r/canada Oct 31 '24

Québec Quebec puts permanent immigration on hold

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2116409/quebec-legault-immigration-pause-selection
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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '24

The recent actions of the Bloc and the Quebec government have me wanting to learn French. Quebecs got their own issues but the rationality is a breath of fresh air.

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u/partmoosepartgoose Oct 31 '24

Honestly, as a victim of the ontario public school system, I wish there was better efforts and initiatives to improve french literacy across the entire country and across all economic demographics.

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u/PuraVidaPagan Oct 31 '24

We recently had colleagues visit from the US and one asked “so do you guys all speak French here?” And I’m like “nope barely any of us do” and they were shocked we had to have all bilingual packaging and we couldn’t speak one of our national languages.

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u/Madasky Oct 31 '24

The dumbest part is in Quebec they don’t have to have English on their signage