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Canadian Gov't Fines Canadian Companies without French Webpages - Update
MSNBC ^
| 2005
| Barry Brown
Posted on 11/22/2005 6:50:18 AM PST by add925
In what it views as an effort to ensure the survival of French on the Internet, the government of Quebec is threatening small businesses who post English-only Web sites with court action and fines if they do not translate their Web sites....
(Excerpt) Read more at michelsoucy.com ...
TOPICS: Canada; Government
KEYWORDS: languagepolice
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Recent update on this older story....Government fines at $2500 CAN per incident as of October 2005. Have personal knowledge (buddy in Canada) that its happening today.
Question.....Since when did Canadian Government start to control web content?
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posted on
11/22/2005 6:50:19 AM PST
by
add925
To: add925
Does the fine also apply if they have a French site but no English site?
2
posted on
11/22/2005 6:52:38 AM PST
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: add925
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posted on
11/22/2005 6:53:12 AM PST
by
FFIGHTER
(Character Matters!)
To: FFIGHTER
If I were them, I would give them a Babelfish translation.
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posted on
11/22/2005 6:55:06 AM PST
by
pierrem15
To: Ditto
Does the fine also apply if they have a French site but no English site? Excellent question....think we know the answer.
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posted on
11/22/2005 6:56:47 AM PST
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: add925
Poutine eating surrender monkeys.
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posted on
11/22/2005 6:59:50 AM PST
by
cyclotic
(Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
To: add925
Since when did Canadian Government start to control web content?This is not about the Canadian government.
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posted on
11/22/2005 7:01:31 AM PST
by
Snowyman
To: pierrem15
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posted on
11/22/2005 7:01:35 AM PST
by
FFIGHTER
(Character Matters!)
To: cyclotic
Hey have some respect for Poutines. It is a delicacy up here tabernac!!
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posted on
11/22/2005 7:01:54 AM PST
by
bubman
To: Ditto
In Quebec, English text must be below and significantly smaller than the French text on certain signs.
To: add925
We can all look forward to mandates on Spanish-language versions here.
It's just a matter of time...
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posted on
11/22/2005 7:07:33 AM PST
by
rightinthemiddle
(#1 Rule in Dealing with the Media, Democrats and Terrorists: Can't Please 'Em, so Don't Appease 'Em.)
To: add925
This is a Quebec Gov't issue.... They'll stop at nothing to protect the French language in Canada. If you want to do business in Quebec, you better speak the language.
To: add925
This is a Quebec Gov't issue.... They'll stop at nothing to protect the French language in Canada. If you want to do business in Quebec, you better speak the language.
To: bubman
Me standing in line at an A & W in BC:
"What the heck is a Poutine?"
"Fries in gravy with some cheese?"
"Kinda like chili/cheese fries?"
"I wouldn't know."
"I'll try some."
Five minutes later.
"Hey, that's pretty good."
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posted on
11/22/2005 7:10:55 AM PST
by
Comstock1
(I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta bubble gum!)
To: bubman
Poutine is awesome. Sounds gross but it is great.
About the only thing good about Canada these days.
BTW, I live near Detroit and have a whole bunch of Canadian blood in me, so I can openly mock my ancestors.
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posted on
11/22/2005 7:30:23 AM PST
by
cyclotic
(Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
To: cyclotic
I read somwhere that 40 million americans have direct ancestry from french colonists from Quebec.
That may explain the moonbat liberals philosophy!!!
BTW you can mock as much as you wish. God knows Canadians like to mock Americans for being well, American!!'
cheers
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posted on
11/22/2005 7:44:00 AM PST
by
bubman
To: rightinthemiddle
We can all look forward to mandates on Spanish-language versions here. Voluntary Spanish language translation is all over the place. You are right, once the left sees this revenue potential, we are toast.
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posted on
11/22/2005 8:04:07 AM PST
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: Snowyman
This is not about the Canadian government. What is it about? Thought the Quebec Gov't is part of Canadian Gov't?
Wait, don't answer that ;)
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posted on
11/22/2005 8:07:00 AM PST
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
To: add925
Quebec has some of the most draconian language laws in the world. They do not just require signage in French, which makes sense, they restrict or prohibit it in English or any other language.
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posted on
11/22/2005 8:08:49 AM PST
by
GreenLanternCorps
(7-3 Marvin and Carson rule!!! Who Dey! Who Dey! Who Dey Think Gonna Beat Dem Bengals!!!)
To: GreenLanternCorps
...they restrict or prohibit it in English or any other language. And freedom-loving Canadians don't see the similarity to Nazi Germany and much of the Muslim world with these harsh social edicts?
An rough guess would be there is not enough organized resistance....there's gotta be a large non-moonbat population that can vote these bozos out.
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posted on
11/22/2005 8:17:03 AM PST
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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