What’s wrong with Montreal?
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- How to Support these videos:
💲 Donate via PayPal: www.paypal.me/...
💲 Support Monthly: / thenewtravel
💲 Support via RUclips (click Join button)
Check out my "Life in Montreal" playlist for more videos from Montreal: • All Montreal Videos
Or, watch the newest video from The New Travel: bit.ly/Newest-V...
Or, check out my 2nd Channel: / @thoughtsontravelandlife
Email (for business use only) :
► danvineberg (at) gmail.com
As always, I'm Dan from The New Travel. Thanks for watching!
#Montreal #Toronto #Canada
Watch Next "1 HOUR of Street Interviews in Montreal" : ruclips.net/video/Cs2PufH0yiE/видео.html
It's a nice city, but I agree with the Moroccan , there is discrimination unfortunately sorry to say but that's true , priority is given to local French 100% fact , and not much Jobs for those who don't know French
It was the biggest city once upon a time because of separatists anglo left Montreal , and today, Toronto twice the size of Montreal. Thanks to separatists.
@@satellitekhan2300 "yeah", go to New York, or London, or Los Angeles, and demand a management position (in any place of employment), just because you are a graduate of l'Université de Paris, or l'Université de Montréal, see "how well that would go" for you; also, you Can Always Leave Montréal, if living in a city where French Is The Main Language Of Communication, is such a big issue for you!
@Marius Matei I've been to New York many times , and you see all kinds of people doing all kinds of jobs in NY , you are not aware of New York sorry.
I've also been to Toronto again all types of people are doing all Jobs , in Montreal 90% of STM drivers are french, am I right ??? , In MTL, 95% police officers are French white , construction French white , fire fighter 100% french and white , ambulance drives 100% french and white and list goes on
@Marius Matei Sorry but French people in Montreal are Xenophobic very sorry but it's true , I'm not generalizing.
@@satellitekhan2300 so, in other words you're unemployed? Also, the (Moroccan) guy from the video wasn't talking about any type of job (at all); he wanted a (top) management position!
The top 5 worst things about Montreal
1. Construction
2. Traffic
3. Construction with traffic
4. Potholes
5. Not doing construction on potholes
On dirait que la vie serait beaucoup moins stressant si t'as jeté ton char. Aucun de ces problèmes me derange 🚴♂🚇🚌
@@toastsandwich2862 I wish! West Islander problems 😟
Maybe in the future
BMW Bus Metro Walk
@@tehDanielRuiz Well the West Island roads aren't at all managed by the actual city of Montreal. Each municipality there takes care of that.
3,5
I'm surprised no one spoke about our declining health care. This was pre-covid. You have to go through hoops to get an appointment with a specialist. We have given up & are now paying privately. Our system is headed that way.
@@mothball2802 Every Prime Minister ever elected doesn’t have a problem with immigration except Legault & his party. And guess what? The next Prime Minister won’t have a problem either.
Yes we actually pay twice to get health care but people still seem to think our system is ''free''. People are delusional.
The healthcare here is humiliating
The addition of the big University research centers haven't done anything as far as waiting time is concerned. As a matter of fact, things got worst in the '90s and the early 2000s. One was a policy of the PQ's Pauline Marois when she was the Health Minister.
"Le virage ambulatoire" was supposed to send more nurses to the neighborhood clinics. Thereby taking some pressure off the hospital emergencies. It was a good idea at first, but when came time to implement the second phase of the policy, there wasn't quite enough money in the budget to do it well. Considering the fact that when it comes to nurses and their working conditions, there's NEVER enough money in the budget! For the change to be efficient, there was a need for "super nurses". They would be able to act as a doctor in certain well defined areas. Either they would need a bachelor's degree, which would take a few years, or they could be given an equivalence depending on the number of years they had been a nurse, and in what department they had practiced nursing. For that, the complete participation of the doctors was essential. Doctors being very jealous of their God like status in hospitals, there was a lot of resistance, especially from the "old guard". Long story short, things never worked out the way they were intended to, the PQ lost the next election to Jean Charest's Liberals, and Dr Philippe Couillard became the Health Minister. He had other ideas on how to fix the system and, unsurprisingly, those ideas didn't fit with the PQ's policy. The budgets for the second phase never made their way to the clinics. Not enough doctors participated and there weren't enough "super nurses" for a few years to make a difference.
Couillard's solution was to allow more private clinics to enter the system. Perfectly in tune with Conservative thinking. Government is incompetent. The private sector can do everything better and cheaper. Supposedly... Except that's just not true. If a clinic sees it's not making profits when it does X Y or Z. They're just gonna stop doing it! On top of that, many doctors and nurses left the public clinics and hospitals where they had been working, in favor of the new private clinics thinking their salary and working conditions would be much better. Which wasn't the case. Again the transition wasn't well implemented. The system lost 5000 very experienced nurses in the first year! Seeing their working conditions not get better and unable to go back to the public system because they had resigned, thereby losing their years of seniority, they chose early retirement, and here we are today...
My mom was a nurse, and I have many friends that work in healthcare. A few years ago, I found out that Couillard had allowed more medical acts to be performed in private clinics. They got permission to perform surgeries that weren't minor at all, and for which the clinics need the very expensive machines you find in hospitals, which are paid for with our tax dollars. Private clinics not wanting to invest THEIR OWN money, and having a "friend" in the system in the person of the Minister, they negotiated with Couillard (who had money invested in private clinics himself!) a sweet deal! They would have exclusive access to those publicly funded machines for a certain number of hours per week.
So now, when we're told by a public hospital that we can't have an appointment before 6 months. It's not because the resources aren't there. It's because some of the equipment needed is tied up with private clinics. It comes in conflict with the number of hours the private clinics have exclusive access! So even if the machines aren't necessarily in use by said clinics, they're not available to the public at large because they can't schedule appointments during those periods of time.There could be double booking of the equipment. Also, since the hospitals aren't supposed to use that equipment during those periods of time, they don't staff those departments like they would usually do. They don't want to pay salaries to people who might end up not being able to work in some of those periods, because a clinic is using the equipment for 4 hours of an 8 hour shift!!! That's the problem with the hybrid system we have today. On paper, it was supposed to remove pressure from the hospitals. What has happened instead is MORE pressure on the available equipment and staff! Which in turn is having a very negative impact on the staff's working conditions, so their moral is going down. There are more burnouts, and so on and so forth...
Sorry for the length of the comment. It's a complicated issue and it's important to understand the situation. Conservative planning is to render the government unable to function as it should, so as to appear incompetent and wasteful! Then the benevolent private sector would swoop in and save the day! This is happening at every level of government. Weather municipal, provincial or federal, the same type of situation shows up in one way or another. More and more jobs are sub-contracted out to the private sector, and the rest is history... The salary is often superior, but there are less benefits and retirement isn't as good. It saves a bit of money to the government in the beginning, but in the long run, it's going to end up costing more. The private sector won't do something they can't turn into profit. But eventually, if that thing isn't profitable but is essential never the less, who do you think is gonna end up picking up the slack??? You and I thru our tax dollars!! Can you tell I'm against ALL privatization of any part of what the government does at the moment?
