@@marlene97280 Bien sûr que la France est plus française que le Québec, étant le berceau de cette langue romane, qui a franchi plusieurs étapes au cours des siècles, pour en arriver au français que l'on parle aujourd'hui. Toutefois, n'étant pas menacés comme les Québécois le sont et tous les francophones hors Québec au Canada, les Français ne font pas attention à leur langue, paradoxalement faisant grand usage de termes, d'expressions anglais pour faire chic ou cool, partout, même dans les médias écrits, électroniques ou télévisuels. Il faut entendre les jeunes Français s'exprimer, pour constater à quel point leur langue s'abartardit. Dommage !
@@help4skin For fiscal year 2022-2023, all Canadian provinces and territories will benefit from equalization, including Alberta and Saskatchewan, the first will receive $7.1 billion in equalization, the second $1.9 billion. The province that will benefit the most from equalization, according to the Canadian federal finance ministry headed by Chrystia Freeland, is Prince Edward Island, where each of the 160,232 inhabitants will be allocated $4,620, compared to $3,170/inhabitant of Quebec. Equalization, exclusively governed by the federal government, ensures each Canadian a comparable standard of living and is based on the ability of each province and territory to collect taxes, which are then distributed by the federal government. The equalization envelope for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, according to the Canadian Department of Finance, is $87.7 billion. Quebec and Ontario, the most populous provinces, will receive $27.4 billion and $23.7 billion respectively for this fiscal year. As for British Columbia, $8.4 billion will be earmarked for it. Are considered in the calculation of the fiscal capacity of each province and territory the taxes of individuals, those of corporations and businesses, property taxes, 50% of income from natural resources and consumption taxes, such as GST and provincial taxes. for consumption, if applicable. According to the same source, each Quebecer (8.641 million inhabitants) contributes $6,000 to the equalization scheme and $12,000 for each Albertan (4.459 million inhabitants) some $12,000, due to oil spillovers. Therefore, Quebec's share for this fiscal year is $51.846 billion, while Alberta's is $53.508 billion. Therefore, according to these figures provided by the same source, Alberta would contribute $1.652 billion in equalization paid to Quebec. Finally, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, receive billions of dollars in subsidies, when the price of oil collapses, subsidies paid by all Canadians, such as the purchase at the cost of 5 billion dollars for the purchase of the Trans-Mountain pipeline in the previous mandate of the Trudeau government to Alberta. So, with regard to Alberta's contribution to the equalization plan vis-à-vis Quebec, it is only 1.90%, nothing to claim that this province maintains the high standard of living of Quebecers, the most taxed in North America perhaps, but whose social safety net is largely dependent on their taxes and consumption taxes.
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"I'm not banned, I was merely denounced by a unanimous vote in the parliament" LOL!!!
DOn't worry, Trump was denounced by US house of representatives. He still doesn't give a fuck. JJ should do something to get the Canadian house of commons for the lols.
Is like when the annoying boy un school is in love with the pretty girl but knows he's not gonna get her and starts disturbing her all the time lol. No hard feelings though J.J., just joking
It's super common in the Maritimes. I'm a USA southerner and spend a lot of time in Canada, so I can really hear it. For such a small population of English speakers (Canada), the English accents are REALLY diverse from one coast to the other. It's wild. Maritime English is my favorite.
@@andrelandry548 So, re-read my comment. What's weird, is that JJ doesn't really sound like most native-English speakers in Vancouver I've heard. He's just a weird guy, but hey, it's the internet!
I do believe the accent is a put on, gets viewers commentimg👍. Say a word wrong or differently and you stand out from the crowd. Sure there are different accents across the country just like in the states. I found the accent in the Tennessee hilols and a part of Alabama very difficult to comprehend. Just like some Canadian east coasters, distinct accent and depending on where the person is from it can also be difficult to understand. Have you ever asked an American what that thing is on top of a house is called? And the answer you get is...”it’s a ruff” (sounds like a dogs bark,) whereas a Canadian would call it a “roof” (pronounces life poof.)
Actually, most Quebecers don't know much about anything except "You Must speek FRENCH". Their constant whining about language rights has turned the province in a French-language ghetto.
@@amybugg001 C'est vrai que l'auteur du vidéo est un épais. Cependant, il représente passablement bien le Canada anglais malheureusement. J'espère seulement que ces épais se fassent entendre lors de notre prochain referendum - afin de faire bien comprendre aux québécois que ce sont ces mêmes canadiens qui gèrent nos impôts à Ottawa. On a vraiment pas d'amis à Ottawa; il faut gagner notre prochain référendum au plus sacrant...
*JaspboyNL,* *Here below is the link to get a very elaborate answer to your question:* *en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_sign* *Then, scroll down the page consulted.*
In France, they don't feel that their language is threaten by being surrounded by english people. So it's cool to have english in their culture. In Quebec, it fells like we are being assimilated.
There's a lot of words like this one. English words that France incorporate in their language that Québec chose to translate instead. France says e-mail while we invented the term "courriel". Or the one that I absolutely hate, a movie "spoiler" is in Québec "divulgacher" from "divulguer" (tell) and "gâcher" (ironically "spoil"). A word that I'll never use.
you didnt do what was expected...!!!...never left the enemy on the loose...!!!!...(clarification)..because we all know...that west...ant est of canada..can't understand one another...so dont panic...i was genuinely joking..
“Catholic Church had a huge part to play in keeping it French” as Church bells go off from St Patrick’s Basilica (First English Catholic Church in Quebec)
@Nashtark 111 Comments on the venue, gets incoherent ramble 2 months after posting. Yes the government supported a population boom in the early 50s due to the massive loss of young men after the 2nd world war (besides not having fully recovered from the 1st) and the Korean War, not to mention the high infant mortality rate of the period. The 12 to 18 number is beyond exaggerated (literally impossible considering the program was in place for 4 years with government bonuses for each child) as per the rapes it happened and is sad. It also happened elsewhere, no one condones that. The Church is also the largest charity organization in the world keeping countless people fed (in Canada) and millions elsewhere. Go bring your hate elsewhere this is literally the opposite venue for that rant.
@Nashtark 111 For sure, once again child mortality rates what they were (60-70% in that period) that was rather common globally, not just in Quebec. The Church push for babies however was sponsored in the 1950s due to the loss of most of a generation of men that were needed on the farms and factories. My mum née Jodoin also came from a series of large families
Gee, maybe north Americans should have let Europeans fight their own wars. This yank condemns America's vainglorious and opportunistic participation in both, which -- like most of what America does -- was catastrophic for most of the countries involved.
The crime rate of Quebec City is practically nonexistent compared to Montreal. I don't know about the Parliament though, I've heard there's a lot of backstabbing, corruption, embezzlement, etc...
i used to work in the old port at a bike shop and from my experience of old quebec as a 2nd gen french Ontarian. i can say that Quebec city is not safe for a person who can't pull of a convincing french France or french quebec accent. they are very Anglophobe their
Yup, folks were super-fecund back then. And they didn't even have the federal and provincial monthly child benefits for support. Today, if you see a family of six or more in Quebec, it's usually immigrants.
@@Cowatude I just googled french words and copy pasted whatever popped up first. Born an raised in Buffalo New York. I don't know any french at all lol.
“Bonjour hi” reminds me of the Lebanese greeting “Hi, kifak, ça va?”- basically “Hi, how are you, good?” in English, Arabic, and French respectively. While Arabic is obviously the language most Lebanese people grow up speaking, and of course English is the global lingua franca of business and diplomacy, French still has a certain prestige in Lebanon and it’s not uncommon, especially in major cities like Beirut, to find people who are fluent in all three languages. So you get a lot of mixing and phrases like “Hi, kifak, ça va?”
English global language... More like mostly in East Asia, which is probably the most important place outside Europe and Americas in terms of economics. And English is dominant there. Like I'm Chinese, but if you only learned Korean or Japanese (likely through K-pop or Japanese anime, stuff like that), you still have to talk to me in English. In fact I don't even understand Cantonese Chinese. I only understand, read, speak and write Mandarin and Shanghainese Chinese (the latter isn't even written, technically). That doesn't seem like the case in Europe, probably thanks to the EU, which the UK is even trying to leave. When I was in Paris (Lover museum?) Seeing that I can't speak French a staff tried to ask me if I can speak Spanish instead. Looks like he's more comfortable speaking Spanish than English if you don't speak French. That's not that common in Asia.
@@qwertyTRiG France is not even 'Northern Europe', and from my experience in Germany, pretty good but still not that much. Not to mention nothing prevents them from being fluent in another non-native language other than English. Like, I see Scandinavians talking to each other in their own language (Swedish and Norwegian especially), or even German it seems, WITHOUT using English or any other language. My point is, English doesn't seem THAT established as THE SOLE 'common international language' yet around the world. East, South and SE Asia seems more like an exception to me... I even heard that under Scandinavian educational systems kids tend to command a lot of languages, especially compared to even the UK, not to mention like the US, etc.
@Ruben Benoliel you're slightly misinformed there, English is a Germanic language, not Latin. The reason so many words are similar is due the the Norman conquest of Britain and the official language on the island was French for hundreds of years. There is even a theory that English is a creol of various North and West Germanic languages with tons of vocabulary from French, Greek and many other European languages. Some evidence for this is the simpler grammar structure in modern English compared to old English which had 3 genders in the language compared to none now. Fun fact: the word "Mankind" originally meant the whole species with no thought given to male or female since it went like this Female: wif (still around as "wife" In modern english) Male: Wer (still around as "werewolf" ect..) The species: Man (also still used in many Germanic languages with slight variations)
We visited Montreal in 1969 in July and actually saw the moon landing at that time. Visited Expo, which was still open and just had a great time. What a wonderful place for a south Texan. I was especially impressed by the quiet subway system(rubber wheels) .
Interesting you say that, my German grandfather moved to Quebec for the Expo of 69 and has married a French Quebecer and has stayed here ever since! They even opened up a bakery on the north-side of the city, closing about 10-15 years ago. We used to travel every summer across the country in a truck + trailer. Those were the best times of my life!
@@pbfeuille I aggree. I am a french quebecker and I had no clue who this guy was. And I have no idea what happen before. But I think this video was fun and I like that he spoke about the history of the city, the constructions, etc... I really enjoy this video :) To J.J. : Thanks for making it :)
Nah, as a Quebecker I can say we typically feel more threatened by: 1) Unequal French-English distribution of power. 2) Slow erosion of the French language. 3) Environmental concerns that we typically have in much higher priorities than other countries. Up until 4years ago, the constant fear of Separatism was also a big one at every provincial election. That leaves us with very little time to care about a small RUclipsr that barely any Quebecker knows.
I absolutely love Quebec, and especially Quebec City, just down the road a bit. But when I get to Montreal, it's open season on the locals with my college French, all 125 words and 42 basic phrases. They smile and eat it up! The women are gorgeous everywhere, and people smoke like it's the 90's. What a throwback. Les bon temps roulet!
When I was in 8th grade our class took a grad trip to Montreal. Before we left one girl asked the teacher if she needed to exchange her Canadian Dollars for Quebec Dollars.
Some parts of Montreal are known to be more English speaking. Even though my first language is French, when I go to those parts of town, I usually automatically switch to English, even though I'm not as fluent, because people expect you to speak English there, or they talk to you in English automatically. I actually like that Montreal is bilingual, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Montreal is probably the only place in the world where you can have a full conversation with someone, not speaking the same language. I Have friends who I spoke with in French, they understand.. they answer me in english and i fully understand.. but most of the time we mix the two languages (Franglais)
As a Gatinois, I disagree. Gatineau is a stone's throw away from unilingual Ontario/Ottawa so believe me the anglo-franco tension and bilingualism here is VERY present.
@@thauria Well, mixed english words, yeah, but not the level of franglais that you find in montreal. Not that hardcore in places like Saguenay or Sherbrooke.
I am spanish and I've traveled a lot and worked in different countries. I speak my mother tongue Spanish, almost native level of English and French and basic German. And what i found is that some English people don't want to or they are not interested at all to learn about a different culture or language because everyone right now is supposed to speak English. Where I live in the East of Spain in the Valencian Community. In the southern part of the Valencian Community which is it called Alicante there is a little British and Irish colony. And they only speak English between each other eat English breakfast and lunches and they don't speak any single word of Spanish at all!
What you describe, anger me when it happen, my parents and i lived in Dominican Republic for months and learn Spanish but there was other people who lived there for decades and can barely say anything at all. Why live there at all if you are unwilling to learn the language of the country.
