks Italian as a first language, if you live in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, you HAVE TO speak Italian in everyday life, you can’t expect locals to speak in Swiss German (65% of the country) or in French (25%) or in Romansh. And nobody complains about it, as it should be. Do you know why? Because none of the 4 official languages of the country is English. Only native anglophones feel so entitled and like speaking the “superior” language that they can’t accept learning another one. Certainly if the German part was English then they would cry all the time about not being able to live their life in English everywhere in the country.
Quebec is a French-speaking land, just accept it, RESPECT IT, and adapt.
@@DiscreetPete5050 and Quebec French is just French with a different accent, not more bastardized than Australian English is.
@@DiscreetPete5050 why would you attack someone on “education” when you don’t know who you’re talking to, that’s quite clumsy, I speak 4 languages fluently and hold a Bachelor of Engineering, soon to be a Master, so my education is going just fine.
Unlike you it seems because instead of answering something constructive you just copy pasted some unrelated stuff. I know the numbers, and I know how to read a Wikipedia page, thanks.
Yes, English is the dominant language in Canada, that’s why I made the comparison with Switzerland, where German is the dominant language, but when you are in the French/Italian part, people speak French/Italian and not German (most can’t speak it at all), and it bothers nobody because Swiss people are RESPECTFUL of others, of other INTERNAL cultures and languages, they don’t brag about being dominant.
And whatever you think about the Quebec and other Canadian versions of French, they all deserve to be respected.
@@DiscreetPete5050 knowing when to use which word in which particular context is the most advanced skill when learning a foreign language and I indeed still have things to learn.
Mais je me demande, si vous parlez français, en quoi les politiques linguistiques du Québec vous dérangent ? Pourquoi ne pas accepter de parler français quotidiennement puisque vous en êtes apparemment capable ?
Bro this guy is destroying Canada
majority speak French so it is normal to speak French first in Quebec. Canada is English and French. So Canadian should be able to speak and understand both.
light world mostly English ,Quebec is a small part .....
And the rest of Canada is English so obviously it’s more important for the French to learn English then vice versa
man if I had a good reason to learn french, I'd do it. Such a beautiful language
Spanish is better. lol
@@djjordan1019 similiar...not better they are both Latin language .....they share a lot of word...
DJ Jordan i know no one asked I speak Italian and French. I am learning Spanish and it’s one of the worst languages I’ve ever studied
You're thinking of french from France lol, Québec french is not nearly as beautiful
Nah Quebecois is an irritating language, they always sounds like they are agitated and angry.
Thats like me speaking French to people because “we are in Louisiana”
no, most of the people in that room probably can't understand english all that well. It would be more like someone asking a question to a politician in spanish in california and the politician replying in english so that everyone can understand
@@julienboisvert223 just now seeing this comment 😂 this was from 4 Months ago and I’ve gotta disagree with what I said, I think Trudeau is a gosh awful Prime Minister who is basically a dictator but I do agree it makes sense to speak French in Quebec although English should also be.
Not really. it would be more like you speaking French in France because we are in France
You should. C'est etat du culture français
Anglophones are always complaining about something anyway so i'm not surprised. Québec is the only majority french speaking province. Learning languages is power and culture. If you're not happy with french well move to another province...
if you live in Quebec then speak French. it's a territory with French roots, plus it's not that hard, I'm learning it now
Your comment basically says “yeah! You should already know it and learn it but I’m only just starting”😂
Why if you just move there and no 0 French?
Okay Ishmael “moh” ahahaha considering you anglicized your name,you’ve no moral high ground to stand on.
@Monsieur Tito 🤣🤣
@@motherhoodsbeauty9279why would you move there in the first place then.
You know I have been to Quebec a few times in my life. And so far Quebecers have been really, really good about switching to English. (Thank You.)
Adamantium Scorpion si seulement ont pouvaient en dire autant au sujet des anglophones, mais même là ils n’arrêtent pas de brailler et de jouer les petites victimes...😡🙄🙄
@donk8105Quebec city is expensive, much like a number of cities
As a Frenchman, I find it incredible to have this self-driving dedicated gladiator who fights in a certain way on our economic influence by the diffusion of our language.
_Vive le Québec libre_ dirait De Gaulle, ce petit filou 😆
Hey criss, l'économie canadienne est dans le néant, mais au moins ton grand Maximus aide celle de la france !
@@MrTruth-vk5by J'ai lu ton commentaire avec l'accent québécois tellement fort
Quebec, the only French pride in America. Je will answer tu en Français cuz nous somme à Quebec. Vive la pride/////
Nous sommes à Québec, parle Français, s’il vous plaît. Merci.
I feel like English speakers have become a little too accustomed to everything being available in English. Literally everywhere. Imagine speaking only Spanish, and going around the world. It's a LOT harder to get around.
In Europe you’d be ok.
@@msch7620 Western Europe. Eastern Europe is another story.
@@itsnadaaaa True. Not everywhere in Europe is the same. When I worked in the tourism industry Spanish (from Spain) and Russians usually wanted someone to speak their language.
It's so incredibly based that he answered a question about bilingualism and anglo exclusion in french.
Que le Quebec prenne son indépendance, c'est pas les anglais qui vont faire leurs lois
I went to Montreal for a bit with my family several years ago and experienced a lot of people who would initially be warm and speaking to us in French, but upon finding out that we didn't speak French fluently, were extremely rude afterward. There were some people who remained kind, but the rudeness was a large part of my experience and it was really disheartening. I was (and honestly still am) in the process of learning French but wasn't great at it and had a hard time understanding the quick pace characteristic of conversational French. For the people constantly comparing the two places, I'm not saying America is any better at treating people with respect who are still in the process of learning English. I just don't think it's ok in either scenario to treat people badly like that.