Partially why I left the province
This is one of the best interview videos you've made ❤️
I agree with 100% of what the Anglo guy from the Plateau said. I'm a completely bilingual person born in Quebec City, moved to Mtl in 1996 for my studies and never looked back. Another important bugbear: the lack of affordable housing and housing for the homeless! This issue needs to be addressed, because the situation is becoming quite dire.
Affordable housing was always a huge advantage for Montreal and made the city a wonderful place to live. It will be sad if things get worse.
The govt faux in all level creative the problems and keep destroying the city...
same - as an anglo immigrant from Australia who chose to move here and start a family, i now feel like our rights and wellbeing are increasingly threatened by the inability to use english in urgent situations; like healthcare for our infant daughter. We are highly skilled immigrants with PR, initially invited by the province for work in our industry which has a huge shortage.
Despite being on the other side of the world from family, we still chose to settle in Montreal because it's such a fantastic place. But because of recent language laws we're actually considering leaving the province altogether. It all just leaves us feeling a bit uneasy and unwelcome.
To be clear we highly support french too, it's part of why we love the city. It's interesting that from an objective outsider's experience with no prior knowledge of the province's language history, we arrived highly enamoured and eager to learn french to assimilate fully. But the government's hostile and oppressive attitude has actually had the opposite effect, to the point we are reluctant to stay. I think they really miss the point that the abundant bilingualism is what makes this part of the world so special and unique.
@@imathumb All I have to say is AMEN! Please know that you and yours are very welcome here, don't let small-minded arseholes drag you down.
@@imathumb Very well said from someone looking in (not born here) your response is spot on 👍🏾
I worked in Montreal this summer and I loved it. Felt like I was born again. Now, I'm in my hometown, but I'll be moving back to Montreal permanently in the coming year.
Your videos allow me to find a little bit of solace in these times where my love for beautiful Montreal bursts out. Thank you so much for posting these, they help a lot 🥲
There is even a bank with your surename heeheh
Montreal is absolutely incredible!
Word of a advice from a born and raised Montrealer: if you want all of your dreams and goals to die literally, move here. There is no future here and unfortunately this city is declining at an uncontrollable rapidity. There is zero advancement here.
@@missgeorgina5338 What is the cause of the decline, in your opinion? Thanks.
@@missgeorgina5338 Your right. All these people saying different aren't even born or raised here 🤔
as an arab immigrant in quebec, I can say that if you make an effort to integrate it is a very welcoming place
We like Arabs, not not M u s l I m s, we will never accept I s l a m.
If french culture and language were an animal Quebec would be on the endangered species list. Losing this Canadian culture would be a shame.
Canada without Quebec is U.S.A light.
@@redMaple_QC Definitly not. The healthcare and other social things , make the difference.
@@holger_p Hence the "light"
@@redMaple_QC Than you can also say, Quebec is France, with different roads and architecture.
The public transport is also a good copy.
They took down all the stop signs because they were not French enough, and replaced them with Arret, even though Stop is used on signs in France..
Quebec loves its identity and social cohesion that's not a crime. Be proud of your French language and cultural roots.
Yes, according to some in the video, MTL would be a better place without those francophones who refuse to speak English and insist on living differently.
Who invited you here 😂
I mean, according to the political and social framework of Canada, that IS racism and hate. Nobody has any right to expect everyone else to think and speak like them. Everyone should be free to speak their own language. Immigrants should not be turned away strictly based on their native language. The government should not purposely make access to services more difficult based on your language, or DEMAND that you not practice your own native language. Quebec is practicing open, explicit racism. If "Canada" were equally as obsessed with social cohesion and identity, they would remove all the special privileges afforded to Quebec and force them to speak English.
@@Schlabbeflicker I disagree, more diversity in a country is good. I'm glad French is spoken in Quebec, it gives it its own unique flair. There's enough people speaking English in the world as it is.
@@Potato-mu7nu The attempt to maintain French hegemony in Quebec is literally KILLING diversity. There are Canadians who speak hundreds of different languages. No other Canadian province has the same language supremacy policies for English as Quebec has for French. Nobody in Quebec should be disadvantaged just because they happen to speak one of these hundred different languages. It's horrendous to gaslight people that you're "protecting" diversity by keeping immigrants out of Quebec if they don't happen to come from Francophone countries.
Excellent video. I have to say the economic disparity in Montreal was very shocking to me, people in my neighborhood really live on the edge of whats possible
You got something good going here Dan. Even though I really miss your Mexico videos, this "talking to strangers" series is super interesting!
Talking to strangers mexico edition? :p
@@TheNewTravel ooohh now that would also be superb. Why not? Let's do this!
J’aime pas le mierdique j’prefere videos au Pérou :).
Really cool idea to ask people their thoughts on the city, or anything while walking around. Excellent!
The quality of your videos is getting better and better, very informative!!! Thank you so much for your effort and congratulations!!!!
Thanks Andres!
Probably the most interesting commentary you've gotten from street interviews so far!
What I specially like here is that i see the French lady in the park giving you credit for trying and having a conversation in French and also the old French Claude speaking in English and trying.. overall like the young bilingual guy from the plateau said it would be the key for the futur to have positive interactions about the language even with immigrants that's what I do and we all should be having open arms and grow from this
And it's actually very representative of what reality is: people, anglo and franco, trying to speak to the other one in their mother tongue or congratulating them for their effort in speaking the other language. Of course, there are people to ruin that and medias push to make us believe it's the majority and instill fear and separation between us. I love these kind of videos because it shows that we have more respect for each other than what it's portrayed in the media.
I am a bilingual Anglo born in Montreal General Hospital in 1961. I still live within 30 km of the city and it used to be much more ‘cosmopolitan’ and diverse. Like a mini New York. French should be used officially. But unlike the rest of Quebec is that what makes Montreal special is it’s diversity and what makes the rest of Quebec special is it’s unique culture as the largest population of Francophones outside France. So in short Montreal should Qualify for special laws within Quebec. It’s almost half the population of the province and the economic engine of the province.
she's a racist old fool
@@johngore7744 The Democratic Republic of Congo has 96 million inhabitants and it is a French-speaking country. So they have more population than in France. And other French-speaking countries where there is a lot more population than in Quebec there are plenty.
@@thomasharter8161 true 👍
Clairement, c’est la violence qui est à blâmer. I cried at Claude’s testimony.. the honesty conveyed by his deep look brought me to tears. It can be hard to see your dreams fade away while aging in this society that paved the way to a young, colorful and proud consentment to Liberty. Once you let this sink in, you either tear up or fall into an invective. You are truly square Montréal. Cheers!😊
I like how many thoughtful people I discovered in just a 9 minutes video. Especially I liked the park trio and Madison and Henry. Last dude from trio gave us a speech worth Benjamin Franklin himself.
I love my native city but over the past 20 years, it has degraded since my university days at McGill and Université de Montréal.It is so dirty everywhere. It is very depressing and even embarrassing. When I come across tourists visiting our city, I wonder what they think when they see all the garbage on the streets. People have no respect for maintaining cleanliness anymore. What is our mayor doing to clean it up?! I have visited large American cities like downtown Chicago and they have city workers cleaning up the streets 24/7.
