Lack of French on British labels gets food yanked

[Machjo]

Lack of French on British labels gets food yanked - Nfld. & Labrador - CBC News

Now this is where I think changing the Constitution to recognize regional bilingualism could not only save Canada money but also give both English Canadians and French Canadians access to new markets.

This way a seller in English Canada could sell products from the UK, Australia, the US, etc. thus allowing a wider variety of options to consumers; while the Quebec city seller could also sell products from France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. without having to worry about labelling either.

 

[Spade]

Hmmm,
Do I want to eat Spotted Dick in a can, or Bangers and Mash in tins, or Deep Fried Mars Bars au gratin?

 

[Machjo]

Hmmm,
Do I want to eat Spotted Dick in a can, or Bangers and Mash in tins, or Deep Fried mars Bars au gratin?

What?

 

[Spade]

What?

Exactly!

 

[captain morgan]

What?

Why?
or
What did that food ever do to you?

These are also acceptable questions

 

[lone wolf]

Sour grapes over Churchill Falls?

 

[Spade]

An agreement is an agreement!

 

[Machjo]

An agreement is an agreement!

Huh?

 

[Spade]

Why?
or
What did that food ever do to you?

These are also acceptable questions

All questions are acceptable. Not all have answers.

Huh?

Please stay on topic.

 

[Machjo]

Sorry, I'm just not following you.

 

[captain morgan]

An agreement is an agreement!

It'd be interesting to see the actual agreement... There's always a way around things

 

[Machjo]

It'd be interesting to see the actual agreement... There's always a way around things

What agreement? We're not confusing threads here, are we?

 

[captain morgan]

We move pretty fast in this neck 'o the woods Machjo

 

[Spade]

It'd be interesting to see the actual agreement... There's always a way around things

I'll see if there is a copy on line.
Did you see that Thomas Cook jumped planes from Chorus to Westjet? Most contracts have escape clauses.

 

[captain morgan]

I'll see if there is a copy on line.
Did you see that Thomas Cook jumped planes from Chorus to Westjet? Most contracts have escape clauses.

I would be truly amazed if said agreement was available in an online format, but then again, we are in the internet age.

 

[Spade]

I would be truly amazed if said agreement was available in an online format, but then again, we are in the internet age.

Try this...
Google

It's the PDF

 

[captain morgan]

chill falls?

Added in the 'church' part and found this: It's still basically an opinion piece.

http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/sep10/feehan.pdf

That said, I also found this:
Churchill Falls deal probed

Suggests that the deal was signed under coercive conditions... Provincial duress?

 

[taxslave]

Well everyone knows that having the labels in two languages is so much more important than the food in the can being safe to eat. After all we wouldn't want to upset voters in Quebec would we?

 

[The Old Medic]

More Government stupidity in action!

 

[Ron in Regina]

Lack of French on British labels gets food yanked - Nfld. & Labrador - CBC News

Now this is where I think changing the Constitution to recognize regional bilingualism could not only save Canada money but also give both English Canadians and French Canadians access to new markets.

This way a seller in English Canada could sell products from the UK, Australia, the US, etc. thus allowing a wider variety of options to consumers; while the Quebec city seller could also sell products from France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. without having to worry about labelling either.

I do a fair bit of shopping at an Asian Grocer close to my home.
Many of the products are from the opposite side of the globe
with neither French or English on the origional packaging.

In these cases, there is a sticker on the side of the packaging
or can, etc....with the info needed in English & French.

Maybe this is a Saskatchewan innovation though, or maybe
there is a shortage of stickers in Newfoundland. Maybe the
stickers are imported from Britain and do not have bilingual
packaging. Catch 22. ;-)