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@DimitrisSoudas Dis-moi Dimitris, tu es d’accord avec ça : “…I have no reason to believe Québécois politicians will be any more adept at navigating that [consultation] duty than their Albertan counterparts.”

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@dlennox701 @acoyne The US and France would certainly support its adhesion. It’s a no brainer.

@acoyne It took Sweden 2 years to get its NATO membership, overcoming opposition from Hungary and Turkey. Biden pushed for the bid, offering Turkey F-16s to close deal. What would an independent Quebec bring to the table? Who would support their bid or help them if someone says no?

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@acoyne Like Andrew’s opinion is relevant in this regard. And yes, Quebec would most likely become a member of NATO if the alliance survives.

@SJohn73794113 @Cndn4Life @unapologetic780 Sure, Jacques Parizeau only really wanted better deals. What a ridiculous take.

@Cndn4Life @unapologetic780 You won’t convince me of that. Separation in Quebec has always been more about leverage than it has been about separation.

There is no comparison between the Quebec and Alberta separation movements. Quebec separation is based on being a distinct society and culture. Alberta separation is based on money and the perception of some of being wronged.

@BonnafousJulien @Robert_Deragon Le siège de l’OTAN est aussi à Bruxelles

C’est bien ça le Canada: écraser la différence québécoise pour s’élever. Si Bruxelles, francophone à 85%, peut accueillir le siège de l’UE & ses 24 langues, Montréal peut bien accueillir la banque de la défense. Reste à voir si les libéraux se rangeront encore derrière Toronto.

@acoyne Delusional take, as always.

They never do. Read The Morning After, by Chantal Hebert and Jean Lapierre. Twenty years after the 95 referendum, the major players *still* hadn’t figured out what they would have done in the event of a yes vote. It was all just bluff and improv. But anyone who does try to game the thing out with any rigour pretty quickly comes to the conclusion that it can’t be done: not unilaterally/illegally, and not by negotiation/constitutionally. That needs to be communicated to people. But what needs to be communicated even more is that the whole enterprise is illegitimate; that there is not, and cannot be, any such thing as a right to secede from a democratic country (which is why virtually no democratic country recognizes such a right); that threatening to do so to blackmail your fellow Canadians is as morally bankrupt as it is practically futile; that the attempt to invoke democratic principle in its defence is bogus — you cannot vote to help yourself to something that isn’t yours, namely the territory of Canada — while the right of self determination simply folds in on itself: if Albertans or Quebecers have a right to self determination, do Edmontonians or Montrealers? For that matter, do Canadians? Or is the proposition that the vast majority of Canadians must simply stand mute while their country, which tens of millions have built over several centuries, is blown apart by a single vote on a single day by a small fraction of the population? Even if either Alberta or Quebec had been sovereign states prior to entering the federation, that would not hold water: once you’ve dissolved your sovereignty in the larger entity, you can’t reconstitute it. It no longer exists. There’s nothing to reconstitute it with. But it’s just gaga to make such claims with regard to a province that, like Alberta, was itself the creation of an Act of the Parliament of Canada, or like Quebec, of the Parliament of Great Britain — and then only the relatively minor rump that was carved out of the pre-existing Province of Canada at Confederation. Two thirds of the present-day territory of the province of Quebec was added after Confederation — again, by acts of the Parliament of Canada. So there’s no actual likelihood of Canada breaking up, even if there is a referendum in either or both provinces, and even in the vanishingly unlikely event that either or both of them managed to win a “clear majority” on a “clear question.” What is possible is that either or both of them might land themselves in a ruinous, divisive, and possibly violent mess, whose costs would mostly be borne by their own citizens. But we do not make that prospect more likely by rushing to make offers to dissuade them from leaving or going to great lengths to show “the federation works.” The committed hardliners regard such offers with contempt while the cynical blackmailers regard them as a baseline from which to make further demands. Neither is anything achieved by saying “fine, go.” Acquiescing in the theft of Canadian territory and the destruction of the federation hardy counts as a “tough” position. No, the proper stance is to advertise, well in advance, that neither exercise will be regarded as conferring any right to secede of any kind; that whatever we might be willing to talk about afterward, it would not be secession. It might not even be as advantageous as the status quo.

@gemechu_fanta @mtlgazette Strangely enough, you look like a gay male prostitute yourself.

