According to him, Canada and Quebec have no advantage in making compromises on their language policies, nor do Italians, Dutch, Germans, etc. He pointed out that the United States did not ask its other partners for such compromises.
Illustrating the definition of discrimination.
Manges de la merde, gros sans-dessein orange.
They want maximum trade barriers going in and minimal trade barriers going out.
It’s just straight up bullying. Always has been.
This is what happens when people who, at a primal level, think the world is a zero sum game. Who never learned how cooperation results in bigger rewards.
He wants to isolate is, but we can’t isolate him! I guess if you get your head far enough up your own arse it makes sense?
Nothing says “American values” like whining about how foreigners insist on speaking their native languages in their own countries (while threatening to invade them and demanding they do you special favours).
Amazing how the US government thinks US businesses have any standing in our country, after it wiped its ass with that trade treaty that wildly favoured them.
It is fucking wild. One might say it sounds like entitlement. But surely a “self-made man” like Donald Trump knows nothing of entitlement… /s
We should all speak more French out of patriotism to show that we aren’t Americans?
Oui oui! Je suis an ananas!!
Honhonhon j’aime manger les ananas, jaime tous les fruits
Bravo ! Allons regarder ensemble Psych en français (^_^)
Oui oui, tu es un ananas!
No joke but I’m actually starting to learn it after half a decade of saying maybe next year
Lâche pas, ça vaut la peine!
Moi aussi! Je suis a 245 jours jusqu’a present.
Were these idiots dropped on their heads as a baby? In what world can one country dictate the laws of another country without there being a war?
They’re trying it on here in Australia too. The USA pharmaceutical industry is lobbying the USA administration by claiming that our PBS, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which allows us to have affordable medication and a safety net, is harming their bottom line because they’re required to negotiate with the Australian Government in order to supply their medication at a negotiated price. Must be tough to have to negotiate with adults.
In what world can one country dictate the laws of another country
Welcome to American exceptionalism.
Buddy, they’ve been doing this for ages. Certainly ever since the end of WWII. Sometimes diplomatically, other times via interference, and when that fails, militarily. We’re just kinda waking up to it now because we haven’t seen as much of the second and third methods used against us before. But yeah, this isn’t about stupidity, this has been their policy for a long time.
How does Australia’s pharmaceutical industry compare to Canada’s? We have a lot of generics here in Canada… I’m curious whether Australia would benefit from a similar stance that favours more white label production, or if Australia is more invested in the development side and feels like it needs to maintain more strict/homogenized w/ US laws to keep them as a seller and recoup on its investments.
I had no idea, so I looked … I still have no idea. The dollar numbers tossed around contradict each other and vary wildly, to the point of being absurd.
I don’t know what the policy on generics is, but as I understand it, the PBS negotiates on our behalf to subsidize medication that would otherwise be completely unaffordable.
When I get to a computer with a screen that’s bigger than my hand, I’ll have a squiz at the Australian Bureau of Statistics to see if I can learn more.
How arrogant of you to suggest that your entire country’s medical needs are somehow more important than the financial well-being of some shareholders
Easy fix.
Hire better negotiators.
In what world can one country dictate the laws of another country without there being a war?
We are talking about a country that demands regulatory concessions in foreign countries, beyond those of which are afforded to said countries’ domestic businesses.
I was curious about that whole “Canada doesn’t want US banks” thing that started in the beginning of our deranged trade war, and it’s really stupid. Opening a bank there is oh so hard for our poor widdle conglomerate banks because… stricter regulations and an unwillingness to make 35% of their Canadian subsidiary publicly owned.
That’s it. Their banks have to follow the same rules, and Trump thinks that’s unfair for us.
Oh ho ho… you’ve pissed off Quebec now. Gods help you now USA. :p
Americans never change, huh? It’s 1774 all over again (in which Americans got so salty about people speaking French that it contributed to them choosing revolution) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Act
In a recent article published in The Atlantic magazine, (American military historian Eliot) Cohen used a tongue-in-cheek approach to warn Americans against invading Canada, pointing out that previous attempts led to dismal results.
His review of American military failures starts in 1775, when U.S. troops invaded Quebec, where they distributed pamphlets — translated into French — awkwardly declaring: “You have been conquered into liberty.” The campaign ended in disastrous defeat for the American Continental Army in December 1775.
If the US wants to Conquer us into Liberty. Then I will fight for Freedom from Liberty.
the fucking nerve of americans. imagine if france callled up trump and said “your language is an illegal impediment to french businesses. speak french.” would the trumpster fire obey?
Lol at Trumpster Fire.
Wait until they find out about China.
Awwwww : ( pleurer plus 💔
LOL The American government just can’t help itself, huh? Truly, the dumbest administration of all time. The Americans have successfully united Western and Eastern Canadians, something they should be very scared of since we never got along. Although the laws have been controversial, you can’t say Quebec hasn’t done a great job resisting Anglophone hegemony, and I suspect America will not be the exception they’re hoping for.
Lol they’re trying to mess with the Québécois. Good fucking luck with that.
I’m 100% with the Quebecois, get fucked USA, you don’t have jurisdiction here and you don’t get to dictate to us.
If there’s one thing the French are good at, it’s resistance
But if it is the last barrier to reaching an agreement, how long will the rest of Canada support Quebec? This is being done to test our confederacy.
We’ll never stop standing with Quebec. No foreign power is going to dictate our culture. Canada strong.
ROC opposing Québec because of language laws? That’s the exact definition of Canadian culture, our confederacy was tempered by this conflict since forever.
Once again, they are simply reinforcing Canada’s identity by their uninformed talking points.
Why would we ever let a foreign government choose our languages? Seems it’ll be a common issue for them.
It might be, we don’t know all the details yet (they called it an irritant) but so far all these global tariffs have disproportionally hurt Canada more than other countries. I can see the US smoothing things over with others but keeping this as a point of contention with Canada.
Well be fine seeking out new partners. America isn’t trust worthy anymore.
I agree, we’re facilitating interprovincial trade, we have many allies in a similar position with which we can strike new deals. The US is looking to cause some damage though.
I’m pretty sure it’s one of the main reasons the right has always tried to crack jokes and minimize French influence in the U.S.
Wouldn’t want the Americana to see their cousins have big brass balls and will torch anything in their way if their ruling class fucks around too much.
They don’t even have an official language
They do now. Since March 1st.
Doesn’t diminish what you’ve said though.
Nobody even noticed
Americans who don’t speak English will begin to notice
TIL
And that’s officially a trade barrier to our domestic francophone population!
That’s it from now on the official languages of canada will be french and deep newfy
You might not be able to understand french but at least there are coursed and translation books
Hey we gotta allow Hoserish still, eh? The US can take right off, you knobs. <snort> Good Day.
If there is ever an invasion we will use deep-newfie code talkers, the baymen are unintelligible except to one another
I lived there as a baby, and learned to speak there. After we moved to the US, my mother forced me into speech therapy for years.
The residential schools claim another one, shaking my head
Speaking your own language is an affront to American business. Better clean up your act Frenchie.
