Quotes are from the article. This is not the full article. Original article written by Thomas Laberge of The Canadian Press on the 28th of May, 2025.
"He says the legislation will relegate Canadian multiculturalism to the ‘dustbin of history.’
‘Multiculturalism no longer applies on Quebec soil, finally! (…) It’s a model that has always been harmful to Quebec,’ Roberge declared Wednesday at the National Assembly.
According to him, under that model, the state takes it upon itself to allow newcomers to retain their culture and language of origin.
‘That’s Canadian multiculturalism. We live alongside one another,’ he explained.
His new law — inspired by interculturalism — aims to signal to immigrants that they are ‘arriving in a state with its own model of integration’ and that they must accept Quebec’s social contract, which is based on values such as democracy, the French language, gender equality, and secularism.’
‘Otherwise, well, it’s not a good idea to come here,’ Roberge said. "
Stuff like that makes me a little worrisome about my ambitions to one day move to Quebec/Montreal. I despise fearmongering and blind hatred, but you find that everywhere nowadays.
To quote a bit of Gandalf, I hope to be a person who gifts many small acts of kindness and love to keep the darkness at bay. Wherever I find myself. It is one of my biggest motivators to work on my French, so I can connect better with more people of Canada. The jump in pay and jobs exclusive for bilingual folks helps too though!
Turn out that Only Bilingual job are more enforce in Quebec that they are in the ROC. I have a friend that work in high places in the Canadian Government, when he start and lead a meeting with his pair he start in French as the law permit him, turns out that most of his pairs cannot speak/understand French in a job where it a condition for having the said job
However I encourage you to learn and try. Knowing one language more is always a plus and it permits you to be open to others and if you want help come to Lemmy/Quebec
Now the political landscape in Quebec is shit. It was shit in the 90s and probably before that, now we have one big nepo baby (Pierre Karl Peladeau, Québecor) that want to rule Quebec and for this he is using his editorialist (??? What’s the term in English, columnist ?) to work hate into the head of people (there’s a compelling argument that he is boosting the PQ right now and that’s the only reason that they will win the next election). Since we have asshole-y government at least we have some cool people in the street doing the good fight.
Honestly the CAQ is the most unpopular provincial party out of all provinces right now. We’re making memes about how they’re going to lose the next elections. The second there’s a partial election they lose a candidate. They’re especially hated right now.