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A group representing Quebec's English-speaking community is seeking an injunction with the court to challenge the province's controversial French-language law known as Bill 96, CTV News has learned.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Of course, and what's the culture tied to English speakers then? Do you think 2nd and 4rd generation Canadian Italians/Ukranians/wherever, who don't speak their native language, have lost all sense of their culture? Are the 2nd and 3rd generation anglophones living in Quebec incapable of adopting any of Quebecs culture?

Get over yourself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

You sound like people who hear about evolution and they ask "so where are the monkeys turning into humans." They are not saying there is culture tied to speaking English, they are saying that speaking English is part of some cultures and therfore by learning English you are participating in those cultures. French is the same. I'd you let French die off, you are letting part of French cute die off. If you learn French, you are choosing to inmerse yourself in French culture.

The guy said "intertwined" and it's a great way if thinking of it. You don't learn French and then French culture, learning a language is taking part of a culture, in this case Quebecoise, not even French.