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Quebec's Culture Ministry has ordered that all music played on elevators in government buildings or that plays on government telephones when people are on hold be performed by Quebec artists. The order also includes any background music played at government-owned liquor stores and casinos. "I was waiting on hold with the Culture Ministry and I was stunned to hear an American singing me a little song in English," said Culture Minister Nathalie Roy. Under the order, 90 percent of the music must have lyrics in French. The remaining 10 percent will have lyrics in either English or an Indigenous language.
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Les Canadiens français et leur complexe d’infériorité.
It’s hard to not have an inferiority complex when one is, in fact, inferior.
Tout les Choses sont terríble et unjuste!
This is an opportunity for an entrepreneurial Quebecistanian musician to release cover versions of American and English pop music, with nearly constant censorial beeping.
The end result being immense anger and frustration until their government reverses the stupid order.
And he wants Ontario to pay for it, as usual.
Taxes from Bryan Adams residuals will fund this initiative.
“I was waiting on hold with the Culture Ministry”
Not only is the Culture Ministry busier than I may have thought, they even put their own Minister on hold.
Are they the ones who check business signs to make sure they contain French? That would explain the busy-ness.
Wait until they go “total Canuck,” and ban Hank Snow and Robbie Robertson, because they don’t sound “Canadian enough.”
This comment was NOT supposed to end up here. Jeesh.
As if the Indigenous Residential Schools weren’t racist and genocidal enough, now they’re banning Robbie Robertson from the elevator?!? Man, fuck those Quebeçquoi Government systemic racists!
If Robin DiAngelo and Ibrahim X Kendi want to put their money where ther mouths are, they’ll “Take Off to The Great White North” and chain themselves in the Quebec Culture Ministry elevator until they all grovel in apology!
Because they’re busy-bodies?
Perpetual Celine Dion being played in elevators is a clandestine means to get folks in Quebec to use the stairs.
Clearly the best use of government.
I wonder if the Ministers wife’s cousin has just the solution ready for them.
Is mmm-mmm-mmmm-mmmm French or English?
“Is mmm-mmm-mmmm-mmmm French or English?”
Through a face-mask, it sounds pretty much the same in any language. Unless it’s “nasaly,” then definitely French.
One thing’s for sure: The Quebec Culture Ministry are all a bunch of Crash Test Dummies who took too many blows to the head!
Quebecois nationalism subset of Canadian nationalism. Somehow this does not get the condemnation that American nationalism gets.
It’s basicall just French Snobbery and Xenophobia imported to the West. Quebec has long required by law that all business signs be in French.
Mais oui waste your tax loonies?
Canadiens down two games to an American team. Maybe playing some of that Quebec music during the game will help.
I am shocked that Culture Minister Nathalie Roy said such a thing! Surely she meant to say “J’attendais en attente avec le ministère de la Culture et j’ai été stupéfait d’entendre un américain me chanter une petite chanson en anglais.”
Great!
Now do it in Quebecois!
I applaud this effort to promote made in Quebec. In fact, I suggest they ban the consumption, if not the presence, of any goods or services not made in the province.
Try the poutine.
Prolly something a Quebecquoi came up with while druck or stoned.
0% instrumentals?
I nominate Bob and Doug to redo their hit single in French and that that song is played over and over on a loop in all government offices, elevators, and phones, and that government cell phones must have it as a ringtone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jm4LoOaAWI
Jeeziss… quebecois are the worst people in north america.
Since this directive only pertains to government entities, if someone refuses to follow it, is the punishment two weeks of paid vacation?
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