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This is quite similar to the fall of the US auto industry in the 1970s, no? From my understanding, the Big Three basically never believed that any non-US company could deliver reliable, cheap cars to Americans - so they sat on their ass for 20 years and got blown out once Toyota and Honda entered
December 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is quite similar to the fall of the US auto industry in the 1970s, no? From my understanding, the Big Three basically never believed that any non-US company could deliver reliable, cheap cars to Americans - so they sat on their ass for 20 years and got blown out once Toyota and Honda entered
Do they think this Cyanide and Happiness skit is a real occurence? youtu.be/1EMqd5Nznv0?...
Don't Stop - Cyanide & Happiness Shorts
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December 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Do they think this Cyanide and Happiness skit is a real occurence? youtu.be/1EMqd5Nznv0?...
Don't forget that PSPP studied at McGill and literally represents a riding in Montréal. Like, my dude, you are literally one of the multicultural urbanites that you hate
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Don't forget that PSPP studied at McGill and literally represents a riding in Montréal. Like, my dude, you are literally one of the multicultural urbanites that you hate
If the CPC wasn't so obsessed with copying American culture wars, it could probably take advantage of the parallel far-right/right-wing populist movement happening in Québec with PSPP et al
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If the CPC wasn't so obsessed with copying American culture wars, it could probably take advantage of the parallel far-right/right-wing populist movement happening in Québec with PSPP et al
Connected to that is that American right-wing ideology takes the dominance of the English language as a given, so by importing that ideology, the CPC locks itself out of large parts of Québec. Which means that the CPC HAS to do really well in Ontario in order to win
December 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Connected to that is that American right-wing ideology takes the dominance of the English language as a given, so by importing that ideology, the CPC locks itself out of large parts of Québec. Which means that the CPC HAS to do really well in Ontario in order to win
Wait they don't offer grocery delivery? Is that even a "small" vs "big" grocery store issue?
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Wait they don't offer grocery delivery? Is that even a "small" vs "big" grocery store issue?
The Bloc isn't quite as bad as PSPP on this but they're guilty of this too. During one of the 2021 debates, Blanchet claimed to be the only Québécois on stage, only to get chewed out by Trudeau, who is natively bilingual and lives in Montréal - i.e. ALSO a francophone Québécois
December 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Bloc isn't quite as bad as PSPP on this but they're guilty of this too. During one of the 2021 debates, Blanchet claimed to be the only Québécois on stage, only to get chewed out by Trudeau, who is natively bilingual and lives in Montréal - i.e. ALSO a francophone Québécois
So it's a horrific, racist cycle in which anything PSPP doesn't like (such as high immigration), he portrays as something that happens TO Québec, without Québec's input - even though most of what PSPP dislikes comes from Justin Trudeau's government which was heavily Québec-based
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So it's a horrific, racist cycle in which anything PSPP doesn't like (such as high immigration), he portrays as something that happens TO Québec, without Québec's input - even though most of what PSPP dislikes comes from Justin Trudeau's government which was heavily Québec-based
The problem is that modern QC discourse has basically abandoned that "colonizer" recognition. PSPP et al. portray Québec as an innocent victim in everything that happens, and ignore the fact that Québec voters do wield power in the federal government just as every other province does.
December 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The problem is that modern QC discourse has basically abandoned that "colonizer" recognition. PSPP et al. portray Québec as an innocent victim in everything that happens, and ignore the fact that Québec voters do wield power in the federal government just as every other province does.
(this is also where the idea of "colonisateur et colonisé" comes from in Quebec nationalism: french Canadians are colonists in North America, but are also themselves colonized by the UK which took Canada in a war and tried to eradicate french speakers)
December 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
(this is also where the idea of "colonisateur et colonisé" comes from in Quebec nationalism: french Canadians are colonists in North America, but are also themselves colonized by the UK which took Canada in a war and tried to eradicate french speakers)
Thus the idea behind Quebec nationalism is, in theory, to ensure that francophones in NA have full access to job opportunities, services, etc. in their native language, just like anglophones do.
December 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Thus the idea behind Quebec nationalism is, in theory, to ensure that francophones in NA have full access to job opportunities, services, etc. in their native language, just like anglophones do.
The answer to that is a resounding NO, because English is so dominant in North America that francophones are pressured to learn English but not the other way around.
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The answer to that is a resounding NO, because English is so dominant in North America that francophones are pressured to learn English but not the other way around.
What I mean is that, ideally, this isn't a "cultural preservation" issue at all, but an issue of linguistic equity. The question should be "does a unilingual francophone in Québec have the same opportunities as a unilingual anglophone in Ontario?"
