• Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    As a monolingual I agree with making the province bilingual. We should guarantee more services and more education opportunities to more Canadians.

      • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        3 days ago

        In BC, Punjabi, Mandarin, and Cantonese each have roughly equal numbers to French speakers, and there are few French speaking enclaves, unlike Manitoba. If you’re in Richmond, retail signs and ads are often Chinese first, etc.

          • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
            8·
            3 days ago

            Yes, by .25%. Mandarin is .3% less at 6.36% – splitting hairs.

            I am in favour of franco-anglo bilingualism, but would like a postcolonial and regional approach.

            I fully expect salish languages to become more popular as well in the next couple of generations.

  • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Fuck is this Kinew guy a clown. I have history with this person so I’m not just talking shit.

      • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I’m intimately involved with him in the politics of our region. He’s nothing but a showboater, and he actually hates his own people. Nothing but a power-grabbing career politician, the worst kind.

        Every indigenous organization that I’ve worked with detests him, as he cannot be trusted

        Here he is jabbering shit about bilingualism, meanwhile he completely ignores the actual social problems in our province

        • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
          3·
          2 days ago

          And you still said a few random insults without any substance whatsoever

          I’m sure the guy is a dick, but you’re not helping