Jose Fernanado some people don't pick up other languages easily. Like some don't understand math. I am one my father spoke 4 languages but me only 1 English. It isn't always racism or contempt that prevents us from speaking your language.
@@markm.3297 While I understand your point, I would like to interject that there's really no basis for saying that some people have problems learning languages while others have it 'easy'. Unless you're talking about people who never managed to pick up their first language (because of brain problems, deafness, etc.), everybody comes equipped with the ability to learn languages, and the rest just comes down to the level of exposure, interest and effort. When people repeatedly fail to learn a target language, you can generally identify the lack of one of these three factors.
He went to Québec to learn the truth- that the history of Canada as a country started there. And the French Canadians form a distinct culture that deserves being supported and nurtured :)
I've had poutine before. It was delicious but I thought I was going to have a heart attack right after. Interestingly enough I didn't eat in Quebec I had it in Vermont. There's notable Quebecois minority in Burlington VT so a lot of their culture became part of VT culture as well.
Remember that the Vermont capital is called Montpellier and it used to be part of Canada at the time of New France when the border with the Dutch Colony was much lower. South of Champlain Lake you can see Ausable chasm (meaning "to the sand" chasm). The Montreal sphere of influence goes as far South as Albany.
@@lucrolland7489 there's a small minority of acadian French speakers in Vermont and New Hampshire as well as maine. Vermont was its own republic for a little while to, The green mountain republic.
@@jacobjones4766 Not surprising that French Canadians continued to live in those states but I really enjoy to learn that there was The green mountain republic and I will need to read more about it. Very interesting indeed.
@@lucrolland7489 there two more dialects of French spoken in Louisiana, Louisiana French and Cajun French creole, both of which are also still spoken in everyday use.
I could imagine JJ saying something like "Quebec is a wonderful place, it's just a pity that it's full of Quebecois" the same way British people say "I love France but it's full of French people."
I don't think I've ever heard JJ say anything against francophones in general. I've heard plenty of criticism from JJ on the political situation in Quebec.
No it's just a pity that Quebec is part of Canada. Quebec should be a sovereign nation with close ties to the rest of Canada, like how France is not part of Germany but is part of the single EU market along with Germany and citizens of one country can freely move to the other country.
@@taichiwinchester1102 That what Québec want. And Brian Mullroney have trying to do so with the Lake Meech Deal, but Manitoba had voted against that and newfee too, and after that the BLOC québécois was born and the separatist movement begin.
I lived in Vancouver for 8 years which allowed me to shift from a French Canadian perspective to an external perspective and I became slowly more than I was. I understand both side of the coin .. or should I say all the sides of the coin about people and countries history and yet, like you said, in the end we all are more then just politics. I congratulate you for being capable of respect and interest and open mind and show this publicly in this video. It takes a lot of self knowledge to be able to stand for a point of view on one thing and yet remain open for the rest when it comes to people and situation. When I moved to the west I thought people would hate me because I was québécoise. That’s what I learned to believe. But I was surprised to see how people admire our culture and our authenticity and freedom. I think we all have to gain from creating ourselves through the synergetic encounters of our individuality - from all around the world. In the end, langage and borders are only things we decided to create over the years to communicate and survive but we are all the same and I think that it’s natural to wish to evolve pass the definitions that were put on ourselves. It is a hard journey to integrate how many truths in the world there is and how many various ways of living there is but.. true freedom lies there ✌🏼
Good for you, if you were accepted and honored in British Columbia. Know that my brother who lived in Victoria, a fisherman by profession, was cowardly beaten to death by two young people aged 18 and 20, because he was a francophone from Quebec. The beatings inflicted on him are indescribably horrific. For this, I will never set foot in this xenophobic province that is British Columbia and elsewhere in English Canada, fond of Quebec bashing.
You obviously forgot to speak about what really makes French Canadiens proud: their music, singers, cinema, architecture, suburban towns which are all historical, historical villages with Saint names, festivals, rock music in French, great cinema, green electrical energy with hydro-power, their health care, good food (yes good food,the best on the continent, not just poutine), great beer, hockey as a religion, etc.
Health Care is Canadian not Quebec and most francophone denounce religion except for hockey , but hockey also a Canadian sport not just a Quebec sport. Singers besides Celine Dion and Mitsou ( Bye Bye mon Cowboy), as well as a Handful of others , but it's not what Quebec are known for.
@@emery1691 Health care is Province specific and we are attached to our vision of health care and even if Canada has health care in a Universal, so has almost every country in Europe. Quebec is not known for what makes us live. This means the Canadian media are not connected to what makes French Canadians and Quebec live. This is not helping to keep us united.
@@emery1691 Quebecois denounce religion like the French in France, because of their Roman Catholic past which has been quite complex but has produced our nature which is different, another we share in common with the French. Health Care is Canadian but also Quebecois and each Province has its own way and I have witnesses many times that the one in Quebec may not be the best but defends itself very well and is often very good. Hockey is indeed Canadian but it is also Quebecois like some things are Scandinavian and shared among several nations. So now my question, what is Quebec known for or famous about? I do not like others telling me what is ours or not ours. You should listen to us instead if telling is what we should say. It happened to me too many times when I was working in Toronto. I was not allowing myself to tell others what is best for them, this is not correct. Instead on focusing on criticism of the difference of others, we should focus on what unites usand do not deny us what we think is part of ourselves. The British did that too much to the Irish and we know what is the outcome.
@@robin-bq1lz Quelle est votre Culture, dites-moi SVP. Votre langue ? J'ai beaucoup plus de culture en tant qu'Europeen que vous n'en aurez jamais. Je peux parler trios langues, contrairement a vous qui ne pouvez parler que le francais. Parler le francais ne signifie pas que voue etes eduque. En pensant meme de cette facon, cela me montre voyre niveau d'education. Sorry , but my computer is English. I can speak it better then I can write it, but at least I try , Ro bin.
We are the same with certain difference, cependant, nos différences de culture Anglo/Franco font de nous une culture unique en Amérique du Nord (incluant les différentes communautés francophones a travers le Canada), culture qui, comme tout autre, mérite d'être préservé. Vive le Québec dans un Canada unis, ensembles on est plus fort !!!!
I love Montreal; probably one of my most favorite big cities. I love how Montreal can at one time be very classy and old school with amazing restaurants, churches and museums (Cirque du Soleil, La Queue De Cheval, the Bio Dome and China town bring back great memories for me) at the same time as having world class restaurants and amenities they have "massage parlors" and Club Supersex right on the main boulevard. Personally I love it. It's a great melting pot.
My parents and I have lived in Calgary since 2003. We went to Ontario and Quebec in 2010, including Montreal. I like it more than any other city we have been to in Canada, except for Quebec City and Ottawa.
My wife and I visited Montreal a few years ago. We are Americans who cannot speak French at all. None of the service industry people we met could figure that out just by looking at us. They only switched from French to English after we stared at them awkwardly for a few minutes.
@@silver-willow8000 Because we did speak at least one of the two official languages of Canada. Also, it is really difficult to pick a new language as an adult. We do know a couple of French phrases, but knowing how to say "hello" only gets you so far. But hey, if your local economy doesn't want our tourist dollars then we could always spend them somewhere else
Im gonna speak on behalf on most quebecer... u dont need to know french. We all speak english, but if u dont even try to say bonjour or est-ce que vous parler anglais? Or whatever french word u can come up with, we aint switching. Be respectful and you'll see that quebecers will be more then happy to help you out. That need for recognition of our lauguage comes from the fact that our ancestor fought english ppl to preserve their language btw.
@@antoinebguitar2869I find it interesting how y’all view it as a courtesy thing. Here in America if I were go to a Mexican food truck, for example, and ask habla inglés, I wouldn’t be surprised if the worker was offended for my assumption that he may not speak English. In fact he’d probably also be annoyed if I were to place my order in Spanish. The culture is really more “let’s get this over with” than “let’s respect each other’s languages”.
Hey guys, remember the very name "Canada" comes from what is now Quebec: Jacques Cartier named the place Canada in August 1535, from what he learned from his indian guides. The French settlers living along the St.Lawrence started to call themselves as "canadiens" as far as 1670. Quebec's first political party was le Parti canadien in 1800. And...the original O Canada (1880) had only French wording.
I never realized that Jacques Cartier named Canada. I just know that the small town that I live in named many places after him and his family. I believe the French explorer, Jacques Marquette, is buried near my town, therefore many places are also named after him.
The French didnt exterminate the natives, they married the women in exchange for goods and even fight the square heads together. And 5:55, you forgot to say that Québec never signed the Constitution...
@ZoonEconomicus 1: A didn't do X to B in any comparable way to how C did X to B, so equating the treatment of B from A to the treatment of B from C is dishonest. 2: Stop your whataboutism, A did X to B. Perhaps I've been following the thread badly but this is what I got from it. (EDIT: I changed treatment of C from B to B from C but I think everyone understood what was meant).
@ZoonEconomicus Sounds to me like this is just one big misunderstanding then. Also, I wouldn't use the word "exterminate". If the french did exterminate the natives, there wouldn't be any left. Also it's better not to conflate Canadian French to the French
As an quebecois who lived in ontario for 15 years, I have seen much more hate from english ontarians towards quebec than the opposite. And yes i lived in quebec for the same amount of time. But hey thats just my experience, so take it with a grain of salt.
yeah i can see that being true there is anger and resentment, I grew in BC and I kinda hated Quebec growing up for no reason its just what you heard and I was kid during the 1995 referendum. its all about feeling like quebec gets treated different and exceptions are made and money goes there at the expense of the rest of Canada particularly the west.
I’m a American of mixed European decent mostly Italian German and Irish. I was in Montreal the past week. And 99.9% of the time I was greated in French. So that notation of being able to tell the difference between a French speaker and English speaker gave me a good chuckle. At the boarder I was greeted with a bounjorhi.
@@ThePhLevels Really? You love that we speak English only? We want to end official government required bilingualism? We want to expand oil exploration and build a pipeline through Quebec? We want to renegotiate equalization and parliament so that Quebec gets less money and we get more senators and MPs? We want fairer and more relaxed gun rules? We want and end to the Quebec dairy and poultry quota system? I have trouble believing you love us. Culturally, we are in many ways, at odd with Quebec's current comfy setup.
I'm always anticipating to be cringing at descriptions of political and historicals events of Quebec from a non-Quebecois resident - especially when it comes to language - but you did a really really good job! Thank you for that! Cheers from Quebec!
I live in Aruba, one of the Dutch Caribbean Islands Here we Speak Papiamento, English, Dutch and Spanish Papiamento is native Language imagine the middle ground between Portuguese and Spanish Dutch is the "Official" language, any legal biding document has to be written in Dutch and The school text books are in Dutch English is the language of commerce due to Tourism being the main Industry and also almost 100 years ago an oil refinery was built and was managed by Americans and English. The refinery management actually invested a lot in public infrastructure and brought workers from the English speaking islands Due to its proximity to Venezuela Spanish was once the Language of commerce and a lot of arubians grew up watching venezuelan Television and now there is a lot of Latin immigrants on the island (my mum)
I'm American and have never spoken, stepped foot in, or lived in Québec. Nor do I know more than 3 sentences in French. But, if I am being extremly honest, I feel incredibly supportive and nationalist for a place I've never been. I don't want to see it become just another typical english-speaking north american province like Louisianna, where there are only traces of their history and language left in a few monuments or gravestones. If I ever get the chance to move there when I'm older, I have too. Vive le Québec Libre.
Romanticism, but as you said, not a place you've ever been to, much less lived in. The reality on the ground, trying to live there will change your mind in an instant. Quebec is the only place that a white person will experience racism and discrimination from another white person.
I’m from Montreal (French), I studied the history of Quebec for 10 year because of school and some informations are not exactly on point but in general good video
Vic_paquet Je pense que comparé à ses autres vidéos, il nous a fait justice quand même. Et à par le bout où il parle de la constitution canadienne, c’est pas mal expliqué pantoute
@@wombatpandaa9774 The french did settle in New France but they did not subjugate any tribe because they knew they needed them in order to survive in North America. They did try to convert them to catholicism through marriage and assimilation, but it was a peaceful relationship. One of our first settlers, Samuel de Champlain, who's responsible for the foundation of Québec City in 1608, said that he dreamed of a day where indigenous people and French settlers becoming one big nation of mixed people with a common culture.
JJ I think it's awesome that you appreciate the complexities of Quebec instead looking at things in black and white. A lot of people in your situation would just declare that they hate Quebec and refuse to ever go there. Thank you for being mature about it and showing that we can all (mostly) get along despite our political and cultural differences.
