This week, there have been talks of introducing a pledge to Quebec values and Laws for immigrants settling here.
I for one think that this is a good idea.
It is only logical for a newcomer to adapt to the customs of the host country.
If I decide that i want to move to Russia, I have to learn Russian and adapt to Russian laws and customers... If i go to any other country the same applies.
Therefore tha same MUST apply to immigrants coming here.
This week, there have been talks of introducing a pledge to Quebec values and Laws for immigrants settling here.
I for one think that this is a good idea.
It is only logical for a newcomer to adapt to the customs of the host country.
If I decide that i want to move to Russia, I have to learn Russian and adapt to Russian laws and customers... If i go to any other country the same applies.
Therefore tha same MUST apply to immigrants coming here.
Think about it for a second, perhaps the pledge should be to Canadian values seeing as how the country is Canada not Quebec.
Wake up!
Quebec has control of immigration and I think this pledge would include a lot of Canadian values. The province is an integral part of the country.
You 'think', you don't know... How about language , for example, they are promoting French only. No Canadian value there....
So what are they promoting in New Brunswick? And what would they be promoting in Canada. As much as it is abused the country has two official languages.
Without one or the other we wouldn't have a country to immigrate to.
You make a good point about 2 official languages, but in quebec there is one. Keep in mind it is illegal to have an English sign in quebec...
So what, learn the language, it is a bonus in today's world to be bilingual. And it certainly doesn't hurt your resume.
So what, learn the language, it is a bonus in today's world to be bilingual. And it certainly doesn't hurt your resume.
LOL, wake up! French shouldn't be forced on you which is exactly what is happening in quebec. I'm glad I got out of there when I did...
It was your choice. Your loss.
Forced. As in a gun to your head, or imprisonment, etc.
The top four business languages:
Chinese
English
Toss up between French and Spanish.
Ambitious: being unilingual is not advantageous.
More like going to jail if you don't obey the language police. And french and Spanish is way down in the populatory list...
And it certainly was not my loss. It was quebec's loss... they also lost a lot of company headquarters at the time of trudeau to Ontario.
You make a good point about 2 official languages, but in quebec there is one. Keep in mind it is illegal to have an English sign in quebec...
Think about it for a second, perhaps the pledge should be to Canadian values seeing as how the country is Canada not Quebec.
Wake up!
More like going to jail if you don't obey the language police. And french and Spanish is way down in the populatory list...
And it certainly was not my loss. It was quebec's loss... they also lost a lot of company headquarters at the time of trudeau to Ontario.
NEW GLASGOW — Rural Nova Scotia is one of the best places to go if you’re an immigrant, says Flora Riyahi.
Ms. Riyahi, who emigrated from Iran to Truro 18 years ago, will represent the Colchester Immigration Partnership at a forum on population decline to be held here Tuesday evening.
She and her family are "living proof" that it’s possible for immigrants to live happily in small-town Nova Scotia, she said in an interview Friday.
Her children could come home from school for lunch every day, and she doesn’t spend hours locked in traffic to go to and from work, she said, ticking off the advantages.
"A small community is one big happy family," she said. "In a city, you’re just one more person."
Immigrating to a smaller community means learning the language and the culture by necessity, so new citizens become integrated faster, she said.
Ms. Riyahi said she has relatives who have lived in large Canadian cities for decades and have never learned English, because doctors, lawyers, schools, shops, newspapers, television and everything else are available in their native language.
It’s always hard for the first person to arrive from another country, but "someone has to start," she said.
When she arrived in Truro, there was just one other Iranian family, and now there are at least seven, plus four in New Glasgow. The Colchester Immigration Partnership has succeeded in bringing in 57 people since 2005, and more will come, she said.
It’s easy enough to attract immigrants, but the key to keeping new people is employment, she said. Prejudice against people from other countries exists, but employers’ reluctance to accept foreign qualifications and certification processes is a bigger hurdle, she said.
"People are starting all over again and they need to make a living. All they need is a chance," said Ms. Riyahi. "Eighteen years ago, someone gave me a chance."
Ms. Riyahi, who became a Canadian citizen in 1989, is a financial adviser and is also vice-chairwoman of the province’s Immigration Advisory Council.
"I love this country, and I love this culture, and I want to be part of it," she said. "Rural Nova Scotia is a fabulous place to live."
Ms. Riyahi will be joined at the Nov. 4 panel by Mount Allison University professor David Bruce, lead author of Rural Repopulation of Atlantic Canada; Pictou County high school student Ben MacLean, who will speak on results of a survey on the needs of young people; and Amanda MacInnis of Cumberland Regional Economic Development Association, speaking about repatriation and return migration.
The forum, a project of Sustainable Pictou County and Pictou Regional Development Commission, will be held at the North Nova Education Centre, 343 Park St., New Glasgow, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Admission is free.
Quebec as a provincial entity would ask immigrants to endorse Quebec values. That doesn't stop Canada from doing the same thing. If both Quebec and Canada did so, than immigrants coming to Quebec would be doing 2 pledges.
Quebec is not special, one country, one pledge...
Quebec is not special, one country, one pledge...
What a good idea.
Trust Quebec.
The other provinces should follow suit as soon as possible.
There are a heck of a lot of good ideas on the Provincial level that have come out of Qubec.
Some bad ones of course.
The rest of the provinces could do worse than to follow in Quebec's footsteps on a few issues.
Trex
Sorry but Quebec is different... Legislation in the province state that French is the official language, that is a big difference. Whether the legislation is constitutional or not is irrelevant since it is passed legislation in effect since over 2 decades now.
Besides, these laws have been around since the 1980s so if they were unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of Canada would have already blocked them.
If the Supreme Court hasn't been able to block the language laws yet in 2 decades, they will never be able to do it.
Unfotunately for some, the language laws in Quebec are a part of reality and must be followed, therefore Quebec has the right based on language legislation to include usage of French in its pledge.
The language laws in quebec are unconstitutional . Simple as that. Get used to it.
You probably can't even give me good arguments of how the language laws are unconstitutional.
If they are so unconstitutional, why hasn't the Supreme Court blocked them yet after more than 20 years?
The language laws are here to stay so I think that you will be the one who will have to get used to things...
The supreme court is afraid of losing quebec. I say let them go... They would come crawling back.
In 1988, the court said that English could not be prohibited altogether, but that requiring the predominance of French on commercial signs was a reasonable limit on freedom of expression.
The public reaction in Quebec was swift and forceful. Confronted with the angry demonstrations of those defending Bill 101, Robert Bourassa – back from the political wasteland for his second tour as premier by then – came up with a compromise. Invoking the "notwithstanding" clause to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Bourassa introduced Bill 178. It decreed that only French could be used on exterior signs while English would be allowed inside commercial establishments.
Thanks for posting that, Colpy. Wasn't the not withstanding clause another of trudeau's bonehead moves?
If I remember correctly, Trudeau did not want the clause, but included it because it was the only way the premiers would accept the Charter.
Not his fault. Trudeau was not at fault.
Having said that, I'll now go to the basement and shoot myself.
Well, except that he could have set aside his ego and his desire for a great (what's the damn word?????? I hate old age.....you know, the word that refers to your reputation as a leader...) anyway, and let Canada wait until there was not a separatist in power in Quebec, and not alienated the province, and avoided the stupidity of Meech Lake and Charlottetown.....but noooooooo.......
Anyway, I digress....