Pearson not fulfilling obligations to French-speaking passengers
Nov 8, 2019, 4:39 pm
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Pearson not fulfilling obligations to French-speaking passengers
Pearson not fulfilling obligations to French-speaking passengers
L'aéroport Pearson de Toronto a manqué à ses obligations envers des passagers francophones, vient de statuer le Commissaire aux langues officielles, qui a reconnu comme fondées huit plaintes qu'il avait reçues concernant une absence de service en français.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle...es-obligationsToronto Pearson Airport is not fulfilling its obligations to French-speaking passengers, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages has found.
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/toronto-...oner-1.4676371
Nov 10, 2019, 8:35 pm
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Pearson not fulfilling obligations to French-speaking passengers
L'aéroport Pearson de Toronto a manqué à ses obligations envers des passagers francophones, vient de statuer le Commissaire aux langues officielles, qui a reconnu comme fondées huit plaintes qu'il avait reçues concernant une absence de service en français.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle...es-obligationsToronto Pearson Airport is not fulfilling its obligations to French-speaking passengers, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages has found.
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/toronto-...oner-1.4676371
Nov 13, 2019, 6:22 pm
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In an English speaking Province and an English speaking community there should be no obligations for all the staff to be bilingual. Yes I have seen at the Federal Staff at CABS that they have signs that say French speakers available at this counter etc. How on Earth and why on Earth should everyone working at YYZ be able to speak French? The airline staff has no obligation to be able to speak French either.
I have always heard that all flight announcements are made both in French and English.
I have always heard that all flight announcements are made both in French and English.
Nov 16, 2019, 11:18 am
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In an English speaking Province and an English speaking community there should be no obligations for all the staff to be bilingual. Yes I have seen at the Federal Staff at CABS that they have signs that say French speakers available at this counter etc. How on Earth and why on Earth should everyone working at YYZ be able to speak French? The airline staff has no obligation to be able to speak French either.
I have always heard that all flight announcements are made both in French and English.
I have always heard that all flight announcements are made both in French and English.
Nov 20, 2019, 1:44 pm
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Yes I do know that and so do the airports official staff. But I was thinking of all airport staff for sure do not know or have to know French.
Dec 13, 2019, 3:25 am
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The airport is not the city. As long as a Canadian airport is designated as an international port of entry, there have to be services available in both languages. That doesn't mean that the counter person taking your order at the food court needs to know the opposite language, but customs and immigration and airline personnel had better know both or, at least, be able to retrieve someone who does.
Dec 13, 2019, 7:02 pm
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A question from a foreigner... If the predominately English speaking provinces like Ontario are legally obliged to provide services equally in French..why are the predominately French speaking provinces like Quebec apparently allowed to mandate the use of French ONLY for so many people? (Bill 101 etc?) I see zero equity in that.
Dec 13, 2019, 10:05 pm
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A question from a foreigner... If the predominately English speaking provinces like Ontario are legally obliged to provide services equally in French..why are the predominately French speaking provinces like Quebec apparently allowed to mandate the use of French ONLY for so many people? (Bill 101 etc?) I see zero equity in that.
Dec 14, 2019, 7:00 am
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The low French Canadian birth rate is causing them to be paranoid about being eliminated. SO they use whatever means they have to preserve their language, French only. This has created two generations of illiterate English speakers who cannot find work in the rest of Canada or good careers in QC.
Even with the present immigration incentive, they are not finding too many who are willing to settle in QC with the poor long term prospect. They only settlers are refugees who might not have a choice to end up in QC but usually move once they are able to.