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@KingpinPerez @ThomMohr @EricLDaugh @thisisnuts76 @NATO The only reason US didn’t go after Greenland is because EU threatened to enact their Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), which allows for the suspension or limitation of intellectual property (IP) rights and protections for companies from countries engaging in economic intimidation.

@KingpinPerez @ThomMohr @EricLDaugh @thisisnuts76 @NATO US is now a country that does not honour its agreements, bullies allies, uses tariffs & economic warfare to leverage allies, threatens military action to annex allies. With friends like that who needs enemies. NATO fought for you for 20 years & got threats and tariffs in return.

🚨 HOLY CRAP. President Trump just said America no longer has to be there for NATO "We WOULD have always been there for them, but now, based on their actions? I guess we don't have to be, do we?!" "I think a tremendous mistake was when NATO just wasn't there. They just weren't there. It's going to make a lot of money for the United States, because we spent hundreds of billions of dollars a year on NATO, hundreds, protecting them." Trump NEVER FORGETS.

@Shellz_80 @thisisnuts76 @EricLDaugh @NATO So US gives up dozens of foreign forward operating bases US gets rent free. Loses the billions NATO members spend in the US military industrial complex every year. Losing influence. Seems throwing away decades of dominance & progress is the new way of making you great again

@Marid781 @thisisnuts76 @EricLDaugh @NATO It's not going to change anything America is done with nato we our done with being mistreated lied on

@Shellz_80 @thisisnuts76 @EricLDaugh @NATO They fought & died for you for 20 years then as a thanks you turned around & threatened to annex two of your allies. A defence alliance is there to help if you get attacked, they aren’t there to back aggressors in an unjustified war. P.S. all the funds US spends on NATO go to US

@thisisnuts76 @EricLDaugh @NATO We has Americans have paid for what they have done they should apologize to us Americans but they won't it take time but things in America will come out on top after a few years all that money we been given to them we can use that in America for our vets education. Military

@Anthony__Koch @cwfreenews As Montrealer you know only ppl w/ historical rights are permitted to attend Eng schools. Eng Cegeps admittance has been capped so low many kids can’t get in. Our 3 Eng universities are be attacked by the CAQ & subjected to different regulations & funding aimed to bankruptcy them

@cwfreenews I’m an Anglophone from Montreal. I’ve lived here my entire life with brief sojourns elsewhere. I was able to get a full world-class education (nearly all in English) from pre-school until university degree. I’m not oppressed.

My take that pisses everyone off: It is impossible to be a Canadian nationalist while denigrating the significance or relevance of the French language. The single greatest differentiator between Canada and the United States is the existence of Québec.

@AlayeDoreen @NatashaMontreal Absolutely but two wrongs don’t make a right. However the numbers and history are different. There are more anglos in Qc than Francophones in the rest of Canada. Anglophones have been in Qc for hundreds of years and built most of the institutions and infrastructure.

@Marid781 @NatashaMontreal If you can understand how challenging and unfair it is for Anglophones in Qc then surely you can understand how challenging it is for Francophones outside Qc.

Another nepo baby who doesn't live in Canada lecturing Canadians about French nationalist delusions. Quebec has had a disproportionate and toxic influence over Canadian politics since the French Canadian Marxist Pierre Elliott Trudeau ruined the country. Please stay abroad.

@AlayeDoreen @NatashaMontreal You would feel differently if you were anglophone in Qc consistently having your rights trampled in a two tier system based on mother tongue.

@NatashaMontreal As an Anglophone who lives in Canada, He is right!

@BarryESharp @zpaikin Well said, can you run for premier of Quebec please.

