Language stories du jour
Monday morning, TVA is angry that TMR wants to maintain its bilingual status despite having only 18.5% anglo residents. Meantime the Acfas conference asks whether immigration threatens French and makes some valuable distinctions between speaking French at home vs. in the public sphere. Acfas is celebrating its centennial.
Kevin 10:43 on 2023-05-08 Permalink
A relevant tweet from an editor at Policy Options reiterating that those who do not know history are not worth listening to https://twitter.com/Patrickdery/status/1655568247498891265
Kate 12:23 on 2023-05-08 Permalink
I think what tweaked me this morning was the headline “Bilinguisme municipal: la victoire de l’anglais.” Seeing this situation as a fight is bound to end in tears. English is not fighting for supremacy.
Ephraim 13:50 on 2023-05-08 Permalink
At what point do we ask if TVA/JdM is actually a newspaper or in fact just an anti-anglo lobbying group?
The difference with it being on TV… you can actually point out blatant discrimination on TV to the CRTC and ask questions like, where is the representation. In the case of TVA, since they are a national channel, they should need to have representation of the Federalist and Anglos to renew their licence.
Ian 21:13 on 2023-05-08 Permalink
There’s no law against an obvious ethnically aligned editorial stance,look at the Gazette. JdeM is ridiculous but it sells. News is a business. Even CBC and Radio Canada have to be answerable to ratings to some extent.
It’s not news, it’s infotainment. It is MEANT to serve a master, not the public.