I don't think English Canada serves people in hospitals in any language other than English. While Québec is the only province that promotes and serves the service in both languages, "Canadians" that only speak English still complain while everything is served to them on a silver platter. The hypocrisy of a lazy and petty people.
I kinda get where he's coming from...apart from Quebec and in government, Canadian French is barely used across Canada despite it being an official language. English speakers impose that majority mindset but don't realize how alienating it can be for our French Canadian province. It is literally the only province that is known for its use of Canadian French. I mean, what's the point of designating French as an official language if it's societally limited to Quebec? Personally I would have loved to have grown up with an equal exposure to English and Canadian French. I feel like we only mention Quebec and its contribution to our country's cultural identity when it suits us much like how we use First Nations motifs in Canadian art and media yet are taught with little emphasis on the actual culture behind it.
Honestly, I find it really offending when I’m at work in Quebec and a costumer, who clearly understands French because they answer my questions, only answers in English. Can you imagine if it were the other way around?Bilingualism truly is a strength of our country, one of many things that sets us apart from the rest of the world. We have fought for so long to protect our language in our province and so it is absolutely refreshing to see the Prime Minister defend it so well. If I were to move to Ontario for example, I would certainly use English when talking to store or public services employees and I think that the same should be expected from Quebec permanent residents.
@leslie you haven t fought nothing for your language and you will lose out. English handed over your language but never won the war!! we are fighting to protect our English language with schools closing and libraries we built Montreal and the businesses that came with it we are tired of feeding the french all these years
@@carlito783 goof
Some English speakers like me can understand spoken French to some degree as to be able to acknowledge what you're saying but aren't fluent enough to produce words that you would understand. Although if the shopkeep can't understand English ill try my best to speak in French, that being said there are some dickheads out there that won't put in any effort at all. I think it's important that we at least try to accommodate minority language speakers, that goes for all of Canada. I dislike how we have and English side and a French side of the country, we should be actively trying to learn each others language so that one day we can get along better than we do now.
My French is bad but I do speak multiple languages and know a lot of others who do too. Speaking and understanding are actually very different for a lot of people so, especially for interactions with strangers, people like to lean on the language they're more comfortable with.
@@carlito783 You have schools and services in english, not like the francophones in the rest of the canada. And you should respect more the francophones, it's not their fault if anglos invade them in 1760.
Really the answer is to improve the French curriculum. In the further west you go the worse it gets.
Canadians should be encouraged to feel the benefits of being bilingual it will be better for both groups.
This means the quebecois need to cooperate though, and actually speak french to us and not mock us in our attempts.
Canada should keep their bilingualism. I live in Wales, I only have a few words of Welsh, but I still believe it’s important that everyone can access services in their mother tongue.
Canada is not as bilingual as you would think, as a citizen here. There are large swathes of English speaking territory with little French-speaking minorities. Most of the English do not know French and or view it as a nuisance and the on the other side of the spectrum, most of Quebec speaks both languages, it is very one sided. There are surprisingly deep linguistic tensions here and personally, when I consider the disdain anglophones and francophones have for one another, I feel it would be best if Fremch and English Canada separated.
The English and many immigrants coming to the English-Canadian part of the country from abroad do not know French and because Fremch is needed to get into certain jobs, you have a large amount of anglophones and immigrants from abroad unable to pursue opportunities in their communities. It is also harder for anglophones to get far in Politics so most English people begrudgingly vote for people who do not represnt their own kin. Same with the French, they vote for people who are rich/priveledge and raised in bilingual families. Many Canadians don't have that and thus don't vote for people that meet their interests. Same with many rural French Canadians who don't speak English.
Quebec and the Farncophone parts of New Brunswick should separate from Canada so that they can pursue their own destiny and be masters in their own house.
@Jenifer Douglas Quebec SHOULD have their own passports, and have the ability to represent themselves with other countries.
Dear Canada: Please never, ever complain that Justin Trudeau speaks two languages fluently. The U.S. "President" can't even speak one.
At least Trump is not outlawing someone language
You love him so much, you can have him.
KickAss Dude He won, get over it already.
you must be one of the woemen that voted for him
MAGA
Well, he's right isn't he? They are in Québec where French is the official language.
@@CannonFodder873 Yes, but in Québec only French is the official language of the province. If you're going to move and live in Quebec then you should learn French. Why the lady is upset that everything is in French is completely confusig to me. If you're in Québec speak French!!!
@@CannonFodder873 but I dont live in Québec. If i was visting Québec i will still speak French even if i was speaking basic French. Living in Québec is different, to live there you have yo dpeak French on regular basis.
As a Quebeccer myself, I personally think Quebec should be it's own country. 80% of Canadians shouldn't need to be bilingual for 20% of the country's sake. We also shouldn't be beholdant to a British monarch if we see ourselves as more French.
This is so horribly cut. She asked the question twice in both languages but her asking in French has been removed.
CBC for ya. They hate Québec.
I'm from Cameroon and intend to move to Canada. We speak English and French as official languages as well besides 250 other Cameroonian languages!
Dont be on welfare and have a good work ethic and we will be happy to have you here
@@archaicnymph2977 you Canadian?
@@ngalahansel6066 Yes
You speak english in Cameroon??
@Don Donson Ghana is good ?
Free Quebec
I just wanna know why so many people hate French Canadians?
Soutien à nos frères québécois !
This would have been totally fine if the question had been ANYTHING else. But the question was about areas where English-only speaking people are being discriminated against.
AlexSuperTramp There aren't many programs being offered in english;that doesn't equal discrimination.They should just learn french since they're too small of a percentage of the quebec population to have things be in English.
Just like hispanics complain of being discriminated against because the US speaks/reads/posts in English. How dare they!