Doesn't help that the city removed most of the garbage bins. Surely to save on the staff costs 🙄
Trash leftist mayor
SO interesting AGAIN - thanks - this is actually the first channel on RUclips I think about supporting. It would be interesting to hear what people from Quebec City think about Montreal and vice versa, if you are in QC the next time 😎
They don't like us 🤣 Cause we're not a fully "French" city.
As an anglo American guy, I have absolutely no problem with a country/region wanting people to learn their language in order to preserve their identity.
I've lived in Montreal on and off for several years. I speak Chinese and English and I had a really hard time making friends and fitting in, BUT even with that said, I still think it's good.
It's one big reason I love Quebec so much... it feels DIFFERENT from everywhere else. I eventually learned French after 2-3 years (accelerated after dating and arguing with a Quebecoise) and I'm able to get around and meet people. I really don't think I would like being in Quebec as much if everyone just spoke english... it would just be a completely different place... generic like Toronto.
You argued with Québécoise for 2-3 years???? Are you crazy? Hahaha! Thanks from a Québécois 🥰
exactly
Great interviews that capture the pet peeves and real concerns about Montréal and Québec. I miss living on the Plateau. Parc Laurier was one block from where I lived. Laurier Est between Papineau and Brébeuf was my village. I watched it evolve and transform over nearly 30 years.
Les interviewés sont représentatifs, les réponses sont sincères..C'est ça Montreal.
Les socialistes de montréal moi jvais te dire je suis pu capable. C'est vraiment l'île aux rats.
@@terreur4631 😀😃
Oui, je suis d'accord🆗
@@terreur4631 7gv
speak English loser
Crime is on a rise, but also we're in a period where economy is worse, mental health is worse, people in abusive situations, the cost of living, housing, etc...
We had these exact same conversations 50 years ago when I lived there. Nothing really changes!
Mainer here, about a 5 1/2 hour drive from there. My adoptive family is from outside of there. My grandparents and my mother all spoke French! I need to polish up on it a bit but i'm Considering a visit!
You're always welcome my friend. Tu es le bienvenu mon cher!
also Mainer 6 hours away. just visited and I had a fantastic time, go for it!
My grandmother spoke French, also from Maine
I live in Montreal and it's a great resume of everything. I would add something : the healthcare system , please give more money to emergency or change the system because it doesn't work. I LOVE MTL
Sa fait 5 ans que je vie à Montréal, jai vecu à Québec,trois rivière,ottawa,laval mais Montreal cest la ville que jaime , le lifestyle,la vibe du vendredi soir,les soirées chaude dete et le monde est vraiment social c’est facile de se faire des amis peut importe d’où on vient.
Si t'es francophone, je suggère que tu retournes à l'école .
@@jme104 ta gueule la fiotte
Hahaha il y a pas mal D'erreurs d'orthographe@@jme104
The guy on the picnic table was super interesting!
I am Moroccan, I have been living in Montreal for over 10 years and I absolutely do not confirm what this person said. Montreal offers a lot of opportunities and if you work your ass off you can clearly find a good job in a big company. Great content btw! 😉
I'm black, I lived my whole life here and I approve what the Moroccan said, a lot of compagny will put white people to position like manager or director, even if they don't have a degree while minorities, even if they have a Phd, will still get stuck at the bottom.
I saw it all my life, and still continue to see this injustice up to this day.
What the gentleman said is true. If you are from a visible minority you’ll suffer to get a decent job other than general labour in Montreal, even if you have a high degree. It’s so sad but it’s the truth
Just a victim who needs to cry and complain. Moreover just look at him and his way of dressing and you easily can see the type...
@@nitram9646 Wow wow wow! You’re judging someone based on what he’s wearing. That also tells alot about you.
@@aminachark9692 if you say so I don't give a damn
Great video! Exactly what I was looking for - literally just searched for 'Montreal' and this nailed it
I live in lower Saint-Laurent and you are absolutely right about the difference in mentality between Montreal and the rest of the province. besides. We use the expression "planet Montreal" to talk about this city 😅
Another great video showing perspectives from average people of diverse ages, educational levels and ethnicities in Montreal. Keep these videos coming. Perhaps you could ask the people of Montreal what they think of the various professional sports teams in Quebec or Canada?
Love how that guy is casually holding a bottle of wine in the park.
Montreal is kind of like Europe in that way. They even have ‘bring your own wine’ to restaurants. Not like Puritanical rest of the country.
Something I wish we could have in the West. Though, I have suspicions that too many wouldn't be able to handle the freedom responsibly.
@@Colton-el4mp it’s counter intuitive but I believe that it’s because you have so much pressure against it that people are irresponsible with it when they get the chance. Look at prohibition… a total failure and crime was sky high.
Im from Southern Ontario. People may call me a racist for saying this, but recent mass immigration, especially of students from India has changed the area that I live in. For the most part, thousands of Indian students are conned into coming here, with a false promise of available housing and high paying jobs. We now have thousands of small apartments that are occupied by 10-15 students. On top of this, indian students are flooding the rental markets and the will only sublet to other indian people. So locals are being pushed out. The sad thing is, municipalities turn a blind eye, because they like having a cheap labor source and they make a ton off of the universities that charge international students triple the regular tuition fees.
The culture no longer feels Canadian, it feels more American or Torontonian. A place eith Strip malls, no mom and pop shops. Ontario is like a non space. Like a mall or a subway station. A plce where people pass through but no one actually calls home.
We have so many people coming into thw country at such a rapid rate, we have silod cultures opposed to actually multi cultural society.
I was in Montreal not too long ago, and it still feels more like the Canada i knew growing up. Still diverse, but not divided. I feel that Montreal has done a fantastic job of protecting its local culture, while accepting new comers in a responsible way.
nothing racist about it man
My family is French, and most moved to Mississauga in the 70's. I last went there in 2014, and I think I was one of the few people that went around speaking English... seriously.
Not racist... the mess is coming to a city/town near you.. SOON.
I'm from Québec. I agree with you that Ontario feels soul-less and without identity, but honestly, that has been coming to Québec too through politics. It is why we have always fought so hard (from the start) to truly preserve the culture here. Without culture, all you become is assimilated as part of the common soup. Most of the English-speaking world doesn't understand this fight, nor do the younger generations who have never seen the Canada that once was.
@@sincerely-b I definitely respect the fight. I’m hoping to move to Montreal, but I’m still learning French and I won’t go there until I can hold steady conversation. Tbh, the French language and history is integral to Canadian history. I know that a lot of people from Ontario make fun of Quebec for being French, but we make fun of Quebec out of love. Everyone in Ontario has nothing but positive things to say about Quebecers when you boil down to it. Quebecers are the voice that Canada needs when no one else speaks up and that’s probably the reason why housing is still affordable there. If real estate companies tried what they’re doing in the rest of Canada in Quebec, I know you would see quebecers in the streets protesting in massive numbers.
Claude at the end, such a sweetie. The kind of kind-hearted french-canadian man you dream to marry, at least that's what my quebecoise mother would say, i'm sure. Lol.
