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I replied, "OK, fuckez vous," and saluted him with the international symbol of ill will.

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some of 'em, if you don't speak French, can be downright hostile about it

Years ago, my wife and I were on one of our motorcycle vacations. We were traveling through Canada. I needed directions to get to a store, so I pulled up next to another BMW motorcyclist at a traffic light and asked how to find the address.

He looked at me and said, unpleasantly, "Speak French!"

I replied, "OK, fuckez vous," and saluted him with the international symbol of ill will.

We get a lot of snowbirds where I live and quite a few are Canadian. I like most of them but the ones with Quebec license plates seem to be some of the most arrogant assholes I've ever had the displeasure to encounter.

I used to do work for a company in Montreal.
The snooty attitude towards non-French speaking people is real.

The funny thing is the French from France look down on the Frenchies in Montreal. Kind of like second class citizens.


Which reminds me of an old joke.

Q: When did the people in Montreal begin speaking French?
A: As soon as an American entered the room.

A good friend married a lady from Quebec. They came down for a visit and I don’t think I had ever met such an arrogant, evil, and caustic individual until I worked with a team from McGill University. Came to the conclusion that everyone from Quebec must be like that.

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A good friend married a lady from Quebec. They came down for a visit and I don’t think I had ever met such an arrogant, evil, and caustic individual until I worked with a team from McGill University. Came to the conclusion that everyone from Quebec must be like that.

In the 1970s Parisians (France) were like that. Virtually everyone spoke English but they'd refuse to do so with Americans. If one made a (poor) attempt to say something in French, matters went much better. By the 2000s the rudeness of Frenchfolk to Americans seemed to have softhened--I guess they found that tourists were more likely to spend money if they were coddled a little. (Or it may have just been that they could not stand to hear their language murdered by horrible American attempts to speak it, so they'd converse in English to avoid it.)

In 2005 I drove through some of Quebec and did so again in 2011. I didn't encounter a lot of animosity from not speaking French, but I did occasionally have difficulty when some did not speak English.

The 2005 trip was a very long drive (11,750 miles over 85 days) and the route came down the eastern edge of Quebec to the St. Lawrence River. I made a stop at the foot of Manicouagan Cinq ("Manic 5"), a huge dam, to get a few photos. I was quickly accosted by a Gendarme who said "You cannot stay here!". He repeated it several times, very emphatically. (I think it may have been all the English he knew.) So I got back into my 1966 Mustang and drove off. I'm sure that it was just a need to protect the dam from possible attack, but I did not see any warning signs about it (in English or French). Photo: 100_5824.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr

flashguy

I think the French and descendants of them like the Quebecois are just arrogant and rude in general, it must be a genetic/cultural thing.

On my honeymoon in Ireland in 2012, I'm at the Guinness Brewery in Dublin with my new wife. Waiting in line with a couple people ahead of me and about 8 people behind me to order food at a counter in the dining area. This French woman tries to walk right up to the front of the line and starts trying to order, acting like she didn't see us all.

I see this and am like "oh hell no!"

Me: LADY, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?
Her: Ahrhh Ahrhh Ahrhh, I don' speek Anglish, sorry (she totally understands me)
Me: YOU NEED TO GET TO THE BACK OF THE LINE!
Her: Ahrhh Ahrhh Ahrhh...mumbles (acts like she can't hear me)
Me: DO YOU THINK I'M STANDING IN THIS LINE FOR THE FUN OF IT? MOVE YOUR FUCKING ASS NOW!
Her: Ahrhh Ahrhh Ahrhh...mumbles...stalks off

The guy at the counter was cracking the hell up

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As for Ottowans, maybe it'll make sense to kinda get used to it.

Ottawa is in Ontario, not Québec.

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[Trudeau]... may wind up driving Quebecois out of Canada and into the US ...

For the love of God NO!

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Originally posted by PASig:
I think the French and descendants of them like the Quebecois are just arrogant and rude in general, it must be a genetic/cultural thing.

I've always suspected part of the problem is France was once a world power, and is no more. Once-upon-a-time French was the international language, but now it's English.

I don't think they've ever gotten over it

Looks like Justin has just now decided (about 3:00 pm Central) that the Emergencies Act has been burning a hole in his popularity:

https://torontosun.com/news/ca...voke-emergencies-act


Toronto Sun
February 23, 2022

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government can revoke the Emergencies Act now that the crisis in Ottawa and Canada’s border crossings has calmed down.

Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act, which replaced the War Measures Act in 1988, for the first time last week, saying police needed extra help to end blockades that had been ongoing in downtown Ottawa for weeks and had spread to key Canada-U.S. border crossings.

On Monday, Trudeau said the time-limited, extraordinary powers granted by the Emergencies Act were still needed because his government was worried about blockades returning.

Trudeau now says that order has now been restored and that while threats remain, police and existing legislation will be enough to prevent other occupations.

The House of Commons passed a motion to approve the measures under the act Monday evening, with the NDP voting in favour alongside the minority Liberal government.

The Senate began debating a motion on the act Tuesday.