Respect the call for unity, but facts matter more than selective narratives. Quebec’s Bill 96 isn’t neutral preservation, it’s explicit protectionism that writes one set of rules for francophones and another for everyone else. Full effect since June 2025, it mandates “markedly predominant” French (twice the size) on all public signage and publicity, forces firms with 25+ employees into OQLF francization programs, requires French on trademarks and generics, and triggers fines for non-compliance. A 2025 Léger survey for the CCQEA found one-third of Quebec employers changed hiring practices, many reduced or halted English-speaker recruitment entirely. That’s not “minimal barriers”, that’s measurable discrimination in jobs, promotions, health services, and education, all enforced by the state. One law for all Canadians is the only foundation that actually holds the federation together. Section 15 of the Charter guarantees equality before and under the law without discrimination based on language. Bill 96 overrides that with the notwithstanding clause, creating a two-tier legal system inside Canada while federal bilingualism already protects francophone minorities outside Quebec. This isn’t symmetry, it’s asymmetric carve-outs that treat anglophones in Quebec as second-class and francophones elsewhere as perpetual victims. The result is exactly what protectionist laws always produce: economic drag, reduced mobility, and resentment that weakens national cohesion. We’ve seen the same pattern with interprovincial trade barriers, $210 billion in annual GDP lost because provinces treat each other as foreign markets. Language protectionism is the cultural version of the same regulatory gridlock: extra compliance costs, talent flight, stalled investment, and divided priorities at a time when Canada faces $1.3 trillion in federal debt, stalled resource projects worth $670 billion, and real competitiveness pressures. It doesn’t preserve culture, it entrenches silos, distracts from merit and outcomes, and turns language into an electoral weapon instead of a tool for communication. Recent examples prove the point. Demands that Air Canada’s CEO deliver safety updates only in French after a crash politicized a national tragedy for linguistic purity tests. That’s not empathy, it’s narrative over evidence, group rights over individual accountability, and provincial posturing over shared Canadian safety and prosperity. Citizens First. Canada First. One coherent legal framework, equal rights, and measurable results for every Canadian, not protected classes or linguistic fiefdoms. Precision over propaganda. Evidence over excuses.

Unilingual anglos do not face meaningful discrimination in government. Francophones outside Quebec have it harder than anglophones in Quebec. The protection of French is existential for French Canadians. If we don’t show French Canadians basic empathy, we will lose Canada.

@CristelMarineau @zpaikin No language should be diminished. Vast majority of Quebecers are bilingual, it is a strength we should embrace. I support protecting French and understand the need for it. However I don’t agree with the way in which that is being executed, we are doing more harm than good.

@Marid781 @zpaikin And protection English should not mean elimination of French either.

@Seb_Roy33 @DimitrisSoudas @CandiceBergen_ Yes meaning they need to offer bilingual services which they do

@Marid781 @DimitrisSoudas @CandiceBergen_ Bound by the official languages act.

Prime example- this is not about ensuring french speaking Canadians can hear a message in French ( AI can fix that btw ). It’s about “respect” for the language. Huh? If you don’t speak french you don’t respect the language or official bilingualism??Hogwash. This is about who is in and who is out. 80% of Canadians are out according to this thinking.

@lunch_pail @YourAnonCentral All you do is lie and make excuses for murdering children, either you’re a bot or just evil. I am out

@Marid781 @YourAnonCentral Again, only cowards hide behing children, dont want it attacked? Don't use it as a front for education while hiding legitimate military targets behind it

If only Trump did something like murder 179 little girls, the US would really stand up to him. Hold on...

@DimitrisSoudas @CandiceBergen_ No matter how many words you use to manipulate the narrative “federally regulated national insisitition” although creative doesn’t change the fact that Air Canada is a private publicly traded company.