I completely agree with the bilingual Anglo guy and his friend. I can also add the healthcare problem to the list. It’s nearly impossible to get treatment. Even for emergencies, the waiting hours in the ER are unbelievable:(
Agree…. It was hell😢
I was 14 with a fractured orbital and zygomatic bones, they made me wait 12h in ER lmao
@@potatopoison1130 so sorry to hear that! I hope you're better now.
@@denizsezenakademi yeh most deffinetly just goes to show our health care system is mad flawed
@@potatopoison1130 that's insane, imagine how many people died because of the wait time alone? Free healthcare in this country is a joke.
The thing for me is that I agree that people should not villainies English, but Quebec overall is supposed to be an French province, right. If people where to go to Korea and not speak Korean no one there would really think that it is good, sure some people speak English there but most of the population is Korean. It is kinda the same thing as for Quebec, people fought so that they could keep Quebec a French province after the English took over Canada, that is why for many Québécois people French is important, and seeing that erasing as time goes by is sort of sad for them and will take time for adjust. They have the right to feel sad, but overall I think they should not hate English or English people either.
I think a big problem in Montreal is homelessness, lot of homeless people here, after moving from Ontario, it was really choking. Moreover, this is a personal opinion, but people are a little rude sometimes or really guarded.
Here in the state of Washington we deal with the Winter hibernation syndrome and road pot holes due to the rainy climate, most of the roads are well maintained and the holidays bring delights with snow at times Thanksgiving Day and Christmas, Washington and Canada share environmental beauty. Like your interviewing approach to add to your travel channel. 👍🙂🌎
Idk about well maintained lol maybe in the bigger cities.
Happy to see you back!
Street gangs and crimes have skyrocketed along with immigration. Solve the puzzle.
I am an outsider, an American, who has visited Montreal once, and liked it there very much. I can understand the Francophones being very focused on maintaining French as the everyday language in Quebec. In the US, Louisiana was once French speaking, but over time it was engulfed by English, and now hardly anyone in that state speaks French, except perhaps for a few old timers out in the country. Sometimes language has to be consciously promoted and protected.
The french spoken in Louisiana will be hardly understood by a french from France because it's a mixed creole/french language but you're right more and more american borned in Louisiana want to recover their ancient roots....
Amazing to see actual self awareness from our friend down there, Bonne journée !!
@@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534Its all a question to get used to it, like any languages.
Louisiana french and quebecoise will not disappear any time in the near future. I don't get why people get all up in arms then promote bullshit like "speak English in America!" I was born in an area the was part of Spain, then México, and then was taken over by the gabachos. Many centuries of history and we still speak Spanish. I am proud to be able to speak it fluently. I know for damn sure Spanish isn't going to disappear, even when a lot of the youth seem embarrassed to learn, or their parents don't teach them to in order to avoid racism or prejudice. Our languages, including English will still be thriving. If y'all want to talk about languages or cultures that are definitely disappearing, look at many of the native languages.
@@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534 We understand it just fine, it's definitely not creole.
If you'd go outside of Montreal and asked the same question "What is it that you don't like about Montreal" you'd get totally different answers. The opposite in fact.
Quebec city
Montreal is its own thing. It does not represent the rest of Québec.
Thank you for asking people if they want to interview instead of shoving a camera in their face and demanding questions which is what a lot of self proclaimed “journalists” do
I’ve been to Montreal twice, once at 18 and again at 19. This was during George W Bush’s first term, if that gives away my age 😂 I wish I spent more time immersing myself in the culture rather than the pubs and bars 🤦♂️ I remember being in the Peel Pub back when Green Day’s American Idiot just came out, and I was definitely playing the part 😳
Peel pub 💪🏾
Pubs and bars while young are also part of the culture so... you immersed without knowing. LOL
Great mixture of people in this video
Born and bred in Montreal. It used to be a wonderfull city with parks, museum, a great cultural life, night life, incredible choice in restaurants. Now it has become incredibly dirty with construction sites EVERYWHERE in disorganized fashion. Since the pandemie many places have closed down and won't reopen. It's still a great city but a good clean- up would be needed.
You need to thank vos Monsieur Trudeau et son WEF capos.
And we have a woke mayoress who wants to eliminate all cars and doesn’t do a single thing about the housing problem. We don’t have enough places to house everyone but she wants more migrants, making the problem even worse. We also have a big homelessness crisis that she just ignores.
Sorry for the Moroccan guy, but foreign diplomas and degrees are very rarely recognized in Quebec and Canada, unless they are from countries with educational systems that are considered to be "on par with ours" (e.g. the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, etc.) If you had the same ethnic background, and an MBA from Harvard, of course banks and other big companies would want to hire you. It might suck, but that's the way it is. If anything, you could say it's classist, but I don't think it's racist.
Otherwise, I do agree with the guy who said income disparity between neighborhoods, which is best exemplified by the fence separating Parc Ex from the Town of Mount Royal (TMR). The latter, at some point, even tried to introduce a bylaw preventing kids from other (poorer) neighborhoods from trick-or-treating in theirs.
I took a class at McGill called income inequality and we talked about how Montreal has a proven hiring discrimination towards Arab sounding names. Like the exact same cv with a white Franco name is more likely to get hired than if they put a Arab name on it and change nothing else
Even with a Canadian degree, there is discrimination. My husband is Arab (with a very Arab name) and he got two Canadian degrees, but barely saw any upward mobility at the bank (and he always had outstanding performance reviews).
One of my best friends, who is European is pretty high up in the banking world and has told me most people on the "upper floors" are white. She even knows that she was favoured for being white because her hiring manager (an Indian guy) preferred white women. It's just the way the cookie crumbles.
So my hubby started his own financial firm and is very successful now. But it's true that you have to pave your own way when you are POC. No disillusions. Ignoring the racism is part of the problem.
C'est la reconnaissance des diplomes mais ça ce n'est pas qu'à Montréal. C'est dans la province entière. C'est au gouvernement du Québec qu'il faut se plaindre. Des délégations sont envoyées dans différents pays pour recruter des gens mais quand ils arrivent au Québec, ils ont de la difficulté à se trouver un emploi car leurs diplomes ne sont pas reconnus.
@@511Colin I mean, sure, but that is true everywhere. I remember seeing two similar studies, one from the UK and from the US. Both had more or less the same name: Is it easier for John/Jake to get a job than it is for Jameel/Tyrone?
@@pratiquetonespagnol452 Et ce n'est pas qu'au Québec, mais au Canada, aux ÉU, au Royaume Uni etc. Et parfois, il y a de bonne raisons pour ne pas reconnaitre les diplomes. Je me souviens d'une discussion avec un étudiant étranger en médecine du Brésil qui disait que son cursus et le notre étaient très différents. Le leur comportait une plus grande portion sur les maladies tropicales et sur les blessures par balles et par armes blanches, mais beaucoup moins sur le cancer, le diabète, la vieillesse.
People in Montreal are so beautiful. They welcome you into their home with open arms. I felt families are very close knit. People seem to be family oriented and make time for extended family.
Please keep up with the culture.
Just left Montreal, came up for a day but I found your videos just out of curiosity. I love the view points
The Arab guy thinks he can just come here and directly ask for a ''directeur'' role, something that alot of people have to work decades for, all the leaders at my job are old men ... then he talks about discrimination.
