name is bourdain. i lean french, hard. i am enormously sympathetic to the language laws. you don t think that s preposterous? i do not think it s preposterous, but here we have a situation. it is stupid. i agree with you completely, that this this province 40 years ago was in some respect an english city. so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. but every bureaucracy produces by-products of stupidity and that was it. you know what, it will not stand. they treated french-speaking people like crap for much of history so i get it, i d be pissed too. i d want to make sure there was no back-sliding to the bad old days. the first sovereignist party was elected in 1976. it didn t come out of a vacuum.
now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. but every bureaucracy produces by-products of stupidity, and that was it. it will not stand. they treated the french-speaking quebecois like second-class crap for much of history. i get it. i would want my own thing and when i got it, i would want to make sure there s no back sliding. when the first sovereignist party to be elected was elected in 1986, it didn t come out of a vacuum. it came from a couple decades of awakening and struggle. 50 years from now, will people still be speaking french in montreal? yes. no doubt about it. no doubt about it. french first is something most would agree with. how far and how rigorously you want to go with that? well do you think there was ever any possibility or real majority or plurality of quebecois that
my last name is bourdain. i lean french. hard. i am enormously sympathetic to the language laws. you don t think it s preposterous? i do not think it s preposterous. but i hear we have a situation it is stupid. i agree with you completely that this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city. so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. but every bureaucracy produces by-products of stupidity. and you know what? it will not stand. the anglo-canadians treated french-speaking quebecois like second-class crap for much of history. so i get it. i d be pissed too. i d want my own thing and when i got it i d want to make sure there s no backsliding to the bad old days. when the first sovereignist party to be elected was elected in 1976, it didn t come out of a vacuum.
so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. but every bureaucracy produces by-products of stupidity. and you know what? it will not stand. the anglo-canadians treated french-speaking quebecois like second-class crap for much of history. so i get it. i d be pissed too. i d want my own thing and when i got it i d want to make sure there s no backsliding to the bad old days. when the first sovereignist party to be elected was elected in 1976, it didn t come out of a vacuum. it came out from a couple decades of awakening and struggle. 50 years from now, will people still be speaking predominantly french in montreal? yes. no doubt about it. no doubt about it. french first is something most would agree with. how far and how rigorously you want to go with that? well do you think there was ever any possibility or real majority
city. so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. but every bureaucracy produces by-products of stupidity. and you know what? it will not stand. the anglo-canadians treated french-speaking quebecois like second-class crap for much of history. so i get it. i d be pissed too. i d want my own thing and when i got it i d want to make sure there s no backsliding to the bad old days. when the first sovereignist party to be elected was elected in 1976, it didn t come out of a vacuum. it came out from a couple decades of awakening and struggle. 50 years from now, will people still be speaking predominantly french in montreal? yes. no doubt about it. no doubt about it. french first is something most would agree with. how far and how rigorously you want to go with that? well