• @[email protected]
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    991 year ago

    Something that people should keep in mind is that the fees were lower for those “out-of-province” students in Québec than in their own province.

    This fee raise basically brings it on par with what they would pay in their on province. One of the reasoning behind this law is that Québec shouldn’t be subsidizing other provinces way too expensive university system.

    If you are living in Québec, university fees are quite cheap, and this doesn’t change.

    The French vs English aspect is widely talked about, but not a whole lot is mentioned about the actual price hike.

    • @[email protected]
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      171 year ago

      The total fees for out of province students will still be lower than for out of province students in other provinces.

      The fees for international students will still be lower than the fees for international students in other provinces.

      In the only province where French is the only official language, French universities received less financing than English universities no matter the source, including from the provincial government. Donating to one’s Alma Mater isn’t part of the French Canadian culture for a ton of historical reasons, that leads to an university like McGill getting 200m$ from a single ex student and having over a billion sleeping in its coffers while the Université du Québec en Outaouais barely manages to offer basic services to its students.

      Is it such a bad thing that the government asks that foreign students integrate themselves by learning the local language? That’s an incentive for them to stay and it prevents the issue of having some of them stay without being able to speak the language, pretty much forcing them to live in one of three urban areas and their suburbs (Montreal, Gatineau, Sherbrooke).

      • Quokka
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        61 year ago

        Imagine calling your fellow countrymen foreigners.

        • @dlpkl
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          61 year ago

          That’s just a taste of how badly Quebec’s nationalists try to create a rift. But they’ll be the first to turn around and tell you that Anglos are the problem.

          Cambridge dictionary definition of foreign: belonging or connected to a country that is not your own.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 year ago

          See there’s this thing we call “a definition” and that word is appropriate to the situation and if you think “foreigner” is pejorative then you’re the one who’s got an issue…

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            Yeah totally, it’s not at all a well-known derogatory term used to other people’s.

            Honestly if this is how French Canadians act, I totally get the reputation. Sounds like a bunch of downright exclusionary shit cunts.

            • @[email protected]
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              21 year ago

              “Oh no, French Canadians use words in their second language based on their definition, what a bunch of exclusionary shit cunts!”

              You should really go sit down and reflect on the way you just acted.

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          They are foreign though, literally. They are from a different province, plus a very different culture. There isn’t much that separates someone from Alberta from someone from Montana or Massachussetts in that case, other than a passport.

          • Quokka
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            11 year ago

            So?

            My neighbour is of a different culture than me, yet I don’t think of them as a foreigner.

            I could cross the state border and find someone of a different culture in a different state with different laws, they’re still not a foreigner.

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              I mean you can Google the word “foreign” and the first thing that shows up is:

              of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one’s own.

              of or belonging to another district or area.

              And Wiktionary gives:

              Located outside a country or place, especially one’s own.

              Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion. 

              Most Québécois are primarily francophones, while the rest of Canada are anglophones, it checks that box. And obviously Québec is a different district/area than not Québec. And someome from outside of Québec is of course from a different place, both being a different province and a completely different sometimes almost unrecognizable culture.

              Idk man seems pretty reasonable to call them “foreign” seeing as how they’re from a different province. Plus “foreign” is a good catch-all word for anyone who isn’t from the jurisdiction.

              Also yes if you go into another state you are foreign to that state. Not foreign country-wise, but foreign state-wise.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 year ago

          More and more people speak it on a global scale, you shouldn’t celebrate the disappearance of non English cultures.

    • rivermonster
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      21 year ago

      Is it federally legal for to discriminate based on language? Don’t know, don’t live there, really curious, though.

      Or is this one if those things that have to be adjudicated in the courts?

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        The law states that English universities can take in whoever they want, 80% must finish their degree having reached conversational level in French otherwise English universities will lose part of their funding (when they’re the universities that are the richest in the province).

        That’s not language discrimination, that’s just bad journalism.

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          Thank you for clarifying. English is the official language of Canada, right? I know provences support French, but is it also an official language?

          For instance, in the U.S. there is no national language. Most government forms are provided in MANY languages and/or can be requested in them.

          I’m not sure in the US a university could require language profiency in a specific language. To be fair, though, I haven’t researched it. Maybe somebody can clarify if there are any federally funded ones that do?

          If Canadian universities require conversational French for 80% of grads but the only official language is English, then I wonder what the legal basis is for the requirement? If both English and Fench are official national languages, I understand how that would be the basis.

          Thanks for the conversation, I’m learning a lot.

          • Pasta Dental
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            Canada has 2 official languages, French and English. Provinces can have their own official language and so in Québec it is french

            • rivermonster
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              That makes LOTS more sense. Thanks so much!

              Could a province have a first people’s, or other language as their official, if they wanted? Or is the option just the two national official languages?

    • @dlpkl
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      That’s all a smoke show. The real reason is their objective of nationalism.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            That’s exactly what it is though, they would never dare say the same thing about a first Nation community adopting similar rules.

            • @dlpkl
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              Because in our treaties and agreements they are quite literally sovereign nations that have the right to self determination. Unlike the Quebecois, they actually were here first, and they really are a minority at risk of extinction. It’s so strange how French Canadians can’t understand nuance.

              • @[email protected]
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                You think a group of about 7m surrounded by 360m people that speak another language aren’t at risk of seeing their culture disappear?

                The Quebecois are also recognized as a separate nation by the federal government, just so you know.

                It’s so strange how Anglo Canadians can’t understand their position in this.

