Montreal – How prickly has the language issue become for business in Quebec? Quebecor Inc., a media company that spends millions every year to promote French-speaking artists and content-creators, is ...
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Snobs in the French chattering classes have always made great sport out of mocking the unrefined accent of their Québécois cousins. Scholars have gone so far as to suggest that the language spoken by ...
On this side of the river, Quebec’s proposed language law landed with a curious clang, bringing back cold, unhappy memories of bygone crusades. The mention, too, of “constitutional change” has always ...
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Despite being taken over by the British in 1763, the province’s Francophone culture perseveres. Despite being taken over by the British in 1763, Québec City’s Francophone culture perseveres. It is the ...
The French of Paris or the French of Quebec? It’s a question that the Union des Artistes, the main actors union in the Francophone province, has been wrestling with for years. The Dec. 9 launch of ...
Quebecois French has long been mocked for its rough-and-tumble sound, but this version of French is more likely what 17th-Century French aristocracy spoke – including the king. It was a perfect ...
Snobs in the French chattering classes have always made great sport out of mocking the unrefined accent of their Québécois cousins. Scholars have gone so far as to suggest that the language spoken by ...