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The Quebec government is proposing an increase in tuition fees for international and out-of-province students attending English-language universities as a way to protect the French language.

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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We do want to meld, but that implies that the ROC needs to meld as well, otherwise it's an erasure and not a union.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the issue is disagreement over that mixing. The (as you put it)RoC sees "province-sized Chinatown but french" and Quebec sees "we will not be diluted one iota".

[–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As an immigrant, something I like about Canada is how regardless of where we came from we all make an effort to speak to each other in the common language so that we can learn and understand each other. And then there is Quebec sulking because we don't speak their language, instead of following everybody else.

I didn't lose my culture just because I use English as a vehicular language. I gained all sorts of stuff from other people, which I wouldn't have if I or they refused to speak the common language. So, please, Quebecois, do share your beautiful culture with us -- in the language we all understand.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is its lopsided the ROC gets nothing out of knowing French but Quebecois get to participate in the international community by knowing English. Only way this well change is if America falls since they are the 1000lb gorilla in the global community.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I'd argue French is more useful in Europe than English.

[–] baconisaveg@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

English is not a ROC thing though, it's a global thing, in an online world. So sure, you can create your French-Canadian pockets on Reddit, Lemmy, QC guilds in MMO's, etc, but you constantly have to step outside of those areas to interact with the rest of the English speaking world.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And French is not a Quebec thing either.

The most spoken language in the world in Mandarin.

You have a very anglocentric view of the world.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually, the most spoken language in the world is English.