Then the bilingual guy who compares the soft Centrist oncle Legault with Trump.
You really have to see Montreal from an outsider (But with experience with the city) perspective to see what is wrong with it, the Anglicisation that the old lady was talking about happens BECAUSE Montrealers are so ''Left''-leaning that Centrists like Legault look like evil persons to them, so they don't vote for people who will stop the anglicization. The rising of violence happens due to the illegal, unfiltered migration of people coming from violent cultures, the vast majority of these street gangs are not native to Montreal... Legault wants to stop that, but Montrealers don't.
Then you have the lack of space and a housing crisis, the problem could have been of a much smaller magnitude if it wasn't for the numbers of migrants that enter our province each year... Yet Montrealers don't want to reduce mass migration, they don't want normal migration, they absolutely want huge numbers of people that will burst the healthcare system without becoming doctors and worsen the housing crisis without building anything.
*Every action has a consequence, Montrealers are affected by their choices, their votes and their opinions, they are the ones who brought Montreal to its current state, to change Montreal they have to change themselves first*
agreed, people should learn french
As a Montrealer/ Quebecois, ill say this : you have to make an effort to understand our French culture. So many of our predecessors fought long and hard so we don't lose our culture, and so we don't just become another Americanized city. We don't mind English people and other immigrants, myself I like the fact that we have a good diversity, but you do have to understand that it's a French culture that we are trying to protect. When you go to Madrid, you learn Spanish, in Berlin, you learn German and so on, so why not just understand that its the same thing here but us, we also have to assure that our French doesn't disappear like it's disappearing in acadie (New Brunswick etc) and like it pretty much already did in Louisiana US. Plus, don't forget the past and the economic differences between the French and the English, we were once treated like "bons à rien". Most people don't know "shit" about our culture, our history and what we actually are, if people made an effort to understand that, I think it would be much easier between our two nations.
bien dit !
Juste mentionner qu'à Barcelone, c'est surtout le catalan !
@@dez7800 haha 100 % vrai, pardon, en plus, ils se battent pour ça et je viens de me tromper.
@@dez7800 je l'ai changé pour Madrid merci de m'avoir corrigé :)
I just came back from a 10 day trip to Canada. I spent 2 days in Quebec(ville) and 3 days in Montreal and loved both cities because of the culture. Toronto just felt like another american city, basically another Chicago. My French is pretty limited but I tried my best ordering in french, altough I always ended asking if they knew English lol, but as a traveler, I appreciate and respect the efforts to preserve the French culture. I think people inmigrating there should learn French. PLEASE, never let your culture disappear.
It is hard with the housing crisis and inflation. There has been more incidents happening, gun violence, stabbing, and people getting into fist fights over parking spaces. 🤦♀️ Nobody talks about the housing conditions. I recently had to move from an unsafe appartment to a lower income area 'uptown' due to not being able to afford anything else. I have to deal with people solicitating, bed bugs, roaches, people with foaming mouths entering the building, domestic abuse has gone up here exponentially since the pandemic (the appartments in Montreal that don't have bugs have either mice, rats,or ants or mold) And my own mental health has taken a dip because now I am being offered medication because my anxiety is out of control since I moved here. Before I was living in a quieter borough on the southern end of the island. I am just sharing my experience, I don't mean to judge people who are also affected by poverty and mental illness but I also suffer with mental illness which has worsened but I am in therapy. At least we have a good mental health network here.
After getting to a B1 level in french, I can't believe I never heard the difference between Quebecois and France french accents.
I loved this video. Especially the older gentleman who talked about being almost like a 3rd party, and his experience of the difficulties integrating with both the french and english groups of Montreal.
That was really refreshing just to see people's honest response to somewhere I'm thinking about moving to.
0:45 - The Arab Morrocan @ 0:45 is absolutely brainwashed . Look at he way he is dressed. No one will give him anything. There are other comments of Morrocans on this chat who are giving you the right idea of what life is . Work hard , change your mentality and you will get equal opportunity. Those who choose to grumble will never go anywhere in life .
I hope you are right, I am going to Canada from Switzerland in a month and really hope I will be accepted. So far I have sent out 144 job applications through LinkedIn but no answer so far. It has been 2 months. I hope once I receive the permanent residency (if I get accepted) it will be easier. I start to loose hope a bit.. and I come from Middle East.
@@michelstrogoff3204 + dear sir, we welcome you to Canada . There is a dearth of employees . We are begging people to come and work in every field . Drop all the ideologies and labels you come with . Remember you are a human being and so are we all . If you think positive you will meet positive people . Don’t point fingers at others , remember we have 3 fingers pointing at us. Mistake made by all immigrants. Start at the bottom, take any job you get , even at the lowest level , coffee shop , anything, just to get you feet wet. Understand the locals below , smile and we will smile at you . We love hockey , beer and a good laugh. You will be a Real Canuk in a short while . 🙏👍👍👍
We're packing next year to move out of Montreal, like 4000 Km out. 🤣 Spending a month last summer to drive across Canada on our vacation was an eye opener we can't ignore. It's all good here till you see other places, then you realize that you are wasting your time and resources at a place that is circling the bowl.
The irony of what the couple was saying about Quebec politics is that Montreal had affordable housing because it was not laissez-faire. It protected lower income people. But then when there are interventions to protect French, integrate newcomers into Quebec culture, or protect secularism, Legault gets compared to Trump, a total narcissistic bozo with no political sense or concern for his country. Voyons-donc.
At some extent, Trump did protect jobs and “American values”. He push Apple and other company to move production from factories in China back to US and stricter immigration control. You can’t help to feel there are a similarities between the way Trump antagonize China/ Mexico/ immigrants with Legault antagonizing Anglo/ immigrants.
@Louis Pinard MacDonald Probably because it’s the same thing
0:29 this guys energy is amazing!
Top 5 worst things about Montreal
1. Commies
2. Commies
3. Commies
4. Commies
5. Immigrants
Fausse nouvelle la Karen
Awesome interviews, thanks!
It's funny that the elderly woman 5 minutes in remarks about how the city is becoming more English/that they're losing their identity, whereas Montreal historically was far more English than it is now. Throughout the 19th century, Montreal was the biggest English-speaking city in the whole of Canada, albeit essentially a linguistic island in a sea of French speaking regions. It was only after WW2 that Toronto started to surpass Montreal in terms of population and influence, which was assisted by the exodus of many affluent English-speaking families and businesses out of Montreal to Toronto. Thus it's rather odd and ironic to complain that the city is "losing its identity" when it was considerably more English-speaking in the past.
Vous avez des chiffres ?
I guess it was an English-speaking city during the French colonization as well?
That's the perfect representation of Montreal multiple point of views, i think you really captured the essence of Montreal
The people who complain of violence have no idea how impressively safe Montreal is, especially in comparison to any big city of the Americas. We are probably the safest of all. Of course violence is getting slightly more common as there are more and more people but not more space, so we are more and more pressed up against each other, and that creates conflict.
The old dude might have confirmation bias, he might watch the news and read the paper too much. The young dude from Montréal-Nord is obviously biased, he lives in street gang territory and the violence impacts people he actually knows.