@mtlgazette Quebecois obsession with language killed their economy and led them to prostitution. Montreal is leading in prostitution in North America. 👏

“We’re the most trilingual city in Canada." If a new NATO-backed defence bank is headquartered in Montreal, should its boss have to speak French? “Ideally,” Quebec Economy Minister Bernard Drainville said Friday, as Montreal’s battle with Toronto over the new multinational institution intensifies. In recent days, the race between Montreal and Toronto has become more contentious after reports that Toronto promoters, pitching their city as Canada’s leading financial hub, warned federal officials that the Parti Québécois’s promise to hold a referendum on Quebec independence during a first mandate should count against Montreal’s candidacy. Read the latest: montrealgazette.com/news/montreal-…

@S_EFortin Ceci explique cela : visahq.com/news/2026-03-2…

Recruter dans les Forces armées canadiennes (FAC) à l’heure du multiculturalisme et de l’explosion démographique. Cette nouvelle fait grand bruit dans le Canada anglais. Le tout découle d’un rapport interne des forces armées, qui a été coulée à Juno News, et ensuite confirmé par le Globe & Mail.  J’ai révisé la traduction de ce texte du Globe & Mail puisque aucun média québécois ne traite de cette nouvelle même si ça se produit à St-Jean-sur-Richelieu. « Une source proche du rapport a confirmé au Globe and Mail que le document était authentique. Le Globe ne divulgue pas l'identité de cette source, car celle-ci n'était pas autorisée à s'exprimer publiquement sur le sujet. Le lieutenant-colonel Kieley a évoqué les problèmes de santé mentale chez les recrues en formation de base en 2025. Depuis que les Forces canadiennes ont « annoncé publiquement que les candidats souffrant d'anxiété pouvaient s'enrôler dans les FAC », a-t-il déclaré, « on a constaté une augmentation spectaculaire du nombre de candidats présentant des problèmes de santé mentale importants » au CFLRS. Aucun d'entre eux n'a toutefois été admis dans le cadre du programme pour des raisons médicales. Tout au long de l'année 2025, a-t-il déclaré, 92 candidats au recrutement ont été transférés vers des prestataires de soins de santé externes à 191 reprises au total, « et le centre local d'intervention en cas de crise suicidaire est généralement saturé de candidats au CFLRS ». Le lieutenant-colonel Kieley a déclaré qu’il semblait qu’« un nombre important de candidats omettent délibérément de divulguer leurs antécédents en matière de santé mentale au cours du processus de recrutement » L'année dernière a vu un afflux important de ressortissants étrangers dans la formation de base après l'entrée en vigueur, fin 2024, de modifications apportées aux procédures d'habilitation de sécurité pour les résidents permanents, qui ont permis de résorber un arriéré de candidats. Cela signifie que les pelotons de formation de 2025 comptaient une proportion historiquement élevée de ressortissants étrangers. « Ces premières sections étaient également composées de candidats résidant au Canada depuis à peine trois mois, ce qui a entraîné un choc culturel important, car les candidats ne s’étaient pas encore acclimatés à la société canadienne, et encore moins à la culture militaire canadienne. » Le lieutenant-colonel Kieley a déclaré que ce groupe avait « constitué un public difficile à former », ajoutant que les résultats variaient selon la langue d’enseignement – l’anglais ou le français – et selon que les recrues étaient des militaires du rang ou des officiers. Il a cité l'exemple d'un peloton francophone composé de résidents permanents dont le taux de réussite était de 48 %. Le lieutenant-colonel Kieley a déclaré que ce peloton était en proie à des allégations de racisme et à des conflits internes entre groupes culturels au sein de l'unité, notamment entre les Camerounais « et les Ivoiriens ». Le lieutenant-colonel Kieley a déclaré qu'un nombre important de recrues résidentes permanentes avaient des attentes irréalistes concernant la vie dans les Forces armées canadiennes, notamment quant à la probabilité d'être affectées loin de leur ville natale. « Un nombre surprenant d'entre elles pensaient qu'elles rentreraient simplement chez elles après la formation de base. » Il a évoqué d'autres enjeux culturels, notamment dans le cadre de la formation des officiers. « Pour certains, c'est aussi la première fois qu'on attend d'eux qu'ils traitent les femmes comme leurs égales. » Interrogé au sujet du rapport, le commodore Pascal Belhumeur, commandant du Groupe de gestion du personnel militaire, a déclaré que les Forces s'attendaient à ce que les taux d'abandon lors de la formation de base augmentent après qu'Ottawa eut assoupli certaines conditions de recrutement tout en maintenant les mêmes normes de performance. »

@acajacques @jace2020 L’immigration récente est très majoritairement francophone dans la région. Beaucoup ne maîtrise pas vraiment l’anglais. Je doute aussi que l’exode des ontariens vers Gatineau va perdurer. Le prochain recensement sera certainement intéressant .