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What I mean is that, ideally, this isn't a "cultural preservation" issue at all, but an issue of linguistic equity. The question should be "does a unilingual francophone in Québec have the same opportunities as a unilingual anglophone in Ontario?"
Péladeau's media empire needs to get dismantled tbh. A near-monopoly on the Québec media environment (its only real competitors are government/public broadcasters) and he uses it to push right-wing isolationism
December 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Péladeau's media empire needs to get dismantled tbh. A near-monopoly on the Québec media environment (its only real competitors are government/public broadcasters) and he uses it to push right-wing isolationism
I wouldn't really call it francophilia - there are legitimate concerns about the fragility of French in North America, and there is a real history of Anglo dominance over francophones in Québec. But PSPP blames all of this on immigrants and the cultural sector, à la American right wing conspiracists
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I wouldn't really call it francophilia - there are legitimate concerns about the fragility of French in North America, and there is a real history of Anglo dominance over francophones in Québec. But PSPP blames all of this on immigrants and the cultural sector, à la American right wing conspiracists
Yes - or in PSPP's case, he has an idea (sovereignty) that would theoretically protect the francophone nature of Quebec but has ruined his chances of making that idea viable or popular because he's so xenophobic/racist
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yes - or in PSPP's case, he has an idea (sovereignty) that would theoretically protect the francophone nature of Quebec but has ruined his chances of making that idea viable or popular because he's so xenophobic/racist
And of course under a sovereignty association agreement then it may become immigration in the legal sense, depending on how work authorization and other issues were handled
December 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
And of course under a sovereignty association agreement then it may become immigration in the legal sense, depending on how work authorization and other issues were handled
Not in a legal sense, but in a sociopolitical sense. Québec forms a small-n nation whose language, customs, culture and government (Québec uses civil law) are distinct from the rest of Canada, such that an anglo-Canadian's experience may be similar to that of immigrants (esp. outside of Montréal)
December 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Not in a legal sense, but in a sociopolitical sense. Québec forms a small-n nation whose language, customs, culture and government (Québec uses civil law) are distinct from the rest of Canada, such that an anglo-Canadian's experience may be similar to that of immigrants (esp. outside of Montréal)
Gabriel Nadeau Dubois would maybe be a good choice, but idk if he would run with an explicitly federalist party, plus whatever infighting made him step down from QS might have sapped him of any desire to run for office again.
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Gabriel Nadeau Dubois would maybe be a good choice, but idk if he would run with an explicitly federalist party, plus whatever infighting made him step down from QS might have sapped him of any desire to run for office again.
Is there a sort of "career politician" thing going on where he doesn't really care about political positions that much and thus keeps to the party line?
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Is there a sort of "career politician" thing going on where he doesn't really care about political positions that much and thus keeps to the party line?
Similarly, my parents don't speak any french get along okay because they're just visitors. Compare that to something like the Air Canada CEO who basically bragged about how he hadn't learned any French, 2 years into being head of a Quebec based company where most office workers are francophone
December 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Similarly, my parents don't speak any french get along okay because they're just visitors. Compare that to something like the Air Canada CEO who basically bragged about how he hadn't learned any French, 2 years into being head of a Quebec based company where most office workers are francophone
People were very nice to me when I had to speak in English, because I was always apologetic and they knew I was working on my french skills (although I'm white so that might affect the situation).
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
People were very nice to me when I had to speak in English, because I was always apologetic and they knew I was working on my french skills (although I'm white so that might affect the situation).
Yes - for context I'm originally from the US, and french is my second language. I've been the person who spoke in English in a majority-francophone context (mostly when I was first learning the language). IMO it's really about having the right attitude about the situation
December 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Yes - for context I'm originally from the US, and french is my second language. I've been the person who spoke in English in a majority-francophone context (mostly when I was first learning the language). IMO it's really about having the right attitude about the situation
I know I'm kind of rambling here but it's wild that PSPP is so far into right wing conspiracy circles that he can't focus on the *actual* strongest case for separatism, because that would require him to recognize that racial and ethnic minorities can be part of a francophone Québécois society
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I know I'm kind of rambling here but it's wild that PSPP is so far into right wing conspiracy circles that he can't focus on the *actual* strongest case for separatism, because that would require him to recognize that racial and ethnic minorities can be part of a francophone Québécois society
If you were to make it harder for anglo Canadians to immigrate to Quebec but double the rate of immigration from francophone parts of the world, you would have a strongly french-speaking society that's also quite racially diverse. But PSPP is too busy being a racist conspiracist to acknowledge this
December 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If you were to make it harder for anglo Canadians to immigrate to Quebec but double the rate of immigration from francophone parts of the world, you would have a strongly french-speaking society that's also quite racially diverse. But PSPP is too busy being a racist conspiracist to acknowledge this