I want to understand tow things 1- why Canadians (French and English) did not join the American Revolution 2- Why France did not claim French Canada after capturing the English army in Yorktown in 1781
The British allowed Quebeckers to maintain their Catholic religion, Quebeckers did not trust the protestant dominated US to do the same. Also, the French were in no position to retake Quebec, every advance into upper and lower Canada failed miserably.
You say that the French had "conquered and subjugated" the Natives which isn't accurate. It is generally agreed by historians that the French had much better relationships with Natives than most other Europeans. Under Samuel de Champlain, the French had made peaceful alliances with nearly every tribe in New France and created peace between people who used to be fighting brutal wars against each other. Many French settlers married and had children with Natives. Champlain had only gone to war with the Iroquois due to their constant raiding on the French's Native allies and the Iroquois' unwillingness to make peace. He attacked them with the help of his Native allies which he was defending and succeeded in creating peace which lasted 30 years. The French never conquered Iroquois territory nor did they subjugate the Iroquois. Subjugation really began under the British with their treaties, Indian Act, reserves, residential schools, and other forms of assimilation. Perhaps you should check out this book. Maybe you should make a video on Samuel de Champlain. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain%27s_Dream
@@monolap222 That seems like quite an antagonizing leading question. What are you trying to achieve with this? I was specifically talking about the French in New France and even more specifically under the leadership of Samuel de Champlain. Of course French history is full of atrocities and other despicable behaviours but French colonial endeavours in New France treated natives as allies to trade with rather than a people to be conquered, segregated to reservations, subjected to genocide, residential schools, slavery, etc as was the case with the British and Spanish. Besides, the focus of this video is Quebec.
@@monolap222 The British took over in 1763 and a lot changed from that point forward... It seems like you aren't interested in having a discussion or making any concessions to the very legitimate points I brought up. I get the impression that nothing anybody has to say will change your mind. Bonne journée Molly. :) For those who are interested in learning more about French Canadian history and how different things were, I highly recommend Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer.
@@monolap222 Rofl youre trying to change history ? Just read the official history about french settlers in new france and the relations with amerindians wich was alot different than the relation that english settlers had with them. Nice try trying to make it seems worst than it is. And you are you speaking amerindians language ? LOL I would be open to learn it, but theres alot of dialects, and with politico-geographical-demographical point of view its just logic that today we dont speak it, like common. Theres millions and millions of french speaking and english..
The language-free nature of Just For Laughs Gags makes it very flexible; I remember flying on a Japanese airline from Tokyo to Seoul, and they had that show playing on the plane.
I once went to Quebec with family (American). My dad is very talkative, so he would always strike up conversations in English (he never got crap for it). Because of the construction he would often ask about the construction in the city and the large amounts of construction workers and orange all over the place. More than one person he asked would say that it was the fault of the Montreal Mafia, forcing unnecessary construction and shutting down businesses by creating construction sites that blocked foot/road traffic and clients form going to those businesses, forcing them to close permanently or temporarily and eating into their profits to bully them. I don't know if thats true tho.
For a second I thought that dude in the end was going to recognize you as cuss you out or something lol loved this one, man! In Detroit we also have a problem with roads and construction because of mafia...allegedly of course!
@Demetrios Levi I think a lot of people would say that the democrats are the reason. Whenever it comes to Michigan Demos somehow are the ones to blame. 🤣
I went to Montreal in 2004 for 3 days. I would always greet people with bonjour, then they would realize I speak English and continue in English. The craziest thing I noticed was that every one I saw was so dressed up all the time. Fashion seemed like more of a mandatory part of life, as well as eating outside (it was july) all the sidewalks were filled with people eating and drinking coffee and wine.
Went to a sugar bush in Quebec (Pères du Saint-Esprit -- I even remember the name) in grade 6. Changed my life. I now give my US kids feedings of maple syrup.
Je suis Américan. Mais j’ai vécu plus de 8 ans de ma vie au Canada. C’est parce que je suis né à American with a Canadian father, donc ma famille est retournée au Canada pendant un certain temps. Pendant 2 ans au Canada, J’ai Vécu à Toronto, mais ma famille a déménage au Quebec pour que nous puissions apprendre plus de langues. Mais ma mère et Mon père ont obtenu un très bon travail, alors ils y sont restés un moment.I’m not Actually Full French
In france we used to get all the stuff translated for quebec. Macdonalds never translated the menus but we got cartoons where the translation was clearly done with a french canadian lexicon. I think WoW ended up translating location names because of them too in the french version. (Let's be honest, "Thunderbluffs" is much cooler and more practical than "les pitons du tonnerre")
Rewatching this video after returning from Montreal, the construction was insane, we were lost in the Olympic building for over an hour and the lack of signs made finding things difficult, but it made it fun. My French is awful, but they seemed to appreciate my efforts in trying lol. The food was great and I love history and the architecture! I did unfortunately meet an overly proud Québécois that spoke to me first, then gave me a dirty look and refused to help me after finding out I was American. Kind of felt like I would’ve been better off saying I was Mexican, lol.
As an anglo (with some french) who recently moved to Montreal from Kelowna, I was SO excited to see what you would have to say. I never thought it would actually happen. You should've checked out some live music though. It's some of the best in Canada and almost never leaves the island due to having a sustainable arts economy in Montreal alone.
I’m American. My second time in Montreal when we walked into a store all I heard was Bonjour! It was very different from what I was used to and it was refreshing.
"you know, no place is entirely defined by politics" Thank you ! As a Quebecer, I must say that I love Canada, i'm proud to be in this country, I'm proud that we have so many different cultures and that everybody can live as a big family. A lot of english speaking Canadian probably hates us because we want to be a country and all the laws we what to create. But, that is not ME, that is not MOST of Quebecers.. Most of us are just living normal lives like any canadians and are sick of this war between french and english Canada. Most of us speak everyday with english Canadian, most of us play online games with english Canadian an have english Canadian friends. It's almost 2020, I think we can just live together and. There will always be some "separatist" (like the ones that will downvote my comment) but, I don't care.. So, J.J, please stop saying bad things about us :D If you've had bad experience with us in the past, we're not all like this, most of us are good people :)
Thank you! This is good to hear. I love Québec personally, my grandfather was from there. I HATE to see wars online between English and French Canadian people, and I wonder why we can’t just move on, grow up, live together as one country, as two peoples, in peace? More Quebecers /Québécois need to be like you, respect their culture and language, but also respect their country . Thank you! This has made my day.
@@RedFireRex Don't want to put fires here, you guys rock. my question is, why can't we just move on and... live appart? We can celebrate both our admiration for each other, but it does not need to be legally binding. I am a separatist, but I don't hate or even dislike Canadians, but I don't feel like one (and some of the comments on this makes it obvious why the issue persists to this day).
@jvalex18 I would re-evaluate the legitimate place of emotions inside a rational debate, logic is not the oil of emotion's water, they can mix. I can recommend books that explains it better than I do if you are interested (no sponsors, just knowledge)
@ViskaDrake You must not have seen a lot of them then. If your only experience with Quebecers is on JJ comments, that's normal. I'm totally sure that most of quebecers who comment this video hate everybody who consider his self a canadian. Personally, the most brutal and hate comments that I ever received or read where from separatists quebecers and I'm one my self. Some of those people are not really kind and most of the time old.
Actually, as you said, most of the immigrants in Montreal were from French colony, where they learned french and not english. Also, most of these countries have french as an official language, like Congo, Cameroun and Haïti (which has creole as primary language, which is very similar to french.)
I love this province with all my heart. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, mostly for it's beauty and rich history. I try to preserve our culture in everyday life by learning old legends, exploring historical locations and reading old letters/documents from town archives etc. I'm even fingerweaving an arrow sash for myself in the traditional way, because I have ancestors who actually used to weave them.
I wouldn't mind learning French if I moved to Quebec. It's much better to learn the language at a place that speaks the language you learn than to learn French in English-speaking provenance. I hope people in Quebec don't be an ass to people who just visit Quebec for a week or two. But if you plan to live in Quebec, it is just fair that you learn French so nobody can talk behind your back.
As a Montrealer this is pretty accurate, ESPECIALLY the construction. For my entire life Montreal’s high ways have been under construction and they still aren’t done!
ive been here 8 years and i saw the stickers on windows and i never understood what it meant. takes someone from NOT here to point that out and their meaning
Don't forget about NB. Moncton, to me, is the truly bilingual city (sans jugement) in Canada. Also the Museum of Civilization in QC, always gives me a laugh. As it is not a museum of civilization, but a museum of Quebec. It is symbolic of Quebecois post quiet revolution. I'm an anglophone but have a great appreciation of Canadian Francophone culture (Quebecois, Acadian, Metis).
I much prefer the UKs bilingual regime than Canada’s, here the English language is used everywhere and it’s always first but in wales the welsh language is used at the top of signs and then English, BUT unlike your government our government doesn’t try to force welsh onto anyone unless they actually live in wales (see my comment below for the details of our system). If you want to become a welsh politician it is expected but not required that you speak welsh but if you want to become a politician elsewhere you don’t have to speak it, even if your becoming prime minister of the whole country
Nor do I. However some of the tactics the Office de langue francaise has used is a bit annoying, such as banning apostrophes in names. In 1984 I lived in Aix-en-Provence. One day I walked around looking for names of stores that would be illegal in Quebec at the time. I saw quite a few.
There’s nothing wrong preserving a language but if you insist someone from say British Columbia, to be able to run for prime minister, needs to speak french to please a minority is incredibly stupid
@@ArchieKeen1 No it's not stupid apart of Quebec, there are also French communities that also have the right to understand the Prime Minister's words, It is important for the Prime Minister to be bilingual
I just moved from the US to Montreal for university. I watch your videos to learn about some of the ins and outs of Canada. Thank you for creating thoroughly informative and awesome content!
There are all kinds of stories of hostilities between early American colonists and the Native people who were already there. However, these hostilities did not occur with every European group who came. The French are a notable exception to this, and in fact, enjoyed excellent relations with the Natives almost from the very beginning. Why were the French different? The main reason is that they did not try to change the Natives. They also did not compete with the Natives for land. When the French first came to the Americas in the 1530s and 1540s to engage in seasonal fur trading, they immediately established strong trading ties with the local Natives they found there. The Natives already dealt extensively in furs. The French quickly discovered they could go back to France in the winter months with ships laden with furs they had purchased from the Natives with European wares, such as metal cooking pots, weapons, horses, and other goods not accessible to the Natives at that time. The Natives also accompanied the French on hunting parties and showed them where the good fur animals could be found. The French made it a point to learn the Native languages and ways, and established good relations that were based on equality with all of the tribes in the area. The French began to stay year-round in the early 1600s, establishing their first permanent settlement at Quebec in 1608, one year after the English founded Jamestown in Virginia. They did not displace any Natives in the establishment of their settlement and continued to work closely with them in the fur trade. They respected Native territories, their ways, and treated them as the human beings they were. The Natives, in turn, treated the French as trusted friends. More intermarriages took place between French settlers and Native Americans than with any other European group. This close alliance, which was based on mutual respect and good treatment from both sides, led the Natives to side with the French in their conflicts with the English settlers that came later in the 1600s and into the mid-1700s. Relations between the Natives and the English were not nearly as good. The English treated the Natives as inferior, believed they stood in the way of their God-given right to the land in America and tried to subject the Natives to their laws as they established their colonies. The Spanish didn’t have any better relations with the Natives, as they tried to enslave them when they first came to America, and later established missions where they tried to force them to convert from their traditional religions to Catholicism. The Natives did not appreciate any of this. The key to the friendly relations the French enjoyed with the Natives was all in the way they treated them when they first encountered them, and how they continued to treat them afterward. As long as the French maintained settlements in America, they enjoyed excellent relations with each other. For those who have early American French ancestry, or French settler ancestors who married Native Americans, the vast majority of those records can be found in the provincial archives of Quebec (some records there might lead back to France if the settler returned there with his Native American bride). These records provide a fascinating look at relations between Natives and Europeans and show just how different things could have been if all the European people who came to America had been as progressive in their treatment of the Natives as the French were.
