Côte St-Luc snarks at Bill 96
Côte St-Luc has added a sarcastic remark to its municipal phone tree: “…And by the way, you don’t need to show us your Grade 3 report card…”
La Presse reports on the Montreal’s 311 message plus thoughts from one of their columnists.
Shawn Goldwater 14:19 on 2023-06-02 Permalink
Oh my goodness. The nationalists are gonna flip out on CSL.
Blork 15:53 on 2023-06-02 Permalink
Everything around this issue is just so ridiculous. That said, I have some thoughts on the thoughts from the columnist:
“Cet enregistrement maladroit de la Ville de Montréal – qui inflige un long message en anglais aux francophones…”
Well, not really because if you’re Johnny on the spot …er, Jean sur place… then you’ll hit “1” right away and will continue on your way en Français without having to listen to that ridiculous missive.
“Si on demandait aux francophones représentant 22,8 % de la population canadienne de s’autodécrire comme des « exceptions » lors d’un appel au gouvernement fédéral, plusieurs pousseraient les hauts cris.”
Oh wow, people are going to have a field day with that one. People who have never actually called the Feds will balk at that, and complain about how they are never able to get served in French when they call the Feds. People will go on and on about how the Eaton’s anglo lady still works in every shop in Ottawa and Toronto even though they’ve never been to Ottawa or Toronto. On and on it goes.
“Est-ce que les quelque 15 000 Longueuillois qui ont l’anglais comme seule langue maternelle…”
Wait…what? I thought I was the only one!
Kate 16:22 on 2023-06-02 Permalink
You need to open a café over there, Blork – the Tête Carrée.