More divisive ‘group identity’ politics from the Ontario government. Having bilingual provincial services in other provinces while Quebec is unilingual is simply hypocrisy and discrimination:
“The creation of a stand-alone ministry of Francophone affairs drew mixed reactions from political pundits and opposition parties on Monday, after Premier Kathleen Wynne released details of a mini-shuffle in her Cabinet.
“The Premier announced the ‘Office of Francophone Affairs Ontario’ will now be a full-fledged ministry…
{“The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 3.9%.”}
“Marie-France Lalonde was already responsible for francophone affairs and will now become the minister of the file, the Premier said…
“The creation of an autonomous department gives even greater weight to the fact that the Ontario government recognizes that the francophone population, its culture and its language, are a dynamic part of life in Ontario,” Lalonde said. {Nonsense…}
“The ‘Association Canadienne-Française de l’Ontario’, in the Windsor-Essex-Chatham-Kent region, welcomed the news Monday morning. The association’s president, Elizabeth Brito {That’s not a Francophone name}, said southwestern Ontario is still fighting for services it deems ‘essential’ for Francophones.
“We have a history of fighting to be able to educate ourselves in French,” Brito said. “But at the health and the legal level, it is equally important. There are still gaps. We need health professionals and lawyers who speak French to help francophones in their daily lives.”
{NO! Ontario Francophones — like ‘moi’ — need to learn to be fluent in English, and money should only be provided for that purpose…}
Feature PHOTO: Marie-France Lalonde, Ontario’s minister for Francophone affairs. (CBC News)
–‘Reaction mixed to Ontario Liberals creating francophone affairs ministry’,
CBC News, Aug. 01, 2017
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/reaction-mixed-ministry-francophone-affairs-1.4229896
See also:
‘Quebec shop owner ordered to use French on Facebook‘ {Mar. 3, 2014}:
https://www.facebook.com/345805362190090/photos/a.350308008406492.1073741828.345805362190090/483627758407849/?type=1
‘CONSTANT VIGILANCE IS NEEDED TO KEEP ENGLISH IN CHECK‘ {Oct. 24, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/345805362190090/photos/a.350308008406492.1073741828.345805362190090/432698996834059/?type=1
‘Cancer patient in Quebec gets rude treatment for speaking English‘ {Oct. 22, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/345805362190090/photos/a.350308008406492.1073741828.345805362190090/431794346924524/?type=1
‘Man asks for time in English, bus driver calls police‘ {July 9, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=392460977524528&id=345805362190090
‘Premier hopes to force federal companies to comply with Bill 101‘ {May 27, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=375915109179115&id=345805362190090
‘On the Net’: Majority Language Rights (Quebec vs. Europe)‘ {Apr.9, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=359720277465265&id=345805362190090
‘TIME Magazine Discovers Quebec’s Language Repression‘ {Apr. 9, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=115586368639034&id=345805362190090
‘Seniors’ residence forced into French-only signage‘ {Mar. 24, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=127800370740054&id=345805362190090
‘No English Signs‘ {Mar. 22, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=353149731455653&id=345805362190090
‘Language police set sights on Liquid Nutrition‘ {Mar. 15, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=350524615051498&id=345805362190090
‘Quebec Government Union Bigots‘ {Mar. 13, 2013}:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=349969641773662&id=345805362190090
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