Alexandre, there is some truth in what you are saying but in oversimplifying things there is a risk of diminishing your point. To say that the French regime was different in that it did not want to change the natives doesn't really hold up considering the leading role that Catholic missionaries and the Church played in establishing relationships with the aboriginal populations. They may have been well intentioned for the most part, but they very much were trying to change the Natives. Positive relations between French and Natives were also dependent on having similar goals and outlook. Early contact with the Iroquois were famously unsuccessful. We should probably not treat the aboriginals as a singly group any more than we want to see the English and the French interactions as just being "white Europeans". As you say, French and English perceived the natives differently but much of this has to do with common interests rather than some character flaw of a particular group. Had Cartier sailed up to Hochelaga and found the natives to be covered in gold jewelry we probably would have a different story to tell. Nonetheless, I agree with the essence of your argument. La Nouvelle-France and Montreal in particular are an amazing example of how we can see past differences and learn and share from different cultures. This is what makes modern Québec and Canada's two solitudes today so bewildering. For a nation built on learning to live with strangers, Quebec's inward and provincial focus is disappointing, if not perhaps understandable for reasons of linguistic preservation. But the first "Canadiens" had a a far greater vision than just cultural preservation and Canada has been shaped by a long line of French Canadian politicians who inherited that vision. It is clear from J.J.'s video that he is coming at this with a western bias but I'm fairly confident that in the long run his visit will at the very least help bring him to a deeper understanding of Québec and its unique significance within Canada.
French settlers never conquered nor subjugated tribes in New France. They were collaborating with all tribes except for the one that was already at war with the other tribes. The English violent conquest is completely different...
"Some in Montreal will be able to tell if you're French or English" Was in Montreal recently, if my girlfriend entered the stores we went to first including restaurants - They would speak to her in French automatically no questions asked. If I walked in first, it would be automatic English greetings/responses. Would have to say this assertion is true.
@@basementintruder It must be the attitude or vibe given off. My newfie girlfriend said i give off a very English / very Ontario vibe. Maybe that is it??
just to be clear, the French didn't subjugate and conquer the Natives, they were mostly trading with them, sure they fought against some and help a couple of first nations in their wars against others, but it's under the British rule that the extermination of the Natives really started
As an Irish person who has never been to Canada, I just have to say the ignorance, idiocy and privilege of this guy is astonishing to me. I find it hard to believe he's not trolling.
Lol Just for laughs gags also airs on television here in the UAE 🇦🇪. And I can tell you its something that you would just fall asleep to while slightly giggling. Its wierd
WOOO finally my home province gets a shoutout. You gotta come to Quebec City though. That’s the true heart of Quebec ⚜️⚜️ it is weird seeing some place I recognize though.
@@sohopedeco If you think Montreal's nightlife was duller than Quebec City, then you missed a whole lot of stuff in Montreal, there's bars and clubs in nearly every neighborhood and you can literally go down St Denis from Sherbrooke Street taking one drink per bar and end up pissed drunk by the time you get to St Catherine while seeing everything from karaoke to live bands to jive dance lessons to board games to belly dancing. And that's just one street.
@@OsKarMike1306 IKR? Im from neither Quebe city or Montreal but I lived 2 years in both places. Theres not even a question that Montreal's got more of... everything.
Fun fact: The anthem proposed there in the Quebec Passport is called Gens du Pays. We thought it was such a beautiful song that we repurposed it to sing Happy Birthday, The song pretty much says that it's our turn to be talked about love so we change Gens du Pays by the name of the person we sing Happy Birthday to. The song written by Gilles Vigneault for a St-Jean Celebration (National Holiday more important than Canada day here) during the time of the first referendum.
Nutsilica: Renaissance moving comix it’s only politicians. Most ppl don’t give a damn. Of course there are a few who care. But there’s not many of them
@@henryderymacneil1707 I've talked to many. It's not hatred. They have a perpetual victim cycle going though. Example: They believe equalization payments are money that Canada took away from Quebec and they have to pay it back. Always Canada owes them. Canada actually foots over 16^ of their yearly budget from cash giveaways tax payers give to Quebec for being the squeaky wheel. You say they don't care but if you are drinking beer with them and start talking sovereignty you will hear what they think. I think they should get heir own land. Canada should've let them split. It isn't hatred. It's resentment. They are friendly but come every single voting time, the language issue takes precedence over the economy or any other issues. Last election was a little different. I think actual practical concerns were on the table because the P.Q. fell apart. We shouldn't have to pay for Quebec's social programs. They mismanage everything. They also duplicate everything! They have more bureaucrats than the state of California, (whichis in the top twenty economies of the world). It's also weirdly turning into a place over run with cops. The French cops hate Anglos. Black cops were nice. If you talk to government services and talk in English, they will hang up on you, until you answer back in French or get other phone clerks. See? not hatred but a resentment.
@@henryderymacneil1707 Even my kids. Their whole class every year was bullied by the French kids, who would admit honestly they were doing it because they were anglos. They would wreck all the english kids stuff, like snow forts and stuff snow in their jackets. Once the choir class split up because the French kids had a cake. The English ids were put in this room during the 'celebration only for the french kids.' This was my son's class. Je me souviens... What do you think they are remembering?
THE VIDEO WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!
Indeed
Blink sos if you are in danger eh
Who knew that construction in Montreal is far worst than the construction in Vancouver.
3:36 It says greater than 25% instead of < 25%.
William Travelstead no it says the unseen number is bigger than 25%
"I was merely denounced unanimously by the parliament of quebec"
wow how underwhelming
😅😅😅😅😅😅
Basically the 21st century equivalent of when Franz Ferdinand visited Bosnia
J Masters probably the best comment I’ve ever seen on RUclips
Rhys Carter thanks
I don't think you understand how much I'm going to use this
Lmaoo
Lmfao, this is accurate
I think Québec is more French than France as a response to the rest of Canada.
Et les Québécois sont les plus bilingues du pays, paradoxalement.
les québécois adorent leur langue le plus que les français. Je souhaite vraiment à visiter cette province!
Absolutely not !
France is more
@@marlene97280 Bien sûr que la France est plus française que le Québec, étant le berceau de cette langue romane, qui a franchi plusieurs étapes au cours des siècles, pour en arriver au français que l'on parle aujourd'hui. Toutefois, n'étant pas menacés comme les Québécois le sont et tous les francophones hors Québec au Canada, les Français ne font pas attention à leur langue, paradoxalement faisant grand usage de termes, d'expressions anglais pour faire chic ou cool, partout, même dans les médias écrits, électroniques ou télévisuels. Il faut entendre les jeunes Français s'exprimer, pour constater à quel point leur langue s'abartardit. Dommage !
@@marlene97280 Oui, avec leurs Drug Store, leurs The Post , Parking...
I've lived in Montreal most of my life. Can't wait to see it when it's finished construction.
Construction never finishes in Montreal lol.
Thank Alberta and Saskatchewan for all that oil money
@@help4skin Thanks, now give us some more, as you should. Loyal servants :)
@@CaptainFordo21 dont worry little mendigot your welfare check is on the way
@@help4skin For fiscal year 2022-2023, all Canadian provinces and territories will benefit from equalization, including Alberta and Saskatchewan, the first will receive $7.1 billion in equalization, the second $1.9 billion. The province that will benefit the most from equalization, according to the Canadian federal finance ministry headed by Chrystia Freeland, is Prince Edward Island, where each of the 160,232 inhabitants will be allocated $4,620, compared to $3,170/inhabitant of Quebec. Equalization, exclusively governed by the federal government, ensures each Canadian a comparable standard of living and is based on the ability of each province and territory to collect taxes, which are then distributed by the federal government. The equalization envelope for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, according to the Canadian Department of Finance, is $87.7 billion. Quebec and Ontario, the most populous provinces, will receive $27.4 billion and $23.7 billion respectively for this fiscal year. As for British Columbia, $8.4 billion will be earmarked for it. Are considered in the calculation of the fiscal capacity of each province and territory the taxes of individuals, those of corporations and businesses, property taxes, 50% of income from natural resources and consumption taxes, such as GST and provincial taxes. for consumption, if applicable.
According to the same source, each Quebecer (8.641 million inhabitants) contributes $6,000 to the equalization scheme and $12,000 for each Albertan (4.459 million inhabitants) some $12,000, due to oil spillovers. Therefore, Quebec's share for this fiscal year is $51.846 billion, while Alberta's is $53.508 billion. Therefore, according to these figures provided by the same source, Alberta would contribute $1.652 billion in equalization paid to Quebec. Finally, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, receive billions of dollars in subsidies, when the price of oil collapses, subsidies paid by all Canadians, such as the purchase at the cost of 5 billion dollars for the purchase of the Trans-Mountain pipeline in the previous mandate of the Trudeau government to Alberta.
So, with regard to Alberta's contribution to the equalization plan vis-à-vis Quebec, it is only 1.90%, nothing to claim that this province maintains the high standard of living of Quebecers, the most taxed in North America perhaps, but whose social safety net is largely dependent on their taxes and consumption taxes.
"I'm not banned, I was merely denounced by a unanimous vote in the parliament" LOL!!!
Patrik Järvelöv honestly something id put on my list of achievements if it happened to me
Keyword: merely
DOn't worry, Trump was denounced by US house of representatives. He still doesn't give a fuck. JJ should do something to get the Canadian house of commons for the lols.
@@johndaly2816 trump wasnt denouce by the house
it was his article that was denounced not him.
This guy clearly has a secret crush on Quebec.
Maybe he has a complex about not being able to speak French :-)
J.J. is tsundere for Quebec.
He got screwed (whatever style) by a Quebecer that is a fact
Is like when the annoying boy un school is in love with the pretty girl but knows he's not gonna get her and starts disturbing her all the time lol. No hard feelings though J.J., just joking
Who doesn't?
I'm Canadian and can't tell if he's saying "a boot" ironically or not
It's super common in the Maritimes. I'm a USA southerner and spend a lot of time in Canada, so I can really hear it. For such a small population of English speakers (Canada), the English accents are REALLY diverse from one coast to the other. It's wild. Maritime English is my favorite.
@@jesseoglidden learn your geography he is not a maratimer he is from vancouver
@@andrelandry548 So, re-read my comment. What's weird, is that JJ doesn't really sound like most native-English speakers in Vancouver I've heard. He's just a weird guy, but hey, it's the internet!
Jesse Glidden his mom is actually from the maritimes . Maybe explains the accent.
I do believe the accent is a put on, gets viewers commentimg👍. Say a word wrong or differently and you stand out from the crowd. Sure there are different accents across the country just like in the states. I found the accent in the Tennessee hilols and a part of Alabama very difficult to comprehend. Just like some Canadian east coasters, distinct accent and depending on where the person is from it can also be difficult to understand. Have you ever asked an American what that thing is on top of a house is called? And the answer you get is...”it’s a ruff” (sounds like a dogs bark,) whereas a Canadian would call it a “roof” (pronounces life poof.)
Just for the record. Most Quebeckers have no idea who this guy is.
@@francoischaput5117 LOL
Good thing, because he's annoying as fuck, not funny, and Montreal sucks.
@@hugolafhugolaf "Insert Last Jedi Luke Skywalker quote"
hugolafhugolaf I mean I like it here
Actually, most Quebecers don't know much about anything except "You Must speek FRENCH". Their constant whining about language rights has turned the province in a French-language ghetto.
NOT ENOUGH NEGATIVITY! As a Quebecer, this video felt really weird. Were you taken hostage? Plz blink twice if so. I worry about you
Haha, trop drôle !!
C'est trop triste
Criss d'épais ... VIVE chez nous !!
@@amybugg001
C'est vrai que l'auteur du vidéo est un épais. Cependant, il représente passablement bien le Canada anglais malheureusement.
J'espère seulement que ces épais se fassent entendre lors de notre prochain referendum - afin de faire bien comprendre aux québécois que ce sont ces mêmes canadiens qui gèrent nos impôts à Ottawa.
On a vraiment pas d'amis à Ottawa; il faut gagner notre prochain référendum au plus sacrant...
By Albertans. Hail oil huehuehue
Local Canadian illegally enters Quebec and almost dies [NOT CLICKBAIT] [GONE WRONG]
[GONE SEXUAL] [GENDARMERIE CALLED] [IN THE HOOD] [V-BUCKS GIVEAWAY]
[TABARNAKS SAID]
[ALMOST SHOT]
Local Canadian? Do you know the first people to be called canadian were the french speaking only
C'est donc bin interessant ! On s'en caliss qu'on soit premier,on est surment plus les derniers dans toute. Surtout toé
8:04 Even in France the stop-signs say stop, but not in Quebec.
So, does Quebec want to be more French than France? Maybe.
*JaspboyNL,*
*Here below is the link to get a very elaborate answer to your question:*
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_sign*
*Then, scroll down the page consulted.*
In France, they don't feel that their language is threaten by being surrounded by english people. So it's cool to have english in their culture. In Quebec, it fells like we are being assimilated.
