Culture Clash

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Although it is supposed to be a comedy I have a feeling that it is very sad reality in Canada that very few english people can speak a second language.

“Since the federal government’s $44.5 million cuts to cultural programs were made public in August, artists in Quebec have undertaken a high-profile campaign against the Conservative government. At a protest in downtown Montreal, Prime Minister Stephen Harper was compared to Hitler. Culture en peril (Culture in peril), a satirical YouTube video by popular singer Michel Rivard and actor Stéphane Rousseau (Les invasions barbares), portrays the Conservatives as a party of unilingual religious fundamentalists.” CBC.

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    • The Strange Laowai

      Harper, to his credit, learned French as a second language, just as the last Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney did. It's a political reality in Canada that Anglophone prime ministers must bone up on their French. At the same time, it seems to me that most Anglo-Canadians have very little interest in any politics beyond “personal” politics. That is to say, Anglo-Canadians are very comfortable speaking only one language and politicians across the country have an easier job this way. The system feeds itself.

    • The Strange Laowai

      Harper, to his credit, learned French as a second language, just as the last Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney did. It's a political reality in Canada that Anglophone prime ministers must bone up on their French. At the same time, it seems to me that most Anglo-Canadians have very little interest in any politics beyond “personal” politics. That is to say, Anglo-Canadians are very comfortable speaking only one language and politicians across the country have an easier job this way. The system feeds itself.

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