Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8333812)

It's directly relevant to me. Child wanders over to Vancouver, presents French language resume at likely places, working the same week. She might otherwise having been looking at me for funding.

Originally Posted by jimf (Post 8333828)

Out of curiousity what were the types of jobs for which French was required or preferred in Vancouver?

Originally Posted by Kiwilass (Post 8333774)

That's nuts, but doesn't seem to have stopped them leaving.

re: separation, one of my issues is how quebec, that great millstone, has distorted education policy in provinces like mine where french really isn't that useful except for jobs with the feds. You can't argue that french is that relevant in bc. If we weren't shackled to quebec maybe a few people might need it for business, but that's it. It's ridculous that they require bilingualism for government jobs in this province. For what? The microscopic francophone community?

Originally Posted by jimf (Post 8333877)

Why would the attention seeker leave the party especially when someone else is buying the drinks?

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8333880)

It's hardly our place as immigrants to get involved in domestic racism. If we chose to move to a country where francophones or Catholics are favoured minority we have the choice to join that minority or not to, but it's not for us to dabble in cradle politics.

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 8333885)

What an absolute load of rubbish.

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8333893)

Not sure which bit is rubbish.

Canada isn't our country, we shouldn't mess with the way it's run.

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8333893)

Not sure which bit is rubbish.

Canada isn't our country, we shouldn't mess with the way it's run.
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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8333893)

Not sure which bit is rubbish.

Canada isn't our country, we shouldn't mess with the way it's run.

Canada has discrimination in favour of francophones and Ontario has discrimination in favour of Catholics. Since those are groups one can choose to join I think the immigrant should consider joining them; not ask that the country change the rules to suit the immigrant.

Originally Posted by jimf (Post 8333877)

Why would the attention seeker leave the party especially when someone else is buying the drinks?

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 8333902)

Why do you feel this way?

Originally Posted by jimf (Post 8333985)

So you've never expressed a view on mr harper or the oil sands for example?

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8334181)

Why? I can't answer that. It just seems inappropriate to mess with the internal affairs of another nation, especially over something like that nation's choice of language, it's hardly a glaring human rights violation. In the same way, I think it's fair comment to attack the US over its policy of invading other nations, less so to fret over the semi-official status of Spanish as a national language.

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 8334220)

I'm curious to know why after all these years you still consider Canada "another nation"?

Do you feel no attachment to the place?

Is it merely a means to an end?

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 8333893)

Not sure which bit is rubbish.

Canada isn't our country, we shouldn't mess with the way it's run.

Canada has discrimination in favour of francophones and Ontario has discrimination in favour of Catholics. Since those are groups one can choose to join I think the immigrant should consider joining them; not ask that the country change the rules to suit the immigrant.