Bootleg France.
There's a lot of words like this one. English words that France incorporate in their language that Québec chose to translate instead.
France says e-mail while we invented the term "courriel".
Or the one that I absolutely hate, a movie "spoiler" is in Québec "divulgacher" from "divulguer" (tell) and "gâcher" (ironically "spoil"). A word that I'll never use.
@@newgap1980 as you should
Eh! I am that waiter! LoL
I serve JJ Poutine!!
Hello from Montreal
Vincent R.C you were great! And so is your restaurant!
you didnt do what was expected...!!!...never left the enemy on the loose...!!!!...(clarification)..because we all know...that west...ant est of canada..can't understand one another...so dont panic...i was genuinely joking..
@jvalex18 i try something...you what?..other then looking for spiting on others?...get a life
Speaks english in montreal
Loud church bells: REEEEEEEEE
Wolfgang loolll even the bell hates english in Quebec
@@blackvaiii3011 actually Montreal is bilingual. We spoke both languages.
@@zeusvalentine Montréal is French with an English minority .
Dubon Gros francophones are like 49%, montreal is linguistically diverse
Phoenix 12345 i should know, i live there
*jj mccullough video has "quebec" in the title*
*video has a good like-to-dislike ratio*
_this is beyond science_
“Catholic Church had a huge part to play in keeping it French” as Church bells go off from St Patrick’s Basilica (First English Catholic Church in Quebec)
@Nashtark 111 Comments on the venue, gets incoherent ramble 2 months after posting.
Yes the government supported a population boom in the early 50s due to the massive loss of young men after the 2nd world war (besides not having fully recovered from the 1st) and the Korean War, not to mention the high infant mortality rate of the period.
The 12 to 18 number is beyond exaggerated (literally impossible considering the program was in place for 4 years with government bonuses for each child) as per the rapes it happened and is sad. It also happened elsewhere, no one condones that.
The Church is also the largest charity organization in the world keeping countless people fed (in Canada) and millions elsewhere. Go bring your hate elsewhere this is literally the opposite venue for that rant.
@Nashtark 111 For sure, once again child mortality rates what they were (60-70% in that period) that was rather common globally, not just in Quebec. The Church push for babies however was sponsored in the 1950s due to the loss of most of a generation of men that were needed on the farms and factories.
My mum née Jodoin also came from a series of large families
Gee, maybe north Americans should have let Europeans fight their own wars. This yank condemns America's vainglorious and opportunistic participation in both, which -- like most of what America does -- was catastrophic for most of the countries involved.
"I am not banned in Quebec, i am simply denounced by their parliament."
Do you know where can I read about this?
Montreal is too safe, you should go to Quebec city and visit the parliament.
Quebec city has less fireworks
@@texasabbott . Because their no many rude people who prefer to live in english in a french speaking society in Quebec city like in Montreal
The crime rate of Quebec City is practically nonexistent compared to Montreal. I don't know about the Parliament though, I've heard there's a lot of backstabbing, corruption, embezzlement, etc...
Sammexp 😂😂😂
i used to work in the old port at a bike shop and from my experience of old quebec as a 2nd gen french Ontarian. i can say that Quebec city is not safe for a person who can't pull of a convincing french France or french quebec accent. they are very Anglophobe their
“By being super Catholic and having lots of babies” really got to me observing all the great aunts and great uncles are.
Yup, folks were super-fecund back then. And they didn't even have the federal and provincial monthly child benefits for support. Today, if you see a family of six or more in Quebec, it's usually immigrants.
Hé, c'est chez-nous, là!
In Montréal, we have a saying: "there are two seasons in Montréal -- Winter, and Construction."
This is a saying in urbanized areas of at least North America that have substantial Winters.
John Macomber That’s a saying in Edmonton too!
John Macomber same as Chicago
@@NavyVet9702 Pretty much.
Similar to the twin cities, Winter and Road Repairing Season.
As a Montrealer who found some of your previous videos hilarious for the wrong reasons, this was surprisingly fair and well done. Good job!
quebec belongs to india and only india itself. Jai Hind
Really…I doubt it
Bonjour, Quelle heure est-il?
@@AfricanLionBat well you cant just say what time it is without giving a basis on what time you operate under, but if it helps we work under est time
@@Cowatude I just googled french words and copy pasted whatever popped up first. Born an raised in Buffalo New York. I don't know any french at all lol.
“Bonjour hi” reminds me of the Lebanese greeting “Hi, kifak, ça va?”- basically “Hi, how are you, good?” in English, Arabic, and French respectively.
While Arabic is obviously the language most Lebanese people grow up speaking, and of course English is the global lingua franca of business and diplomacy, French still has a certain prestige in Lebanon and it’s not uncommon, especially in major cities like Beirut, to find people who are fluent in all three languages. So you get a lot of mixing and phrases like “Hi, kifak, ça va?”
That’s very cool! There are loads of Lebanese people in Brazil, by any chance some people speak Portuguese there?
English global language... More like mostly in East Asia, which is probably the most important place outside Europe and Americas in terms of economics. And English is dominant there. Like I'm Chinese, but if you only learned Korean or Japanese (likely through K-pop or Japanese anime, stuff like that), you still have to talk to me in English. In fact I don't even understand Cantonese Chinese. I only understand, read, speak and write Mandarin and Shanghainese Chinese (the latter isn't even written, technically). That doesn't seem like the case in Europe, probably thanks to the EU, which the UK is even trying to leave. When I was in Paris (Lover museum?) Seeing that I can't speak French a staff tried to ask me if I can speak Spanish instead. Looks like he's more comfortable speaking Spanish than English if you don't speak French. That's not that common in Asia.
@@davidfreeman3083 Northern Europe other than France tends to be fluent in English.
@@qwertyTRiG France is not even 'Northern Europe', and from my experience in Germany, pretty good but still not that much. Not to mention nothing prevents them from being fluent in another non-native language other than English. Like, I see Scandinavians talking to each other in their own language (Swedish and Norwegian especially), or even German it seems, WITHOUT using English or any other language. My point is, English doesn't seem THAT established as THE SOLE 'common international language' yet around the world. East, South and SE Asia seems more like an exception to me... I even heard that under Scandinavian educational systems kids tend to command a lot of languages, especially compared to even the UK, not to mention like the US, etc.
I thought the same thing!
I spent half the video trying to figure out what "Fan tas ti que" meant before finally realizing I was reading "Fantastique."
@Ruben Benoliel you're slightly misinformed there, English is a Germanic language, not Latin. The reason so many words are similar is due the the Norman conquest of Britain and the official language on the island was French for hundreds of years.
There is even a theory that English is a creol of various North and West Germanic languages with tons of vocabulary from French, Greek and many other European languages. Some evidence for this is the simpler grammar structure in modern English compared to old English which had 3 genders in the language compared to none now.
Fun fact: the word "Mankind" originally meant the whole species with no thought given to male or female since it went like this
Female: wif (still around as "wife" In modern english)
Male: Wer (still around as "werewolf" ect..)
The species: Man (also still used in many Germanic languages with slight variations)
@Ruben Benoliel Your smart
We visited Montreal in 1969 in July and actually saw the moon landing at that time. Visited Expo, which was still open and just had a great time. What a wonderful place for a south Texan. I was especially impressed by the quiet subway system(rubber wheels) .
i live in Qubec. and most of my neigbors want india to come and get Qubec back. we Qubec people are begging for India to save us. Jai Hind
Summer of '69!
@@onlinemathquiz3621 the Fuck? Are you trying to troll, cuz if you are, then this is a really bad attempt at it
@@onlinemathquiz3621 Huh? India? Get Quebec back? They have no historic association with Quebec other than the Sikh and Punjabi immigrants.
Interesting you say that, my German grandfather moved to Quebec for the Expo of 69 and has married a French Quebecer and has stayed here ever since! They even opened up a bakery on the north-side of the city, closing about 10-15 years ago. We used to travel every summer across the country in a truck + trailer. Those were the best times of my life!
JJ McCullough: Visit's Quebec
Quebeckers: This is an avengers level threat.
We mostly have no clue who that guy is.
@@pbfeuille I aggree. I am a french quebecker and I had no clue who this guy was. And I have no idea what happen before. But I think this video was fun and I like that he spoke about the history of the city, the constructions, etc... I really enjoy this video :) To J.J. : Thanks for making it :)
Summon the Canadian Avengers! Wolverine! ... Uh, and Captain Canada... or whoever...
dear english canadian you have to understand that we barely never give a shit of what happens in the ROC
Nah, as a Quebecker I can say we typically feel more threatened by:
1) Unequal French-English distribution of power.
2) Slow erosion of the French language.
3) Environmental concerns that we typically have in much higher priorities than other countries.
Up until 4years ago, the constant fear of Separatism was also a big one at every provincial election.
That leaves us with very little time to care about a small RUclipsr that barely any Quebecker knows.
The most canadian sounding “about” pronunciation i have ever heard lol
Right? Never understood, where that came from. I now know who to blame. This guy!
He does it on purpose
K yeah I'm very canadian but even I don't say it that strong lol
I thought it was a joke at first jaja
Yeah I thought it was a joke too. I'm from Canada too and I never say about like that. Where is this dude from?
I absolutely love Quebec, and especially Quebec City, just down the road a bit. But when I get to Montreal, it's open season on the locals with my college French, all 125 words and 42 basic phrases. They smile and eat it up! The women are gorgeous everywhere, and people smoke like it's the 90's. What a throwback. Les bon temps roulet!
When I was in 8th grade our class took a grad trip to Montreal. Before we left one girl asked the teacher if she needed to exchange her Canadian Dollars for Quebec Dollars.
Well did she?
If only… :(
@@leocadieux6781 LOL bonne chance
Well, this may not sound as silly in a few years
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Some parts of Montreal are known to be more English speaking. Even though my first language is French, when I go to those parts of town, I usually automatically switch to English, even though I'm not as fluent, because people expect you to speak English there, or they talk to you in English automatically. I actually like that Montreal is bilingual, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Good to see a positive comment on that -- guess JJ was pretty negative about it. I like if too.
I am French from Normandie, Montreal is the 2nd largest French speaking after Paris, in the world, you are wrong.
I can't afford to live in any of those areas.💯😬
@@mohammadjacques2000 Yes but do you live in Montreal to tell him he’s wrong?
@@mohammadjacques2000 It os actually the 3rd. Paris is the 2nd. The biggest francophone city is Kinshasa
Montreal is probably the only place in the world where you can have a full conversation with someone, not speaking the same language. I Have friends who I spoke with in French, they understand.. they answer me in english and i fully understand.. but most of the time we mix the two languages (Franglais)
Yeah, that's a big Montreal thing, especially with the younger generation. I regularly go back and forth in the same sentence.
Spanglish is also a thing.
As a Gatinois, I disagree.
Gatineau is a stone's throw away from unilingual Ontario/Ottawa so believe me the anglo-franco tension and bilingualism here is VERY present.
Franglais is spoken on most Quebec cities and towns.
@@thauria Well, mixed english words, yeah, but not the level of franglais that you find in montreal. Not that hardcore in places like Saguenay or Sherbrooke.
I am spanish and I've traveled a lot and worked in different countries. I speak my mother tongue Spanish, almost native level of English and French and basic German. And what i found is that some English people don't want to or they are not interested at all to learn about a different culture or language because everyone right now is supposed to speak English. Where I live in the East of Spain in the Valencian Community. In the southern part of the Valencian Community which is it called Alicante there is a little British and Irish colony. And they only speak English between each other eat English breakfast and lunches and they don't speak any single word of Spanish at all!
What you describe, anger me when it happen, my parents and i lived in Dominican Republic for months and learn Spanish but there was other people who lived there for decades and can barely say anything at all. Why live there at all if you are unwilling to learn the language of the country.
Jose Fernanado some people don't pick up other languages easily. Like some don't understand math. I am one my father spoke 4 languages but me only 1 English. It isn't always racism or contempt that prevents us from speaking your language.
@@markm.3297 While I understand your point, I would like to interject that there's really no basis for saying that some people have problems learning languages while others have it 'easy'. Unless you're talking about people who never managed to pick up their first language (because of brain problems, deafness, etc.), everybody comes equipped with the ability to learn languages, and the rest just comes down to the level of exposure, interest and effort. When people repeatedly fail to learn a target language, you can generally identify the lack of one of these three factors.
ca me rappel les asiatique du quartier chinois a montreal
The more languages one learns the better .
He went to Québec to learn the truth- that the history of Canada as a country started there. And the French Canadians form a distinct culture that deserves being supported and nurtured :)
Vous avez raison et merci de leur faire penser...lol
@@HemiJB91 Finally, someone speaks the truth!
