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
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.
Edit: the US lacking bilingual packaging and documentation is an illegal barrier to our trade. They don’t even have an official language, so how can vis be a barrier to them. Maybe they should learn French.
If there’s one thing the French are good at, it’s resistance
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.
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.
Edit: Not supporting Trump, just being realistic about his intentions.
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.
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.
They don’t even have an official language
They do now. Since March 1st.
Doesn’t diminish what you’ve said though.
TIL
And that’s officially a trade barrier to our domestic francophone population!
Nobody even noticed
Americans who don’t speak English will begin to notice
A lot of people will notice when red states stop dropping other languages in schools next school year.
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No, absolutely not.
Just because some asshole in a round office says something doesn’t make it true. The US has no official language.
Non, absolument pas.
Ce n’est pas parce qu’un trou du cul dans un bureau rond dit quelque chose que ça devient vrai. Les États-Unis n’ont pas de langue officielle.
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.
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.
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.
In what world can one country dictate the laws of another country
Welcome to American exceptionalism.
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.
Edit: Just came across this gem:
God, why do they feel entitled to our marketplace? Jesus Christ can they just fuck off?
People are finally realizing to whom the free market is.
Basically anything I buy at the grocery store has between two and five languages. It’s not hard America.
21% of Americans are illiterate.
54% have a literacy BELOW A SIXTH GRADE LEVEL.
Are you smarter than a 5th grader was a rhetorical question.
(For the 54% a rhetorical question is … fuckit nevermind.)
How about the 43% of us who are somehow PROUD about never reading a book
They use Facebook.
How long till DOGE sues Meta to drop the ‘book’ part…
That’s impressive, do you have a source?
It does vary slightly by year/source, but not much. Overall is around 80% literate. ~54% at 6th grade level and below. And ~20 functionally illiterate.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-reveals-us-adult-literacy-rates-state-2010175
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/us-literacy-rates-by-state
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2019/2019179/index.asp
https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025literacy-statistics
https://usafacts.org/articles/which-states-have-the-highest-and-lowest-adult-literacy-rates/
https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reports/reading/2024/g4_8/
That’s depressing. I found it’s 4% of illiterate for the 18-64 years old who started school in France. https://www.anlci.gouv.fr/ressources/les-nouveaux-chiffres-de-lillettrisme-en-france-avril-2024/
I don’t speak French, but I assure you I would kill and if necessary die to ensure Quebec always can. We stand together.
That moment when Louisiana (in the U.S.) looks around and says wait, our laws are based on Napoleonic laws, we French based too right?
I mean, the Cajuns, the best part of Louisiana, are basically Quebecois.
Some would argue the Cajun are the Quebecois who were unwilling to submit to British rule.
No argument there. They stayed French much longer that way.
It’s the old “I don’t necessarily agree with what you are saying, but I would defend to the death your right to say it” ideal, and I’m 100% down for it.
Manges de la merde, gros sans-dessein orange.
I’m calling it, he’s going to say the same about the requirements to use the metric system.
Also, why does he care about trade barriers? I thought his goal was to economically isolate the US from the rest of the world. It sure is what all his actions and measures have been best at accomplishing so far.
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?
Lmao.
Dude, not even the English could keep the Quebecers from speaking French, and they tried for over 100 years after the Brits took the province in the Seven Years War.
Good luck with that one, Cheeto.
I don’t know a lot about Canada but isn’t that how you piss off quebec?
It’s already done.
I haven’t seen anywhere near this much Canadian patriotism in Québec in my lifetime.
My dad who’s 80 mentioned the same without me bringing up the subject.
I don’t know how to explain this other than with an imperfect analogy:
Even though we disagree or squabble at times, my fellow Canadians are brothers and sisters and no one picks on my siblings but me.“My brother and I are enemies until my cousin comes. Then my brother and I are allies against my cousin until my neighbour arrives.”
Listen… I don’t like bill 96.
But the US can get fucked. French is an official language and if anyone in Canada wants to do business in French, it’s their right.
It’s like the old saying about free speech. I may disagree with the laws you’re passing, but I will defend to the death your right to pass your own laws.
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.
Vive le Quebec. Go get 'em.
FU. You want to sell your products here you package them in our languages.
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).
The US government doesn’t give a shit about anything except excuses for their catastrophic tariff plan. They want to highlight issues that will never be negotiable so they can justify them to Faux News and their Trumper cult. It is a classic divide an conquer technique on Canada. Further, I am sure Russia is running troll farms with misinformation on us now.
Dairy industry, VS oil and gas, VS Québécois.
Who is next?
Concede nothing to the US.
Totally agree. “Make an outrageous demand” is one of the few tools in trumps repitoire.
Even if we did somehow ascede to it, he’d just come up with something new. The point is to have something to hang over us, not to actually get the thing.