@VanasseMD @jace2020 C'est mon observation aussi. Dans 5-10 ans ce sera quoi par contre? Pour ça je ne suis pas certain. Mais présentement c'est le jour et la nuit comparé avec Ottawa.

Je sais que ce n'est pas important pour tous mais je ne comprends pas pourquoi un francophone (surtout avec enfants) qui tient à sa langue qui arriverait à Ottawa-Gatineau choisirait de s'établir à Ottawa. À moins de contraintes personnelles particulières (services, travail, etc)

@jace2020 @acajacques Ce n’est pas mon expérience du tout. Rarement (voire jamais) été incapable de recevoir des services en français à Hull ou Aylmer.

@acajacques A Gatineau tout n'est pas en français loin de là. À Hull, c'est souvent difficile ou impossible de se faire servir en français.

@MobyDickSpoiler @b0b_Gratton Because statistically they have lower IQs, not because they are victims.

@b0b_Gratton Statistically, Anglos make less money than Francophones do

At the barest minimum, Quebec separatism is inherently a violation of treaty rights, and as a movement it has given cover for hatred against anglophones and religious minorities. Yet Boulerice still gets to be viewed as a "progressive"

@globetrot24 @MobyDickSpoiler Canada has very tough years (decades) ahead as well. The economic argument is not very compelling nowadays, or should I say the fear tactic. At least the PQ responded to these concerns in its recent economic study of a independent QC: pq.org/wp-content/upl…

@VanasseMD @MobyDickSpoiler Basically my big point is that winning a referendum vote isn’t the challenge, it’s actually separating. Haven’t even mentioned the economic instability that would result from Quebec losing out on its federal funding. Post-independence would be some very tough years

@globetrot24 @MobyDickSpoiler On the contrary, I think there is overwhelming evidence of support for the sovereignty movement amongst the French political class, from François Hollande to Marine Le Pen, and even Melanchon, who BTW openly supports Quebec’s other separatist party, Québec Solidaire.

@VanasseMD @MobyDickSpoiler Recognizing the results of a referendum is not the same as recognizing a sovereign nation. France is not led by Charles de Gaulle anymore, idk if they would want to anger Canada with whom they have a strong alliance and relationship. No evidence for support as well as no support.

@MobyDickSpoiler @GauchisteP Yes, the Mohawks and the Wendakes have historical treaties, the former with the French Crown and the latter with the British Crown, but they are really relevant in case of secession, given there scope. Very unlikely that secession would infringe on them.

@GauchisteP Quebec has never been barred from that, they've had two referendums on it! And that map is disingenuous, the Numbered treaties are distinct from earlier treaties, but Indigenous organizations still view separation as a violation of treaty rights

@MobyDickSpoiler @GauchisteP If there are no treaties there can be no treaty rights… I suppose you are talking about ancestral rights, such as an Aboriginal Title. No such thing exists in Quebec; only in BC for now. Very unlikely to ever be the case in Quebec.

@globetrot24 @MobyDickSpoiler No evidence that no international support exist. Pretty sure that France would recognize the results if the Yes side wins, as well as the current US administration.

@MobyDickSpoiler At this point, rhetoric aside, I’m surprised by how many people haven’t come to understand that Quebec independence would be logistically impossible. Canada will never allow them to use Canadian currency. They have no international support or recognition to be a U.N. member

@globetrot24 @MobyDickSpoiler They don’t have a say in the matter. Would not be in Canada’s interest to do so, even if they could.

@MobyDickSpoiler @quetain5 What treaty rights are you referring to exactly? The modern JBNQA and NEQA? The only relevant treaties that I am aware of.

@quetain5 Fair, though I still think the treaty rights issue is a genuine sticking point even for the left wing of the separatist movement

@EScrimshaw "driven out of their home by separatism" 🤡

As the son of two proud Montrealers driven out of their home by separatism, and someone who loves Montreal, Quebec, and Canada with my whole entire heart, it’s entirely cut and dry

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When I was the French ambassador to Canada, I was impressed by the strength of Canadian bilingualism, which is a source of inspiration. 🇫🇷-🇨🇦