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[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Their motto is: "Je me souviens." If they know one thing it's how to hold a grudge.

[-] gyoo@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

Well, the thing is that the threat is still very much present today. The french language is declining in Quebec, the youth speak more and more english, the internet is basically in english, no matter how hard you try, french music and movies are either inexistant or nobody watches them, there's routinely stories comming out of Quebecers trying to get a service from the federal, only to get shut down because nobody speak french on the other end of the line, it's more and more difficult to get a job where it's feasible to speak french all day, higher-ups in corporations live decades in the metropolis without speaking a word of french, university students are tought their fields in english, in a french class and McGill (an english university) get 90% of the grants in the province, and on and on and on. The battle is not about the conquest wars or the october crisis, it's about today.

[-] SleeplessCityLights@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

That's funny because other than West Island, I don't know many people under 18 that know English. The youth have so much Francophone YouTube and online content available now, they don't need English. It's so bad that they use French expressions and memes.

Where are you getting any of this? It's like you live in Ottawa or somewhere in Ontario. It's really hard to be that out of touch.

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