                • @dlpkl
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                  That’s awesome, so now we’re just pulling random numbers out of the hat. 360m today, 8 billion tomorrow. By that logic, though, Anglo Canadians should have disappeared into American culture huh? Since we already speak the same language. Gee, I wonder why that’s never happened.

                  And just to be clear, the Quebecois are regarded as a nation, french is the official language, the feds are bilingual, and the Quebec govt conduct all operations in French, but somehow they’re also at risk of extinction is it?

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                    Random numbers? Oh yeah, sorry… 5 millions French Canadians, 33.5m non French Canadians, 331.9 Americans… So yeah, you’re right, my numbers were wrong, 5m vs 367.4m… Oops, it didn’t go the way you expected did it?

                    You’re pretty blind if you don’t realise that Anglo Canadian culture is disappearing, Quebec produces more original content for its TV than the rest of Canada!

                    American culture is spreading so much that similar language protection laws are getting adopted in European countries now, same for protection against the spread of Russian in eastern Europe. You just don’t care because it doesn’t affect you, the proof being that I’m here and talking to you in English instead of forcing you to speak to me in french, which you should be able to do in our bilingual country.

            • @afraid_of_zombies
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              No you see the only groups that get to use the government to hurt other groups is the groups I personally like.

              Humans are “meant” to be multilingual. That is norm for us. I still remember the small shock I felt when we were visiting my wife’s homeland for the first time and it turns out there is a language with under 6 million people, spoken only in one small region, that she knew plus the most common language of her country.

              So yeah this is a group being punished for speaking their own language on land that they originally owned, plus anyone who wants to study there and doesn’t speak French. This is freedom? This is a just society? This is education? Schools are supposed to teach not force monolithic thought and punish people for being born “wrong”.

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                First Nations have no French requirements and are allowed to get service in English in Quebec if they want to, that’s a protected right.

                Also very very funny that you would go from saying “Humans are meant to be multilingual” to “I can’t believe they have to learn a second language!”

                It’s incredible how easy it is to point out the the Anglo hypocrisy.

        • @dlpkl
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          You’ve got an issue with people calling out racists and nationalists?

            • @dlpkl
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              The most egregious example would be Bill 21. Absolutely horrendous legislation that does nothing but marginalize those who are already marginalized. Despite what the Quebecois would like you to believe, it’s a piece of proxy legislation that aims to exclude religious and ethnic minorities from Quebec society, plain as day.

              • Quokka
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                71 year ago

                Just a quick look, that’s just the same as France’s law on religious iconography except only for government employees?

                Trying to limit the danger of religion sounds like a good thing to me.

                • @dlpkl
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                  Firstly, this isn’t France. We have a charter of rights and freedoms that Quebec used a BS notwithstanding clause to get around so that they could pass the bill. Secondly, there’s practical and effective ways to curb the danger of religion without taking a) taking away people’s livelihoods b) making them choose between their faith and their job and c) forcing them to move out of the province to find a workplace that doesn’t go against Canadian ideals.

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                  Yes, I did.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    Who’s concerned then? A minority of government jobs, plenty of opportunities for people who want to display a religious sign and worst case there’s the private sector if they truly don’t agree.

                    Is it any different from asking the people who have the exact same jobs from not displaying their political allegiance? Both religion and freedom of expression are protected by the Canadian Charter, don’t forget that.

              • Pasta Dental
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                Oh the double standards. The religious minorities should be protected at all costs, but the québécois don’t deserve that same protection. It’s always the ““inclusivity/minority activists”” that are the most against Québec when Québec itself fits inside this very definition. For the common good, please just fuck off.

                • @dlpkl
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                  It’s really funny how triggered you are. Believe it or not but French speakers aren’t a minority in Quebec. Wild, I know!

            • @dlpkl
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              Great, then you shouldn’t have an issue calling out the CAQ and the nationalists that support them 👍🏼

              • @[email protected]
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                So it’s wrong to be proud of your culture and to expect people that make the choice to live in it to actually want to become part of it?

                • @dlpkl
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                  Absolutely not. When a person receives their Canadian citizenship they agree to uphold the values of the Canadian constitution and they are also afforded the rights that it lays out. Remind me, is the right to freedom of religion included in those documents?

                  • @[email protected]
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                    Is the right to force a person to wear specific clothing in there too or is it just ok if it’s a religious group or a person’s family that choose their clothings?

                • @afraid_of_zombies
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                  Nothing at all. Please wear a t-shirt that says White Pride on it and put a bumper sticker on your car to that effect also whatever dating app you use make sure it is shown. You can also get a tat that says it on your neck or arm. Please please do this. You know after you scream at a woman wearing a hijab an incoherent scream in that obscure language called French.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    See, a judge and a teacher wouldn’t be allowed to wear a pin that says “white pride” because in their professional life they represent a State that has specific values and their image must reflect that. One such value of that State is the separation of religion and State.

        • @[email protected]
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          81 year ago

          Anglo Canadians see Quebec’s interculturalism as nationalism in the third Reich sense…

          • @dlpkl
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            -81 year ago

            The victim complex in action, exhibit A:

        • @dlpkl
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          Quebec’s nationalism involves alienating non-French speaking Canadians including its own residents (eg Montrealers), creating a narrative that Quebec’s culture is at risk of being wiped out, reinforcing a victim complex, blaming its own minorities while complaining about being a minority, and by enacting discriminory laws that only aim to exclude those who don’t fit their image of what a Quebecer should be.