Let’s not blur the issue. This is not about whether AI can translate a message. It is about whether a leader of a federally regulated national institution can personally demonstrate respect in both official languages when it matters most. Technology can replicate words. It cannot replace leadership. No one is saying that Canadians who do not speak French are “out.” That is a false frame. The obligation here is not on 80 percent of Canadians. It is on one individual who is paid at the very highest level to lead a company subject to federal law. That distinction matters. You suggest this is about exclusion. The reality in this country has long been the opposite. Francophones have consistently adapted to English across Canada. In cabinet, francophone ministers have routinely operated in English. The reverse is far less common. I cannot recall many unilingual anglophone ministers making the effort to present in French, yet they were very much “in.” And with respect, you served at the highest levels of government, including as interim leader of the official opposition. You were very much “in” without speaking French. So the idea that bilingualism is being used today as a gatekeeping tool simply does not hold. What is divisive is pretending that the legal and constitutional framework of this country is optional. Canada chose two official languages. That comes with responsibilities, especially for those at the top of national institutions. On minority language communities, let’s be honest there as well. Francophones outside Quebec have fought for decades for basic services, education, and recognition. The support they receive has often required court battles. To suggest there is some imbalance in favour of French ignores that history entirely. This is not about identity politics. It is about credibility. If you lead a company governed by the Official Languages Act, live in Quebec for 20 years, publicly commit to learning French, and still cannot deliver a few sentences in a moment of national tragedy, that is not about inclusion or exclusion. It is about failing to meet a clear and reasonable expectation of leadership.

@TheReclamare @MacWillco Most of us aren’t whinny brats just the loud minority. Please don’t equate all Quebecers with them.

@MacWillco Shhhh You're going to ruin it They MUST go, its wrong, we've wronged them

If Quebec or Quebecois are truly insulted that the Air Canada CEO didn't say condolences in French, then they really should separate from Canada. They really should. As quickly as possible Please🙏

@BABBBB31072940 @dscullyman @ryangerritsen It was a public statement regarding the crash. The families would have been contacted directly for personal condolences. How can you speak about respect when politicians, media and internet trolls are exploiting a tragedy for political points and click bait.

@dscullyman @ryangerritsen it is about respect. The family deserves to receive condolences in their mother tongue. An official and founding language that the CEO had committed to learning 5 years ago. After hundreds of hours of lessons, he isn't even able to express his condolences to the family

Over a video not spoken in French. Think about that. Could Quebec be more petty?

@lunch_pail @YourAnonCentral School has been there since 2016 exactly a decade as i posted above

@Marid781 @YourAnonCentral No the school wasnt there for decades, it was updated months before the bombing, sounds like an iran issue, cope harder

@lunch_pail @YourAnonCentral Fact is the school had been there for a decade and they bombed it based on very outdated information

@Marid781 @YourAnonCentral 🤣 🤣 rules of war? You fucking potato,you think everyone has the same ethics as the west? Yea it was unfortunate those kids died but the facts are that they were hiding legitimate military targets within close proximity of a children's school, you fuck around and you find out

@lunch_pail @YourAnonCentral The topic of this thread is the school bombing. There are rules of war and war crimes such as this. You only started this war because another country told you to.

@Marid781 @YourAnonCentral You are ignoring the mass murder of the civilians and part of the reason we started bombing them, you act like war is supposed to be ethical, dont put military targets near schools, only cowards hide behing children

@JoansVox @nationalpost It should’ve been bilingual, yet it was respectful & there were subtitles. The family would’ve been contacted directly. This circus exploiting their tragedy & turning into a spectacle is far worse & extremely disrespectful. Let those men rest in peace & let their families grieve.

@Marid781 @nationalpost The content is irrelevant. The law requires ALL public statements be delivered in both official languages. If you didn’t speak the language, you’d have no idea what was said. That’s the point. Rousseau intentionally spat on Forest’s Francophone family.

'A plane smashed into a fire truck. Two people are dead, others in hospital. Let's talk about official bilingualism' nationalpost.com/opinion/selley…

@JoansVox @nationalpost It was a public statement regarding the crash not a direct statement to the families which would have been done privately. If my child’s tragedy was being exploited for language politics i would be livid. The audacity the public has exploiting this tragedy is disturbing.

@Marid781 @nationalpost No, you are wrong. How about when your son dies, you are delivered the official statement only in a language you can’t understand when the law requires it be given in your native tongue? It’s like a slap in the face that says “Screw who you are”.