Haha see, I don't mean to pick on you but you're exactly that which I do not understand. A french speaking person would never get out of quebec and expect to be served in french, yet, for some reason, believe that because they speak english, the french should accomodate them.
They might not expect to be greeted or served in French, but they certainly use it as reasoning for not wanting to serve Anglos in English here in Quebec. They say this because they assume no one speaks French outside of QC and even more falsely think that French will not be served at all. All this based on lack of education of the fact that French is very present in many parts of the country outside of Quebec...and that the provincial governments even have special laws to protect the rights of those French speakers in unilingual English provinces.
The anglos from Montreal feel soooooo entitled, it's disgusting(don't get me wrong, I'm mearly buliding the thought further, but this is not in reference to you personally). Because Canada was made from a mix of french and english doesn't warrant the french having to accomodate the english on their own turf, same thing for the english with french, for reasons of logic and practicality.
And the Montreal Anglos are right to their entitlement. Forget the rest of Quebec for a second and concentrate on Montreal, which lets face it, is what actually makes Quebec run. Montreal was founded by English much more than the French, so technically, it's English "turf" Not French turf. To think that French is the majority language in MTL is plain ignorance (no offense to you, jsut a general statement)
I don't expect to find a French speaking clerk at walmart in Yellowknife, but the english of montreal feel and about feel that they should be different, because they speak english haha. You know what, I honestly believe that this is what is driving the French police to act in bad faith. I'm sure if the franco-ontarians started acting like that, there would be an english police in Ontario.
No, you wouldn't, because it's essentially unspoken in that region, but in a place where a high concentration of French speakers are, like Plamondon, Girouxville and St-Paul in Alberta, you would expect to have the ability to be served in French...regardless of the fact that the province is purely English speaking. For the Franco-Ontarians, they wouldn't need to act that way, because contrary to the ways of the Quebec Government, they have laws protecting their language, even though it is a REAL minority(unlike English in MTL)...not laws PUNISHING them.
I honestly find such an entitlement from a minority to be astounding! The french have earned the legicimacy of their language, and I personally find it beautiful. I really do not understand why an anglophone feels he should be accomodated. I really do not believe he should, even though this is where opinion would diverge. Whenever I got back to Quebec, I switch to 100% french and am pleased to do so, even though my daily routine in Ottawa is almost strictly in english. It's just normal, I find.
Once again, English is not the minority in MTL, which is where all the language police issues are. It has been mentioned that there are no issues outside of Montreal, because English is actually a minority language, and I find that acceptable, and even agree with it. But to fine a shop owner in the West-Island for not having the english letters in his signage smaller than the french ones, is just ridiculous.
Personally, I don't think the province needs to be bilingual, I think it should simply apply laws like other provinces protecting the rights of the "minority" language in areas of high concentration (as you keep calling it) rather than stomping on it.
Ah, pi tout ca, je le dit pas en tant qu'anglophone. Je le dit en tant que personne qui regarde de l'interieur. Je trouve ca plate qu'au Quebec, on est pas capable d'accepter le fait que l'Anglais est tres present et tres important a Monrteal. C'est plate de voir des jeunes (comme des moin jeune dailleur) dire des conneries tel que "Eill l'esti d'anglais, va t'en chez vous, icite c'est le quebec" comme si l'anglophone venait d'ailleurs et n'etais pas le bienvenu comme immigrant.