@@HemiJB91 stop taking subvention for your damn dirty sand oil !
@@HemiJB91 lol your shitty cities were built with our money, and the only thing you can actually produce is dirty sand oil. hold this L
He went to Montreal to make a Click-bait video. Follow the money.
I've had poutine before. It was delicious but I thought I was going to have a heart attack right after. Interestingly enough I didn't eat in Quebec I had it in Vermont. There's notable Quebecois minority in Burlington VT so a lot of their culture became part of VT culture as well.
Remember that the Vermont capital is called Montpellier and it used to be part of Canada at the time of New France when the border with the Dutch Colony was much lower. South of Champlain Lake you can see Ausable chasm (meaning "to the sand" chasm). The Montreal sphere of influence goes as far South as Albany.
@@lucrolland7489 there's a small minority of acadian French speakers in Vermont and New Hampshire as well as maine. Vermont was its own republic for a little while to, The green mountain republic.
@@jacobjones4766 Not surprising that French Canadians continued to live in those states but I really enjoy to learn that there was The green mountain republic and I will need to read more about it. Very interesting indeed.
@@lucrolland7489 there two more dialects of French spoken in Louisiana, Louisiana French and Cajun French creole, both of which are also still spoken in everyday use.
3rd most spoken language in vt
I could imagine JJ saying something like "Quebec is a wonderful place, it's just a pity that it's full of Quebecois" the same way British people say "I love France but it's full of French people."
I don't think I've ever heard JJ say anything against francophones in general. I've heard plenty of criticism from JJ on the political situation in Quebec.
Horatio Jones EXACTLY, an inconvenient truth! Doesn’t fit the perpetual victimhood status narrative.
No it's just a pity that Quebec is part of Canada. Quebec should be a sovereign nation with close ties to the rest of Canada, like how France is not part of Germany but is part of the single EU market along with Germany and citizens of one country can freely move to the other country.
Reste chez-toi et on n'en mourra pas...ahahaha...
@@taichiwinchester1102 That what Québec want. And Brian Mullroney have trying to do so with the Lake Meech Deal, but Manitoba had voted against that and newfee too, and after that the BLOC québécois was born and the separatist movement begin.
After sneaking into quebec, JJ is attacked by a gang of roaming French-Canadians who break his kneecaps with baguettes
Turtle Game Guy! They’ll also probably pour steaming poutine onto his face
Day old baguettes will fuck you up!
RedFireRex RFR thats the way I wanna go.
We do not even eat baguettes in Québec, MORON!
P.A. Beaulieu Fine, they beat him up with their bagel brass knuckles then.
I lived in Vancouver for 8 years which allowed me to shift from a French Canadian perspective to an external perspective and I became slowly more than I was. I understand both side of the coin .. or should I say all the sides of the coin about people and countries history and yet, like you said, in the end we all are more then just politics. I congratulate you for being capable of respect and interest and open mind and show this publicly in this video. It takes a lot of self knowledge to be able to stand for a point of view on one thing and yet remain open for the rest when it comes to people and situation. When I moved to the west I thought people would hate me because I was québécoise. That’s what I learned to believe. But I was surprised to see how people admire our culture and our authenticity and freedom. I think we all have to gain from creating ourselves through the synergetic encounters of our individuality - from all around the world. In the end, langage and borders are only things we decided to create over the years to communicate and survive but we are all the same and I think that it’s natural to wish to evolve pass the definitions that were put on ourselves. It is a hard journey to integrate how many truths in the world there is and how many various ways of living there is but.. true freedom lies there ✌🏼
Good for you, if you were accepted and honored in British Columbia. Know that my brother who lived in Victoria, a fisherman by profession, was cowardly beaten to death by two young people aged 18 and 20, because he was a francophone from Quebec. The beatings inflicted on him are indescribably horrific. For this, I will never set foot in this xenophobic province that is British Columbia and elsewhere in English Canada, fond of Quebec bashing.
@@m.boivin8671 :/ ils lui ont specifiquement dit que setait parce qu'il est Franco?
@@MajorieRoyal Possible qu'ils ont été arrêté et interrogé par la police.
@@gabrielgendron4745 qui ca ?
@@MajorieRoyal Ceux mentionnés par le message de Capricorne.
You obviously forgot to speak about what really makes French Canadiens proud: their music, singers, cinema, architecture, suburban towns which are all historical, historical villages with Saint names, festivals, rock music in French, great cinema, green electrical energy with hydro-power, their health care, good food (yes good food,the best on the continent, not just poutine), great beer, hockey as a religion, etc.
Health Care is Canadian not Quebec and most francophone denounce religion except for hockey , but hockey also a Canadian sport not just a Quebec sport. Singers besides Celine Dion and Mitsou ( Bye Bye mon Cowboy), as well as a Handful of others , but it's not what Quebec are known for.
@@emery1691 t’es trop drôle dans ton ignorance de la culture, ce qui démontre que tu n’en a aucune, mais t’es pas obligé de mourir inculte.😂😂😂😂😁😘
@@emery1691 Health care is Province specific and we are attached to our vision of health care and even if Canada has health care in a Universal, so has almost every country in Europe. Quebec is not known for what makes us live. This means the Canadian media are not connected to what makes French Canadians and Quebec live. This is not helping to keep us united.
@@emery1691 Quebecois denounce religion like the French in France, because of their Roman Catholic past which has been quite complex but has produced our nature which is different, another we share in common with the French. Health Care is Canadian but also Quebecois and each Province has its own way and I have witnesses many times that the one in Quebec may not be the best but defends itself very well and is often very good. Hockey is indeed Canadian but it is also Quebecois like some things are Scandinavian and shared among several nations. So now my question, what is Quebec known for or famous about? I do not like others telling me what is ours or not ours. You should listen to us instead if telling is what we should say. It happened to me too many times when I was working in Toronto. I was not allowing myself to tell others what is best for them, this is not correct. Instead on focusing on criticism of the difference of others, we should focus on what unites usand do not deny us what we think is part of ourselves. The British did that too much to the Irish and we know what is the outcome.
@@robin-bq1lz Quelle est votre Culture, dites-moi SVP. Votre langue ? J'ai beaucoup plus de culture en tant qu'Europeen que vous n'en aurez jamais. Je peux parler trios langues, contrairement a vous qui ne pouvez parler que le francais. Parler le francais ne signifie pas que voue etes eduque. En pensant meme de cette facon, cela me montre voyre niveau d'education. Sorry , but my computer is English. I can speak it better then I can write it, but at least I try , Ro bin.
Monsieur McCullough, you can't win. Give it up! Québec is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Vive le Québec libre!
Yeah, because they're run by the mob, lol.
That said, NB is run by the Irvings.
Tabarnak, such a small population of francophones compared to anglophones in Canada, yet over represented.
We are the same with certain difference, cependant, nos différences de culture Anglo/Franco font de nous une culture unique en Amérique du Nord (incluant les différentes communautés francophones a travers le Canada), culture qui, comme tout autre, mérite d'être préservé. Vive le Québec dans un Canada unis, ensembles on est plus fort !!!!
toi, General de Gaulle
@@plecavalier836 Québec libre tg
I love Montreal; probably one of my most favorite big cities. I love how Montreal can at one time be very classy and old school with amazing restaurants, churches and museums (Cirque du Soleil, La Queue De Cheval, the Bio Dome and China town bring back great memories for me) at the same time as having world class restaurants and amenities they have "massage parlors" and Club Supersex right on the main boulevard. Personally I love it. It's a great melting pot.
Super sexe burned down :(
My parents and I have lived in Calgary since 2003. We went to Ontario and Quebec in 2010, including Montreal. I like it more than any other city we have been to in Canada, except for Quebec City and Ottawa.
Thank you for not demonizing us. It's refreshing to see an anglo-Canadian not just shit on us
Quebec isn't demonized in Ontario (by people over the age of 21), we've gotten used to your language laws at this point and respect them.
@@JollyOldCanuck Thank you!!
My wife and I visited Montreal a few years ago. We are Americans who cannot speak French at all. None of the service industry people we met could figure that out just by looking at us. They only switched from French to English after we stared at them awkwardly for a few minutes.
You must look really cool
Why you going to montreal without knowing french enough to communicate at least a little bit
@@silver-willow8000 Because we did speak at least one of the two official languages of Canada. Also, it is really difficult to pick a new language as an adult. We do know a couple of French phrases, but knowing how to say "hello" only gets you so far. But hey, if your local economy doesn't want our tourist dollars then we could always spend them somewhere else
Im gonna speak on behalf on most quebecer... u dont need to know french. We all speak english, but if u dont even try to say bonjour or est-ce que vous parler anglais? Or whatever french word u can come up with, we aint switching. Be respectful and you'll see that quebecers will be more then happy to help you out. That need for recognition of our lauguage comes from the fact that our ancestor fought english ppl to preserve their language btw.
@@antoinebguitar2869I find it interesting how y’all view it as a courtesy thing. Here in America if I were go to a Mexican food truck, for example, and ask habla inglés, I wouldn’t be surprised if the worker was offended for my assumption that he may not speak English. In fact he’d probably also be annoyed if I were to place my order in Spanish. The culture is really more “let’s get this over with” than “let’s respect each other’s languages”.
The "s" in Levesque is silent.
Hey guys, remember the very name "Canada" comes from what is now Quebec: Jacques Cartier named the place Canada in August 1535, from what he learned from his indian guides. The French settlers living along the St.Lawrence started to call themselves as "canadiens" as far as 1670. Quebec's first political party was le Parti canadien in 1800. And...the original O Canada (1880) had only French wording.
Very true.... Quebec has been great for me and my family..... I live free and safe....
I never realized that Jacques Cartier named Canada. I just know that the small town that I live in named many places after him and his family. I believe the French explorer, Jacques Marquette, is buried near my town, therefore many places are also named after him.
@@superstarquins Canada comes from a Native word, Kanata, which means 'village'. Its because a Native was inviting Cartier to his village
Tony I always found that interesting.
Canada would not be Canada without Quebec
The most anticipated crossover in 2019.
As an American I am fascinated with Quebec.
When covid is over come on up, it isnt expensive
I love Americans!
For which reason(s)?
You're welcome anytime 😄
The French didnt exterminate the natives, they married the women in exchange for goods and even fight the square heads together. And 5:55, you forgot to say that Québec never signed the Constitution...
The French and British killed the Natives in Canada. Do not go on lying about how the French were allies. 35 clueless morons liked that comment lol.
Weeeeee you’re ignoring most of what actually happened here
@ZoonEconomicus Who's obfuscating I wonder.
@ZoonEconomicus
1: A didn't do X to B in any comparable way to how C did X to B, so equating the treatment of B from A to the treatment of B from C is dishonest.
2: Stop your whataboutism, A did X to B.
Perhaps I've been following the thread badly but this is what I got from it.
(EDIT: I changed treatment of C from B to B from C but I think everyone understood what was meant).
@ZoonEconomicus Sounds to me like this is just one big misunderstanding then. Also, I wouldn't use the word "exterminate". If the french did exterminate the natives, there wouldn't be any left. Also it's better not to conflate Canadian French to the French
When JJ visits Quebec:
*Wait. That’s illegal.*
As an quebecois who lived in ontario for 15 years, I have seen much more hate from english ontarians towards quebec than the opposite. And yes i lived in quebec for the same amount of time. But hey thats just my experience, so take it with a grain of salt.
yeah i can see that being true there is anger and resentment, I grew in BC and I kinda hated Quebec growing up for no reason its just what you heard and I was kid during the 1995 referendum. its all about feeling like quebec gets treated different and exceptions are made and money goes there at the expense of the rest of Canada particularly the west.
Most french ontarians dont like the arrogant french separatists from quebec!
I’m a American of mixed European decent mostly Italian German and Irish. I was in Montreal the past week. And 99.9% of the time I was greated in French. So that notation of being able to tell the difference between a French speaker and English speaker gave me a good chuckle. At the boarder I was greeted with a bounjorhi.
I'm a perfectly bilingual Canadian born in Quebec and i love my entire country.
That's avoiding any self-positioning. That's nice.
@@holger_p K
I bet you don't love Alberta or Saskatchewan.
@@MrJasoncklein ''entire country'' means all provinces......
@@ThePhLevels Really? You love that we speak English only? We want to end official government required bilingualism? We want to expand oil exploration and build a pipeline through Quebec? We want to renegotiate equalization and parliament so that Quebec gets less money and we get more senators and MPs? We want fairer and more relaxed gun rules? We want and end to the Quebec dairy and poultry quota system?