Special mention to Henry for being a free thinker, not blindly following the main schools of thought, which are all extremes. I wish you had made a video of just him for ten minutes. He got absolutely everything right, including his priorities. I am a couple of generations ahead of him and I witnessed and experienced the making of what he is talking about, and he understands things so much better than I did at his age!
I have to agree with the indentity loss, but not just in Quebec, but Canada as a whole. It happened a few times recently where a cashier would not know what a Loonie or Toonie is when I ask to have some via a cashback transaction, and that happened a few times in the span of a few months.
Housing becomes unaffordable because half a million immigrants and refugees come into the main cities each year, while housing stock and infrastructure does not keep up pace. City governments and other levels of government add a lot of extra cost to housing and land.
I moved to montreal from Ontario back in 2017. I do love it here. my biggest problem was trying to find french classes that didn't cost me an arm and a leg because I was a canadian citizen. it was stupid crazy. I just want to learn the language better then what I was taught in grade school ( paris french ) not quebecois. so yeah. if they want to keep "french language" alive how about free classes paid by the gov. I would be happier to learn more then. I get by with what I know know and everyone around me and where I go always speaks english.
You didn't learn 'Paris' french. You learned basic french, the exact same french that I learned as a francophone in school in Ontario. The same way English Canadians learn basic English. 'Paris' french is like saying that one speaks 'London' English. There is no such thing. Québec french is the same language as the one spoken in France (with some regionalisms and a different accent). If you learned the basics properly, all you have to do to improve it, is to converse often with your fellow Québécois.
Its being asked since long time but more pressing issues and scandal took it on the back
Again, double standard against the Quebecois from an anglophone. They have no obligation whatsoever to provide YOU with free classes. It's quite entitled to think so, or to assume this is what will make the language survive. You just want to learn the language to benefit yourself in the end. Do you not think you should pay for this service? The quebecois society will continue to exist in French regardless, they don't need an anglo savior or whatever.
What a big Whale. Please, leave Québec
But like why tho? They wanna keep their French culture and French speakers but they’re doing nothing about it. Even if it’s Montreal, it’s still Canada. Of course people mostly speak English. This is why I hate Montreal. Loved being there and grew up in Montreal but people are just stupid and being racist. Too many racist in Montreal
There's a certain level of immigration which is beneficial.
arguably .? There's also levels of immigration which completely undermine Social Cohesion. . We pretty much can see that we have reached that point in Canada and
Europe. It's NOT racism .....just a fact.!
@@bingodeluxeDemandez ce que vous pouvez faire pour votre pays ( qui vous accueille généreusement) et non ce que votre pays (les payeurs d' impôts ) peut faire pour vous !!!⭐✨
brilliant interview
Aucunement, beaucoup de préjugés mensonger
Funny this guy says that bosses are never foreign cuz I’m a French speaking québécoise and most jobs I had, my bosses were from different origins and spoke with other employees in English, Chinese, Spanish between them all day long!
That's from your own anecdotal experience and doesn't reflect the real statistics that have been gathered about the topic. In short-the guy is right.
@@mikeamber2528 well mine it was the same in my factory my warehouse and my refrigerirated ware house was 50 50 except in my new job where only white are boss but most come from outside montreal and the job is outside montreal
@@mothball2802 his anecdotal experience matched what scientific studies find. that's the difference.
I think Quebec should do more to preserve the French language and its French identity... If Anglos and non French speaking immigrants have a problem with it, then they should move to the rest of Canada or to the United States! J'apprends le francais et j'aime Montreal!
👍
As if no anglos in Québec speak French. I'm bilingual, yes, I have a problem with certain laws, and no, I won't be leaving my home. Mais merci pareille! 😊
@@KRL1999 I never said no anglos in Quebec speak French! Don't put words in my mouth... If you don't appreciate why francophones in Quebec are protective of their language, then you don't deserve to live in la belle provence... 😉
@@KRL1999 From what I gather, what I believe he was actually saying when he said "anglos" as in "anglophones".
All the people you ask about negative aspects I feel really surprised that nobody mentions health care. Some expat friends say it can take years to have a family doctor and can take months for consultations and hours for emergencies. Is it true? Moving to Montreal in December
It's a province thing, not only in Montréal. I'd say the advantage of being in Montréal is there's a lot pf clinics close by, but you'll need to look a lot to find one
Yeah it's hard to get a doctor and the government doesn't help by limiting the amount of doctors allowed to practice in Montreal because of the PREM.
It can take 2-3 years on a list to get a family doctor, but make no mistake, if you get an urgent issue, you will immediately get treatment at the hospital.
healthcare has become problematic worldwide with the shortage of doctors and nurses. that being said i agree with you that the healthcare is another negative. i too have been trying to get a family doctor for years. basically you have to be seriously ill to be assigned a doctor.
so much for preventive medicine.
To answer bluntly: yes. If you're at risk of dying, we're great at saving you, but if you need less pressing health treatments, you'll likely have to wait.
To give you an idea, I broke my foot this summer. I went to the emergency, and said my pain level was around 2/10, and I expected to wait a long time... And I wasn't wrong. I was there for 12 hours total, but I didn't pay one cent (except for the walking boot a specialist had to bring in from his office, which was 160$). I had follow up appointments in the next months, all without costs (and without having to wait forever), and overall I feel very lucky... But you have to wait a LOT for So. Many. Things.
Some stuff isn't covered. I needed a root canal this summer too and that was 1600$ (despite the infection being dangerous to my health, what's covered is only an extraction, to save your life, not the root canal). So healthcare is "free", but not dental care, not glasses, and if, like me, you need weird stuff like orthotics for your feet because of chronic conditions, that specialist and the orthotics themselves aren't covered.
And yes, a family doctor is a truly precious resource 😅 (having chronic conditions, like diabetes, etc, can speed up the process greatly).
I definitely have very mixed opinions about our healthcare system 🙃 You brought up very good points.
One thing I hate about quebec is that politicians dont represent us at all. All the things that we want to change as a community, are here in the video.
The worst thing about Montreal:
- making bike lanes everywhere.. And I like biking. This makes smaller roads, more traffic, more congestion, more pollution. Those managing the city with utopic centralized policies have no idea how much damage they are doing to the people..
- construction that takes an eternity. Most of the time, they put cones on the road, and no work gets done.
- corrupted city adminstration, construction, mayor. Well that's a feature politicians have, not a bug. Proof: commission Charbonneau. Consequence: nothing.
I agree with everything said in this video. No matter how much our government and politicians wants to divide us and seperate minorities I can still agree with everyone in this videos.
I am an American who lives in Québec and love the fact that there is a French-speaking metropolis in North America. Montréal is totally unique and has a uniquely québécois, Latin, European feel. This is because of the French-Canadians. Because of this uniqueness people move here from the rest of Canada seeking a dynamic and unique place that differs from the other drab cities of Canada and North America. English speakers need to learn French! If you move here and only speak English, you are part of the one true problem facing Montréal, that of English overpowering French. It is French that makes Montréal unique. You don’t have to choose between English and French, you have to choose French. This is Québec! Many immigrants to Montréal are ignorant of the province’s struggle to keep French the predominant language here. Learn your history and respect the local French-Canadian culture. French has been spoken here for over 400 years. I am the Anglo and Anglophone American telling non native English speakers to learn French here. If you don’t want to learn French, go live in boring-ass Toronto. The guy comparing Legault to Trump is completely off-base and spouting typical liberal propaganda and globalism.