The legislation gave police the power to designate no-go zones around critical infrastructure like Parliament Hill, border crossings and bridges.

Regulations under the act also granted powers to make tow trucks into essential services, and require banks to freeze accounts of people participating directly or indirectly in the protest.

Police in Ottawa used those powers over the weekend to push demonstrators out of the core in a massive, multi-day operation.

Downtown Ottawa remains under heavy police supervision. Checkpoints throughout the core, where the parliamentary precinct and surround streets are fenced off, are expected to remain throughout the weekend.

The Senate began debating a motion on the act Tuesday.

The legislation gave police the power to designate no-go zones around critical infrastructure like Parliament Hill, border crossings and bridges.

Regulations under the act also granted powers to make tow trucks into essential services, and require banks to freeze accounts of people participating directly or indirectly in the protest.

Police in Ottawa used those powers over the weekend to push demonstrators out of the core in a massive, multi-day operation.

Downtown Ottawa remains under heavy police supervision. Checkpoints throughout the core, where the parliamentary precinct and surround streets are fenced off, are expected to remain throughout the weekend.

^^^ OK, so,does that mean all bank accounts are unfrozen and all charges based on offenses that became offenses after the act are now dropped?

Trudea's a professional bitch. He's perfectly capable of saying "OK, no more beyond this point" in order to duck out from under the heat, but still trying to use the Emergency Act in order to screw the people who didn't leap to obey him.

Heaven knows that if that point's unclear then any protesters with brains and genital fortitude are going to desperately need to test that point - in detail. Otherwise, what Trudeau can actually do remains unclear, which leaves him the ability to use the threat of future applications of the Emergency Act as a tool for intimidation in a manner that is completely beyond the capacity of society, other politicians and the law to control.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government can revoke the Emergencies Act now that the crisis in Ottawa and Canada’s border crossings has calmed down.

Justin the benevolent.

I hope Canadian hecklers aren't too polite.

This twitter #BlackfaceHitler has got some great info in it.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bl...tler?src=hash&f=live

Facing Financial Peril and a Pending Senate Rebuke, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Revokes Emergency War Measures Act

In the bigger picture, the Canadian banking and financial system was hit hard by the deployment of the Emergency Act which highlighted the ability of the government to arbitrarily freeze and seize money, assets and financial investment capital without any due process.

There are also strong rumors in the financial sector, that in addition to Canadians removing money from the banking system, previous investment funds from Hong Kong had been moved – and, making matters even worse, digital currency exchanges were no longer offering secure services in Canada.

Simultaneous to the mounting domestic and international backlash against the financial system, the Canadian Senate was likely to rebuke the government of Justin Trudeau and not support the invocation of the Emergency War Measures Act against Canadian citizens.

As a result of multiple issues of backlash with severe consequence, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet are trying to save face, and yet walk away from the Emergency War Measures Act by revoking it before they faced the humiliation of a public defeat in the Canadian Senate.

After his prepared remarks about his reversal in position, Trudeau was softly questioned about internal documents discovered by the Canadian Senate that point toward Trudeau’s cabinet discussing the political benefits they would gain by invoking the Emergency Act. The prime minister dodged the question twice, instead saying a parliamentary investigation will review why the Emergency Act was needed.

Keep an eye on the story of this Senate discovery. From all indications, even the liberal allies of Trudeau in the Senate were unable to support the Emergency Act after they reviewed the non-public documents. There’s something very damaging in those documents, likely internal emails between Trudeau and his various ministers.

https://theconservativetreehou...res-act/#more-228329

He's overplayed his hand and if he doesn't know it, he's even stupider than I think he is. By now, it should have sunk in through his thick skull, the political cost of his Pyrrhic victory. He'll never admit that he regrets pulling this ridiculous shit, but I think he does regret it- not because he cares about Canadians (because it's clear that he doesn't), but because he's in love with his completely phony self.

He probably masturbates each night while professing his love for the reflection is his bathroom mirror.

Now that Canadians know how easily their bank accounts can be frozen, how many will remove a large portion of their cash out of the banks. This may have long lasting implications the Canadaian government may regret.

I see boom times for precious metal sales in Canada. This would guard against emergency implementation of "cashless society" strategy. Anyone trying to stay ahead of these disgusting totalitarians should know that such a thing would be considered by these pukes. "Oh, you have cash only? Sorry, we can't accept cash."

But, everyone understands gold, silver and platinum.

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He's overplayed his hand and if he doesn't know it, he's even stupider than I think he is.

Never underestimate the cluelessness of a leftist, I always say.

There are other alternatives to metals, but they may not be as good. Basically anything that doesn't rely on digital records of ownership or digital transmission of ownership is a workable alternative to having savings or retirement accounts. I wouldn't be surprised if a few banking alternatives were imported or invented, either - hawala banking works pretty much the same way using a letter of credit would.

Come to think of it, I wonder what (if anything) is big on the Canadian black market these days? Anyone with a few cases of whiskey always has something to trade, and a few bottles handed over in one place can always be paid for with cash, services or other goods somewhere else.

Banks hold your mortgages

Life insurance premiums are drafted out of banks