I have trouble believing you love us. Culturally, we are in many ways, at odd with Quebec's current comfy setup.
I'm always anticipating to be cringing at descriptions of political and historicals events of Quebec from a non-Quebecois resident - especially when it comes to language - but you did a really really good job! Thank you for that! Cheers from Quebec!
I live in Aruba, one of the Dutch Caribbean Islands Here we Speak Papiamento, English, Dutch and Spanish
Papiamento is native Language imagine the middle ground between Portuguese and Spanish
Dutch is the "Official" language, any legal biding document has to be written in Dutch and The school text books are in Dutch
English is the language of commerce due to Tourism being the main Industry and also almost 100 years ago an oil refinery was built and was managed by Americans and English. The refinery management actually invested a lot in public infrastructure and brought workers from the English speaking islands
Due to its proximity to Venezuela Spanish was once the Language of commerce and a lot of arubians grew up watching venezuelan Television and now there is a lot of Latin immigrants on the island (my mum)
Hello from Martinique French Antilles
Hey from Dominica the French Antillean made English
How can a NATIVE language in a Caribbean island be a mix of 2 European languages? 🤔
I'm American and have never spoken, stepped foot in, or lived in Québec. Nor do I know more than 3 sentences in French. But, if I am being extremly honest, I feel incredibly supportive and nationalist for a place I've never been. I don't want to see it become just another typical english-speaking north american province like Louisianna, where there are only traces of their history and language left in a few monuments or gravestones. If I ever get the chance to move there when I'm older, I have too. Vive le Québec Libre.
Je suis d’accord 🇫🇷❤
Romanticism, but as you said, not a place you've ever been to, much less lived in. The reality on the ground, trying to live there will change your mind in an instant. Quebec is the only place that a white person will experience racism and discrimination from another white person.
I’m from Montreal (French), I studied the history of Quebec for 10 year because of school and some informations are not exactly on point but in general good video
Vic_paquet Je pense que comparé à ses autres vidéos, il nous a fait justice quand même. Et à par le bout où il parle de la constitution canadienne, c’est pas mal expliqué pantoute
@@zerohero5753 wow. you're quite the bellend.
@@zerohero5753 laughed a lot at this, hahahahahaha what a reply
Sorry for necro but what are some corrections you might make to the information he presented?
@@wombatpandaa9774 The french did settle in New France but they did not subjugate any tribe because they knew they needed them in order to survive in North America. They did try to convert them to catholicism through marriage and assimilation, but it was a peaceful relationship. One of our first settlers, Samuel de Champlain, who's responsible for the foundation of Québec City in 1608, said that he dreamed of a day where indigenous people and French settlers becoming one big nation of mixed people with a common culture.
I'm a dual UK/Canadian National living in Vancouver. I love Montreal! When it comes to arts & culture Montreal is the best.
Lol I'm Dual British Canadian Too in Toronto! Nice!
I loved Montreal. I went there summer last year and it was a blast.
What culture , besides some old buildings. No different culture then the rest of the country except the speak another language.
I'm a french/english/canadian living in Winnipeg
JJ I think it's awesome that you appreciate the complexities of Quebec instead looking at things in black and white. A lot of people in your situation would just declare that they hate Quebec and refuse to ever go there. Thank you for being mature about it and showing that we can all (mostly) get along despite our political and cultural differences.
I want to understand tow things
1- why Canadians (French and English) did not join the American Revolution
2- Why France did not claim French Canada after capturing the English army in Yorktown in 1781
Yes! It could be a good video idea
The British allowed Quebeckers to maintain their Catholic religion, Quebeckers did not trust the protestant dominated US to do the same. Also, the French were in no position to retake Quebec, every advance into upper and lower Canada failed miserably.
You say that the French had "conquered and subjugated" the Natives which isn't accurate. It is generally agreed by historians that the French had much better relationships with Natives than most other Europeans. Under Samuel de Champlain, the French had made peaceful alliances with nearly every tribe in New France and created peace between people who used to be fighting brutal wars against each other. Many French settlers married and had children with Natives. Champlain had only gone to war with the Iroquois due to their constant raiding on the French's Native allies and the Iroquois' unwillingness to make peace. He attacked them with the help of his Native allies which he was defending and succeeded in creating peace which lasted 30 years. The French never conquered Iroquois territory nor did they subjugate the Iroquois. Subjugation really began under the British with their treaties, Indian Act, reserves, residential schools, and other forms of assimilation.
Perhaps you should check out this book. Maybe you should make a video on Samuel de Champlain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain%27s_Dream
@@monolap222 That seems like quite an antagonizing leading question. What are you trying to achieve with this?
I was specifically talking about the French in New France and even more specifically under the leadership of Samuel de Champlain. Of course French history is full of atrocities and other despicable behaviours but French colonial endeavours in New France treated natives as allies to trade with rather than a people to be conquered, segregated to reservations, subjected to genocide, residential schools, slavery, etc as was the case with the British and Spanish.
Besides, the focus of this video is Quebec.
@@monolap222 The British took over in 1763 and a lot changed from that point forward...
It seems like you aren't interested in having a discussion or making any concessions to the very legitimate points I brought up. I get the impression that nothing anybody has to say will change your mind. Bonne journée Molly. :)
For those who are interested in learning more about French Canadian history and how different things were, I highly recommend Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer.
@@monolap222 Rofl youre trying to change history ? Just read the official history about french settlers in new france and the relations with amerindians wich was alot different than the relation that english settlers had with them. Nice try trying to make it seems worst than it is. And you are you speaking amerindians language ? LOL I would be open to learn it, but theres alot of dialects, and with politico-geographical-demographical point of view its just logic that today we dont speak it, like common. Theres millions and millions of french speaking and english..
The language-free nature of Just For Laughs Gags makes it very flexible; I remember flying on a Japanese airline from Tokyo to Seoul, and they had that show playing on the plane.
they sell it in more than 60 country
I once went to Quebec with family (American). My dad is very talkative, so he would always strike up conversations in English (he never got crap for it). Because of the construction he would often ask about the construction in the city and the large amounts of construction workers and orange all over the place. More than one person he asked would say that it was the fault of the Montreal Mafia, forcing unnecessary construction and shutting down businesses by creating construction sites that blocked foot/road traffic and clients form going to those businesses, forcing them to close permanently or temporarily and eating into their profits to bully them. I don't know if thats true tho.
So their parliament had a vote to denounce you? What a waste of time, like most of our parliaments debacles
For a second I thought that dude in the end was going to recognize you as cuss you out or something lol loved this one, man! In Detroit we also have a problem with roads and construction because of mafia...allegedly of course!
@Demetrios Levi I think a lot of people would say that the democrats are the reason. Whenever it comes to Michigan Demos somehow are the ones to blame. 🤣
This guy is gonna go home a look up his videos and in a few hours he’ll be wishing he punched him lol
@@aliensinnoh1 😂
@@aymarafan7669
You should go check out california buddy, (wait let me show my superiority by using a laughing emoji.) 😆
I went to Montreal in 2004 for 3 days. I would always greet people with bonjour, then they would realize I speak English and continue in English. The craziest thing I noticed was that every one I saw was so dressed up all the time. Fashion seemed like more of a mandatory part of life, as well as eating outside (it was july) all the sidewalks were filled with people eating and drinking coffee and wine.
Damn he's not spitting on us...I'm not used to that-
you quebecois are so sensitive to criticism.
Responding to a year old comment to say that?
@@birblord3409 Yeah... and?
@@cearig bruh you guys make fun of our accents all the time and we are not not supposed to react fuck outta here
@@collotdeschenes2332 what does that have to do with the comment?
Omg i watched just for laughs gags when i was little in Sweden and i never knew it was a typical thing in Quebec! Pretty cool they aired it here too.
It's not just airing there, They Created Just For Laugh
@@d0uel776 we created it?
@@99kr13 Just for Laugh was founded in Quebec in 1983
It was created in Québec (original title : Juste pour Rire)
JJ McCullough in Quebec sounds like a paradox, but here it is.
Went to a sugar bush in Quebec (Pères du Saint-Esprit -- I even remember the name) in grade 6. Changed my life. I now give my US kids feedings of maple syrup.
I used to live in Montréal, so it hold a very special place in my heart. I love the city, despite many things about the city that can be annoying.
Je suis Américan. Mais j’ai vécu plus de 8 ans de ma vie au Canada. C’est parce que je suis né à American with a Canadian father, donc ma famille est retournée au Canada pendant un certain temps. Pendant 2 ans au Canada, J’ai Vécu à Toronto, mais ma famille a déménage au Quebec pour que nous puissions apprendre plus de langues. Mais ma mère et Mon père ont obtenu un très bon travail, alors ils y sont restés un moment.I’m not Actually Full French
Did you have a baguette fight with someone?
I am pretty sure is called a "duel" up there and it ends in a french kiss.
My baguette is bigger than your baguette.
nop!? we fight with poutine and maple syrup (just to say Quebecers invented poutine and produce 3/4 maple syrup in Canada)
we don't eat baguette this prejudice is for the France just study your prejudice a little more
educate yourself a bit and you will see that most of the Canadian stereotypes come from Quebec 😂
OH MY GOD IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
I honestly died when I saw the MacPoulet! xD
This one is a bit weird. Many non-English speaking European countries keep the name McChicken but for example in Spain I saw it was McPollo there.
In Indonesia it is called McChicken instead of McAyam.
In france we used to get all the stuff translated for quebec.
Macdonalds never translated the menus but we got cartoons where the translation was clearly done with a french canadian lexicon.
I think WoW ended up translating location names because of them too in the french version. (Let's be honest, "Thunderbluffs" is much cooler and more practical than "les pitons du tonnerre")
@@themeltedchocolate
In Brazil Quarter-Pound was changed because of Imperial Units.
@@themeltedchocolate what? Why?
Rewatching this video after returning from Montreal, the construction was insane, we were lost in the Olympic building for over an hour and the lack of signs made finding things difficult, but it made it fun. My French is awful, but they seemed to appreciate my efforts in trying lol. The food was great and I love history and the architecture! I did unfortunately meet an overly proud Québécois that spoke to me first, then gave me a dirty look and refused to help me after finding out I was American. Kind of felt like I would’ve been better off saying I was Mexican, lol.
As an anglo (with some french) who recently moved to Montreal from Kelowna, I was SO excited to see what you would have to say. I never thought it would actually happen. You should've checked out some live music though. It's some of the best in Canada and almost never leaves the island due to having a sustainable arts economy in Montreal alone.
I’m American. My second time in Montreal when we walked into a store all I heard was Bonjour! It was very different from what I was used to and it was refreshing.
"you know, no place is entirely defined by politics"
Thank you ! As a Quebecer, I must say that I love Canada, i'm proud to be in this country, I'm proud that we have so many different cultures and that everybody can live as a big family. A lot of english speaking Canadian probably hates us because we want to be a country and all the laws we what to create. But, that is not ME, that is not MOST of Quebecers.. Most of us are just living normal lives like any canadians and are sick of this war between french and english Canada. Most of us speak everyday with english Canadian, most of us play online games with english Canadian an have english Canadian friends. It's almost 2020, I think we can just live together and. There will always be some "separatist" (like the ones that will downvote my comment) but, I don't care.. So, J.J, please stop saying bad things about us :D If you've had bad experience with us in the past, we're not all like this, most of us are good people :)
Thank you! This is good to hear.
I love Québec personally, my grandfather was from there. I HATE to see wars online between English and French Canadian people, and I wonder why we can’t just move on, grow up, live together as one country, as two peoples, in peace?
More Quebecers /Québécois need to be like you, respect their culture and language, but also respect their country .
Thank you! This has made my day.
@@RedFireRex Don't want to put fires here, you guys rock. my question is, why can't we just move on and... live appart? We can celebrate both our admiration for each other, but it does not need to be legally binding. I am a separatist, but I don't hate or even dislike Canadians, but I don't feel like one (and some of the comments on this makes it obvious why the issue persists to this day).
@jvalex18 I would re-evaluate the legitimate place of emotions inside a rational debate, logic is not the oil of emotion's water, they can mix. I can recommend books that explains it better than I do if you are interested (no sponsors, just knowledge)
@ViskaDrake then hello here I am, billingual quebeckers pro-multiculturalism and NOT a separatist. I just want everybody to get along :D
@ViskaDrake You must not have seen a lot of them then. If your only experience with Quebecers is on JJ comments, that's normal. I'm totally sure that most of quebecers who comment this video hate everybody who consider his self a canadian. Personally, the most brutal and hate comments that I ever received or read where from separatists quebecers and I'm one my self. Some of those people are not really kind and most of the time old.