Thank you so much my friend
You get it, and it's people like you we like to welcome in Montreal. Always a subsection of Anglophones who come here and want to turn the city into Toronto or New York. Completely clueless.
merci mon ami!
ahhhh if only !!!
The pot holes are no joke in Montréal! Hopefully they work on the integration issue as I heard this from many locals when I visited.
As for learning the French language. One of the reasons I go to Montreal is to practice my French (which is quite weak). But I love how Montréalers are so considerate of my trying and being near bilingual people actually really inspires me. I still feel at home there as an English speaker, but it makes me really want to keep learning.
Though the city is French forward, the city serves as an example of how bilingualism could be a strength in a community, as well as for, business.
I mean of course the city is going to be French forward since the vast majority of people are native French speakers, but it is nice how Bilingual the city is as well. Bilingualism is rising in Anglophones in the rest of Canada, but they have a long way to go, but hopefully as French immersion and as French universities in Toronto and Alberta get more popular, the French learning and resident French speaking populations of those places can continue to grow and spur on further bilingualism in those areas.
I visited Montreal and contrary to the guy from Marocco, my first impression was that all sort of people get along really well, I thought it was beautiful!
Montreal it's ok...but the rest of the province is racist
I wish someone would be this young Arab’s mentor. Get this silly white superior syndrome out of his head
2nd generation immigrant tend to act like victim of racism when they probably lived a lot less racism and general problem than their parents or even their grandparents wich didn't immigrated
key word, you "visited", its a different reality if you live here and are immigrant/children of immigrants
@@lilxsad5430 facts 💯
Thanks a lot for the video!😊👍
1-Bad "Free" Medical Assistance
2-Rents are getting way too expensive
3-Construction
Montreal is very different from the rest of Canada. I like how they maintained the French language there, it’s make Montreal feel like a different country
You can thank the PQ and bill 101 for that!
I'm francophone but I think the anglo guy represents the sentiment of most anglos. The anglo community was initially open to the idea of protecting the french language and culture but Legault completely threw them under the bus and blamed them for the decline of french
Legault c't'un criss de cave! Y va bin finir par perdre une esti d'élection, tabarnak! Québec Solidaire all the way esti!
French is grotesque.
Oh please !
This is peanuts compared to what has happened the other way around !
Do you think Americans cared when they destroyed Irak, or when the Brits destroyed India or the Acadians ? No.
Karma's a bitch : what goes around, comes around.
Are you stupid or a collaborator? At least 95% of Anglos want the French language to disappear and they have the greatest contempt for you.
@@jean-francoismorin9337 Tout a fait Camarade
well done on these chats, went deeeep
I work at a hotel as a triangual French is not my strong suit A French family came to stay at the hotel and noticed I wasn't fluent in French; I tried my best. Even though I have spoken a few, the father of the family looked at me in a weird way and told me; don't you live in Canada? why don't you know French? you live here! I said I will eventually.
Last week I went to Quebec city and stayed for the weekend. On our way back, we stopped at Tim Hortons somewhere in Trois Ville city. I spoke French and then the cashier noticed that I wasn't good in French refused to take my orders and called another person. Funny enough the only English speaking or understanding was the chef. It took 7 minutes for our order to be placed upon. Then I looked at the line up we caused from behind and those people looked at us in a terrified way. On our behalf we took empathy and did not say or act like the father who said you should know French rather English.
I understand you guys were first to encounter Canada, but if this continues racism will always be near. Canada is not a multicultural country or what they say "freedom."
As a Torontonian, who immigrated from Italy, I have to say, I fucking love Montreal. It reminds me of my home city Milano.
The political situation is going very bad because of people who expect to be spoken at in English first. We do all sorts of laws to protect our language as it is a minority in Canada. We are a French speaking Province, no English as an official language. Either you learn to speak French or you leave and go to the West in Canada. If you have any urgent health problem, people WILL be able to speak English to you if you are a traveler or learning French. The situation of Anglophones in Québec who do not speak a word of French is very concerning as people in stores or restaurants sometimes can't even serve you in the only official language of Québec that is French. That is now illegal with Legault and bill 96 and SHOULD stay like this, for you to learn French. I am not against bilinguism myself being one, only it making Anglophones not learn French at all is bad for our Province. Try speaking only English in region, away from Montreal, and you will see that not everybody speak English, and it is normal. Nobody is losing anyone's identity here.
@@liam1561 I am so sorry but you are completely mistaken. Québec comes from France and so it is simple that it keeps French as its language. Either Canada accept our French protection measures and secularism or they let us be our own country, separated from Canada. While not intending to be arrogant, your message unfortunately is. Québec has French as its only official language, while bilinguism is a good thig, only, you NEED to know French if you live in Québec. We accept every immigrant in our society as long as they learn to speak French. French isn't a "hobby" or a "burden", it is an integral part of our culture and should and will stay so. Note that English, a language that stole thousands of words from many languages, has 29% of its words that comes from French, if I remember well. Arrogance is one.
I was born in Montreal, but was brought up in the West Island. When I was a year old, my dad bought a house there in '68. We were the first French family on our street. As a result, I'm perfectly bilingual and run very fast (Anglos didn't like us, and you know how kids are, right? Considering there were many more of them, I had been taking judo classes for a few years, but more often than not, it was safer to run.😉). We moved back to Montreal in '86, after 2 years in Atlanta, where my dad headed the Quebec Delegation (Sort of mini-consulates Quebec is the only province to have opened abroad.) for the seven south-eastern states. When the Parti Québécois (PQ) lost power to the Liberals of Bourassa, in the fall of '85, most of the Quebec Delegations abroad were closed, and all of them saw big budget cuts. Staffing was drastically reduced, leaving only a small staff entirely focused on economic policy. My dad's contract with the Government was ending in August '86 and wasn't going to be renewed, obviously, so we moved back to Montreal. René Lévesque had retired from politics after the defeat of '85, and my dad became the Chief of Staff of the PQ's new leader, Pierre-Marc Johnson. After 9 years in power, the PQ had made some decisions that hurt it's position with the unions, so many union members didn't vote in '85. It's been downhill for that party ever since. Even though the PQ was voted back in power many times since '85, it's ideology kept moving away from what had made it so popular in the early years, it's pro-union policies. After losing the first referendum of Mai 20th 1980, the loss of the second referendum, in '95, pretty much ended the idea of Quebec separating from Canada. Although the PQ was voted in power a few times since, the defeat of the '95 referendum was sort of a death knell. The party didn't know it at the time, but it was like a "dead man walking" situation. Just look at the PQ now. Today, Québec Solidaire is the party that most resembles what the PQ was in it's glory days; a decidedly Socialist approach to Government. Which is why I am now a member of Québec Solidaire (QS). If René Lévesque was still around, he too would vote QS. I bet the tall guy that spoke about economic inequalities, just before the "Anglo from the Plateau", also votes QS. Come to think of it, maybe the cool Anglo does too...
