French: Heroes and Zeroes

In the fight for the French in Quebec, there are heroes and zeroes.

The “Hero” of the week is called Jean-Denis Caron. Member of Mirabel “Hello/Hi!” and “Next/Suit!” He complained that he was greeted with that. At the SAQ branch in Jean-Talon Market.

But the “zero” of the week is called Tucker Carlson. The former Fox News host said Anglos were “forced” to leave Montreal, which had been emptied of its Anglo heritage.

What a week

Clearly, we had a strange week. Last Thursday, SAQ management reprimanded its staff for reminding them that “hello, hi” was banned at the state-owned institution. Think about it for a couple of seconds: it doesn't make sense for someone to speak to you bilingually in a government-owned business in a state where French is the only official language. And I totally disagree with columnist Genevieve Peterson on 98.5 fm who said “It's a tempest in a teacup. It's petty politics.”

As Jean-Denis Caron told me in an interview at QUB: “If we are not proud of our language, who will respect us?”

Speaking of courtesy, another member of the Bloc Québécois, Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, posted a surprising photo on Facebook: a restaurant proudly displaying “Service available in French.” Like a favor this company is doing to us. Where was this poster? At PFK in Chicoutimi!!! On Talbot Boulevard!!!

That's why I laugh when I hear Tucker Carlson's stupid statements. “I'm going to say something very controversial,” said the former Fox News anchor, who was touring Alberta. “I saw Montreal emptied of its Anglo heritage. I'm not anti-French, let me clarify, no. But I'm Anglo and I have friends in Montreal, and within a generation it's gone, They were forced to leave. They all said, 'Well, I guess we'll go to Ontario.'

“My grandfather built this city, and I'm not going anywhere!” Carlson laments that no one revolted. According to Carlson, why did no one rebel?

“No one said that, because no one could say out loud what was really going on: constant hostility against you because of things you didn't choose, like who you were at birth. Once you let that happen, you have no future.

What a red! While he was in Alberta, was he not interested in the fate of French-speakers outside of Quebec, where Anglo rights had not yet begun?

And does he have the audacity to say that he is not “anti-French”? Missing Montreal's Anglo heritage? He was going to tell it to Air Canada's Michael Russo.

Zeros in Paris

Ah, yes, at the end, I received a press release from French TV TF1 informing me that Laura Fabian is participating in a new show. talent show. What is the name of this new show? Dream team.

One thing is for sure, in France, they “see” their French.