I think Quebec should be independent. This is coming from an American who knows very little about the situation, but loves independence.
Constantin , nomas tu vas pas commencer hein !
@@PHlophe NIEN
As if your independence didn't make you anything but a shithole
Actually, as you said, most of the immigrants in Montreal were from French colony, where they learned french and not english. Also, most of these countries have french as an official language, like Congo, Cameroun and Haïti (which has creole as primary language, which is very similar to french.)
You mean = " immigration tiers-mondiste "
What a crap...
I love this province with all my heart. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, mostly for it's beauty and rich history. I try to preserve our culture in everyday life by learning old legends, exploring historical locations and reading old letters/documents from town archives etc. I'm even fingerweaving an arrow sash for myself in the traditional way, because I have ancestors who actually used to weave them.
*@asds, I drink your words because I have the same deep attachment to this homeland that is Québec.* ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️
“Revenge of the Cradle” just sounds like the best thing ever!
But it's over. I don't know whether the de souche produce enough children these days to replace their deaths and emigration.
I wouldn't mind learning French if I moved to Quebec. It's much better to learn the language at a place that speaks the language you learn than to learn French in English-speaking provenance. I hope people in Quebec don't be an ass to people who just visit Quebec for a week or two. But if you plan to live in Quebec, it is just fair that you learn French so nobody can talk behind your back.
As a Montrealer this is pretty accurate, ESPECIALLY the construction. For my entire life Montreal’s high ways have been under construction and they still aren’t done!
ive been here 8 years and i saw the stickers on windows and i never understood what it meant. takes someone from NOT here to point that out and their meaning
The fake passport 😭🤣 the pettiness of making it vs the pettiness of you getting it. I cannot
What's petty is making fun of people who desire to live in a country they can call their own.
@@spqr_3177 It was an ironic moment and it was funny. Chill
@@auditoure2568 [cough]
I've seen a fake Texas passport. It was a joke, but Texas actually was an independent country at one point.
Don't forget about NB. Moncton, to me, is the truly bilingual city (sans jugement) in Canada.
Also the Museum of Civilization in QC, always gives me a laugh. As it is not a museum of civilization, but a museum of Quebec. It is symbolic of Quebecois post quiet revolution.
I'm an anglophone but have a great appreciation of Canadian Francophone culture (Quebecois, Acadian, Metis).
I much prefer the UKs bilingual regime than Canada’s, here the English language is used everywhere and it’s always first but in wales the welsh language is used at the top of signs and then English, BUT unlike your government our government doesn’t try to force welsh onto anyone unless they actually live in wales (see my comment below for the details of our system). If you want to become a welsh politician it is expected but not required that you speak welsh but if you want to become a politician elsewhere you don’t have to speak it, even if your becoming prime minister of the whole country
As a French living in Quebec ! I don't see any trouble if the Quebec want to preserve the language.
Nor do I. However some of the tactics the Office de langue francaise has used is a bit annoying, such as banning apostrophes in names. In 1984 I lived in Aix-en-Provence. One day I walked around looking for names of stores that would be illegal in Quebec at the time. I saw quite a few.
@@kazkazimierz1742 Really !
There’s nothing wrong preserving a language but if you insist someone from say British Columbia, to be able to run for prime minister, needs to speak french to please a minority is incredibly stupid
@@ArchieKeen1 I don't know that part!
@@ArchieKeen1 No it's not stupid apart of Quebec, there are also French communities that also have the right to understand the Prime Minister's words, It is important for the Prime Minister to be bilingual
I just moved from the US to Montreal for university. I watch your videos to learn about some of the ins and outs of Canada. Thank you for creating thoroughly informative and awesome content!
There are all kinds of stories of hostilities between early American colonists and the Native people who were already there. However, these hostilities did not occur with every European group who came. The French are a notable exception to this, and in fact, enjoyed excellent relations with the Natives almost from the very beginning.
Why were the French different? The main reason is that they did not try to change the Natives. They also did not compete with the Natives for land. When the French first came to the Americas in the 1530s and 1540s to engage in seasonal fur trading, they immediately established strong trading ties with the local Natives they found there. The Natives already dealt extensively in furs.
The French quickly discovered they could go back to France in the winter months with ships laden with furs they had purchased from the Natives with European wares, such as metal cooking pots, weapons, horses, and other goods not accessible to the Natives at that time. The Natives also accompanied the French on hunting parties and showed them where the good fur animals could be found. The French made it a point to learn the Native languages and ways, and established good relations that were based on equality with all of the tribes in the area.
The French began to stay year-round in the early 1600s, establishing their first permanent settlement at Quebec in 1608, one year after the English founded Jamestown in Virginia. They did not displace any Natives in the establishment of their settlement and continued to work closely with them in the fur trade. They respected Native territories, their ways, and treated them as the human beings they were. The Natives, in turn, treated the French as trusted friends. More intermarriages took place between French settlers and Native Americans than with any other European group.
This close alliance, which was based on mutual respect and good treatment from both sides, led the Natives to side with the French in their conflicts with the English settlers that came later in the 1600s and into the mid-1700s. Relations between the Natives and the English were not nearly as good.
The English treated the Natives as inferior, believed they stood in the way of their God-given right to the land in America and tried to subject the Natives to their laws as they established their colonies. The Spanish didn’t have any better relations with the Natives, as they tried to enslave them when they first came to America, and later established missions where they tried to force them to convert from their traditional religions to Catholicism. The Natives did not appreciate any of this.
The key to the friendly relations the French enjoyed with the Natives was all in the way they treated them when they first encountered them, and how they continued to treat them afterward. As long as the French maintained settlements in America, they enjoyed excellent relations with each other. For those who have early American French ancestry, or French settler ancestors who married Native Americans, the vast majority of those records can be found in the provincial archives of Quebec (some records there might lead back to France if the settler returned there with his Native American bride).
These records provide a fascinating look at relations between Natives and Europeans and show just how different things could have been if all the European people who came to America had been as progressive in their treatment of the Natives as the French were.
You talk too much, frenchie.
yeah, how about linking a few millions in Algiers.
Alexandre, there is some truth in what you are saying but in oversimplifying things there is a risk of diminishing your point. To say that the French regime was different in that it did not want to change the natives doesn't really hold up considering the leading role that Catholic missionaries and the Church played in establishing relationships with the aboriginal populations. They may have been well intentioned for the most part, but they very much were trying to change the Natives.
Positive relations between French and Natives were also dependent on having similar goals and outlook. Early contact with the Iroquois were famously unsuccessful. We should probably not treat the aboriginals as a singly group any more than we want to see the English and the French interactions as just being "white Europeans". As you say, French and English perceived the natives differently but much of this has to do with common interests rather than some character flaw of a particular group. Had Cartier sailed up to Hochelaga and found the natives to be covered in gold jewelry we probably would have a different story to tell.
Nonetheless, I agree with the essence of your argument. La Nouvelle-France and Montreal in particular are an amazing example of how we can see past differences and learn and share from different cultures. This is what makes modern Québec and Canada's two solitudes today so bewildering. For a nation built on learning to live with strangers, Quebec's inward and provincial focus is disappointing, if not perhaps understandable for reasons of linguistic preservation. But the first "Canadiens" had a a far greater vision than just cultural preservation and Canada has been shaped by a long line of French Canadian politicians who inherited that vision. It is clear from J.J.'s video that he is coming at this with a western bias but I'm fairly confident that in the long run his visit will at the very least help bring him to a deeper understanding of Québec and its unique significance within Canada.
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Yeah go to Algiers and then come back to me and say the same thing... Right...
French settlers never conquered nor subjugated tribes in New France. They were collaborating with all tribes except for the one that was already at war with the other tribes. The English violent conquest is completely different...
I live in Montreal and I can tell you that is absolute garbage, French settlers manipulated and subjuagted many Iroquois tribes
"Some in Montreal will be able to tell if you're French or English"
Was in Montreal recently, if my girlfriend entered the stores we went to first including restaurants - They would speak to her in French automatically no questions asked.
If I walked in first, it would be automatic English greetings/responses. Would have to say this assertion is true.
I work in Québec city's tourism industry. I don't understand it but I can tell like 95% of the time
@@basementintruder It must be the attitude or vibe given off. My newfie girlfriend said i give off a very English / very Ontario vibe. Maybe that is it??
They saw u talk before coming to them
JJ: I went to Quabec
Everyone: Impossible.
Québec et non Quabec...Apprenez à l'écrire...
just to be clear, the French didn't subjugate and conquer the Natives, they were mostly trading with them, sure they fought against some and help a couple of first nations in their wars against others, but it's under the British rule that the extermination of the Natives really started
I've been to Quebec recently, vey beautiful.
As an Irish person who has never been to Canada, I just have to say the ignorance, idiocy and privilege of this guy is astonishing to me. I find it hard to believe he's not trolling.
Lol Just for laughs gags also airs on television here in the UAE 🇦🇪. And I can tell you its something that you would just fall asleep to while slightly giggling. Its wierd
t'est quand meme cool quand tu nous insulte pas a tour de bras
Je pensais la même chose.
ahahah en effet
"You're kinda cool when you aren't constantly insulting us" for all you lesser unilinguals
Kiwi Kurd fuckin pagan
Oh merveille ! J’ai enfin trouvé un commentaire écrit en français ! 😂
WOOO finally my home province gets a shoutout. You gotta come to Quebec City though. That’s the true heart of Quebec ⚜️⚜️ it is weird seeing some place I recognize though.
@@sohopedeco quebec city better nightlife than montreal? hahahahahahaha
@@sohopedeco If you think Montreal's nightlife was duller than Quebec City, then you missed a whole lot of stuff in Montreal, there's bars and clubs in nearly every neighborhood and you can literally go down St Denis from Sherbrooke Street taking one drink per bar and end up pissed drunk by the time you get to St Catherine while seeing everything from karaoke to live bands to jive dance lessons to board games to belly dancing.
And that's just one street.
@@OsKarMike1306 IKR? Im from neither Quebe city or Montreal but I lived 2 years in both places. Theres not even a question that Montreal's got more of... everything.
Fun fact: The anthem proposed there in the Quebec Passport is called Gens du Pays. We thought it was such a beautiful song that we repurposed it to sing Happy Birthday, The song pretty much says that it's our turn to be talked about love so we change Gens du Pays by the name of the person we sing Happy Birthday to. The song written by Gilles Vigneault for a St-Jean Celebration (National Holiday more important than Canada day here) during the time of the first referendum.
Go to Quebec City. One of the most beautiful cities in North America (I'm American).
its not that bad here. there is barley any conflict and everyone just doesn't care about your language be it french or English.
Henry Dery MacNeil yet it dominates every election to the point that the system is corrupt and wasteful.
Nutsilica: Renaissance moving comix it’s only politicians. Most ppl don’t give a damn. Of course there are a few who care. But there’s not many of them
@@henryderymacneil1707 I've talked to many. It's not hatred. They have a perpetual victim cycle going though. Example: They believe equalization payments are money that Canada took away from Quebec and they have to pay it back. Always Canada owes them. Canada actually foots over 16^ of their yearly budget from cash giveaways tax payers give to Quebec for being the squeaky wheel.
You say they don't care but if you are drinking beer with them and start talking sovereignty you will hear what they think. I think they should get heir own land. Canada should've let them split. It isn't hatred. It's resentment.
They are friendly but come every single voting time, the language issue takes precedence over the economy or any other issues. Last election was a little different. I think actual practical concerns were on the table because the P.Q. fell apart.
We shouldn't have to pay for Quebec's social programs.
They mismanage everything. They also duplicate everything! They have more bureaucrats than the state of California, (whichis in the top twenty economies of the world).
It's also weirdly turning into a place over run with cops. The French cops hate Anglos. Black cops were nice.
If you talk to government services and talk in English, they will hang up on you, until you answer back in French or get other phone clerks. See? not hatred but a resentment.
@@henryderymacneil1707 Even my kids. Their whole class every year was bullied by the French kids, who would admit honestly they were doing it because they were anglos.
They would wreck all the english kids stuff, like snow forts and stuff snow in their jackets.
Once the choir class split up because the French kids had a cake. The English ids were put in this room during the 'celebration only for the french kids.' This was my son's class.
Je me souviens...
What do you think they are remembering?
A couple of Francophones sued air canada for not translating the word 'exit' and 'lift' in their airplanes. and they won $21,000.