I now live in Montreal. I also agree with the "Anglo from the Plateau", and I want to congratulate him on his impeccable French! Legault sucks! He's a fake populist. Just like Rump, except smarter (he did start an airline that didn't go under, way back when), not quite as racist, and not orange... By the way, had it not been for Bill 101, of the René Lévesque PQ of '76 , he wouldn't speak such perfect French. That Bill is the only reason Montreal is what it is today. Unless one of the parents attended English school from K thru 12, that Bill made it mandatory for kids to attend French school from K thru 12. When I was a little kid, the street signs were in English only, in Montreal!! Until '76... I remember the big stink the Anglos whipped up at the time! Even though they had, and still have, their own public institutions (schools and hospitals) and media, they were freaking out because we added the word "arrêt" on top of the word "stop", at every street corner!
My how time flies! Memories...
The street signs were in English only, you say? Well, the parking hours signs were is French.
Hi JF you had it easy I was born in Westmount in 70 and raised in old school Longueuil with hyper racist PQ raised children always calling me l’anglais despite my dad being 100% pure wool. It didn’t matter back then tons of missed opportunities, Let me Tell ya.
You're tooooo political for this interview!
@@appleturnover519 I don't understand the point you're trying to make. And it still doesn't change the fact that prior to 1976 and the passing of bill 101, the street signs really were in English only. A language spoken by about 20% of the population at that time. Whereas the language of the vast majority of the population was nowhere to be seen in the biggest and most important city of the province. Thereby making us feel like we didn't matter. By the way, the only other places you will see French on public signs in Canada is if it has to do with the federal government. As for parking hours signs being in French, those signs were most likely put up AFTER 1976. Doesn't it make much more sense to have signs written in the language spoken by over 85% of the population?
@@Hot80s That must of sucked! Did you have a big English accent or was it because you came from Westmount? What's your family name? By the way, didn't have to be "PQ raised" to call you "l'anglais". Most francophones didn't speak English. Weather they were "Liberal raised" or "Union Nationale raised". The majority of francophones felt a certain level of animosity towards the English speaking community, because we had been looked down upon for so long. Thankfully, there is much less animosity today because we don't feel put down anymore. Even in the West Island, many of my friends didn't speak good English, and did so with a heavy accent! That wasn't the case with me though. My English was good enough for me to pass for an anglophone. My family was literally the first French speaking family to move on my street! There weren't many of us in the neighborhood when I was really little. ALL my friends were English speaking and I couldn't understand a damn thing they would say for a while. I can't even remember when I started understanding English... It sortta just happened. The "Revolution Tranquille" of the early 1960s, that was brought about by the Liberals of Jean Lesage had started doing something to dispel the idea that francophones were somehow not suited for administrative jobs, or jobs that relied on the intellectual capacity of the person. In other words, the general idea was that we francophones weren't smart enough for jobs in which you had to use your brain more than your physical strength. Pretty much like Black folks were made to feel in the US, a notion upon which so many opportunities were denied. By the time the PQ took power in 1976, the West Island had changed quite a bit. My little brother is 6 years younger than me and he didn't speak English at all until we moved to Atlanta, in '84. He was 11 and had never needed to speak English before then! LOL! His first few months in the states must of sucked big time! He became perfectly bilingual in no time though. By the time Christmas came around, he was at the top of his class and had many friends. As for the things we all did or said when we were kids, even if we weren't necessarily bullies, we often made fun of the fat kid, the one that had really thick glasses, the one that had a bad acne problem, the one who's mom would buy him/her clothes we deemed "funny", the Asian kid, the Black kid, etc. Kids can be cruel. Thankfully, that generally stops, or at least lessens at some point in high school, when our empathy is more developed. Although my worst year was in high school, at 13 years old. I had skipped a grade and the other kids were either 14 or 15. I was the only boy in my class who's voice hadn't yet changed. Not a good year for me! I resented my parents so much for putting me thru that!! Thank God I didn't go to the same school the next year! My voice had changed and I had grown up a lot during the summer!
Interesting video. Never thought of some of the negatives mentioned.
Dude wants to become a manager rocking a hoodie, unshaved, chilling in the stairs, and having a different accent than the rest of the others in the video.
Nice place to visit! Montreal in the seventies was amazing!
If those are the worst problems a city has, damn, i wanna live there.
apprends le français
3:00 I don't get the argument ... 'I am pushing for French language but don't like their anti immigrant policies' -> What is the link between the 2 ?
the link is they are both ways of bulling people
Oh so if I am following you ppl asking you to speak Italian or Spanish in Italy or Spain is bullying? 🤔
It's like everywhere, the media and universities defend a Party so that when the Party is in power, it can spend taxpayers' money on advertising and grants to the media and university that supported them. Quebec officials are mainly for immigration (no party for humanistic reasons, but more for economic motivation). Sometimes we hear voices a little lost saying regrettable things like "immigrants refuse to speak French", "some do not work" or "that the veil oppresses Muslim women" . To make serious money in Montreal, you have to be bilingual or English, otherwise the same jobs in French are underpaid. The majority of Quebecers are bilingual.
As a foreigner who visited Montreal, the two worst things for me were the poor infrastructure maintenance and the overrated bagels. A lot of the buildings looked like they were 30 years past due for a renovation. A lot of grafitti, abandoned buildings, rusty railings, cracked pavements, overgrown weed, and debris. Some buildings also looked like they could use a power wash. Also, I didn't particularly love Montreal bagels, and I went to St. Viateur, which a lot locals told me it was the best in the city. They were cold and hard, and you had to buy the cream cheese yourself and spread it yourself. Not to mention, not much options for spreads. The people also seem a little bit less service oriented. Aside from that, the rest of the food was amazing, and the people were very nice and respectful, and all fit.
I live in MTL and everything is overrated here
Every time I hear people gush about how beautiful the city is, I just wonder what the hell they’re smoking. Montreal might have its charm but it IS ugly and dirty, it’s literally falling apart.
Shoutout to the cameraman focusing on the things that are really important, like at 7:57.
I should add, the widespread poverty in the city and it got worse...it's in-your-face, no one can ignore it. It is shameful even, in this rich country, people should have access to basic, decent housing and conditions. I also detest and despise how the city is basically at the mercy of greedy/scumbag real estate types and slumlords.
I was born in Montreal 72 years ago. My first language is French but I'm quite bilingual (I have an MBA from McGill). My immediate neighbourg was also born in Montreal 72 years ago. He speaks English and claims to be bilingual but cannot sustain a convestation in French, even about the weather. I know who Leonard Cohen is but he doesn't even have a clue who Michel Tremblay is. He, like thousands of anglo Montrealers like him are racists, pure and simple.
Love to see Montrealers perspective as I'm contemplating moving there.
I’m planning to leave…..lol
@@maralgarabedian8277 why? And if so are you renting an apartment? I’m having trouble finding one right now. It’s like they’re making it tougher for people who want to move there.
Montreal is cheap because everyone who isn't Québécois and French speaking find the city and its politics unbearable.
Great content!
I see some characters from other videos, once again really loves your videos dan