How do you feel about employers requiring you to speak english and spanish?

As a former long time resident of Montreal (LaSalle - a "burb" of Montreal) I have no problem with both languages as I'm fully bilingual, but when something is FORCED down your throat, then this is the time for a push back... I was born and raised up there, so was my wife.. Women are more prone NOT to learn the language as they don't associate all that much with individuals of other languages, wherein a guy gets out and around ,bars, etc, sporting events (Go Habs Go...) Growing up as a kid she had trouble learning the language and pronouncing various words, and got laughed at - therefore this was a deterrent for her to not to learn the language.. You'd be surprised at how many many French persons within the province actually are very capable of Speaking English. We moved to the west coat on a job transfer and returned "home" just prior to the closing of The Montreal Forum, and we attended TWO games, and had diner at the old Texan Restaurant adjunct to the premises... One night we had a French waitress who spoke only French to us and I returned her conversation back in English... When you are in the PUBLIC SECTOR you have to converse in the language of the customers...! When it came time for her to bring us the bill she thanked us in ENGLISH and wished us a good evening and enjoy the game.. I came back to her in perfect FRENCH telling her what I though of her and how lazy and ignorant she was.... He tip for the service amounted to S.F.A. The next night our waitress was a European lady who spoke 6 languages including French and English, and we conversed EN ANGLIAS...! He tip was more than ample...! How many Montrealers left the city and Provence after 1970...? Why... Because the French language was being forced down their throats, and when government agencies as well as other aspects of day to day, won't speak your language - why stay around.. My wife was given the "cold shoulder" in places like Eaton's prior to us leaving and yes it is spelled with 's Prior to this whole g d thing with the FLQ and "Le Regis De La Langue Francaise" things were PERFECT.. or damned close to it... Sure there were some minor problems, but people got along... Once goverment coo -coos got involved, it was the beginning of the end.. Now, unless you are a former or current long time resident of Montreal and Quebec, you don't know the whole side of the scenario... How many top flight PROFESSIONALS have refused to corm to Montreal because of the stupid language laws that say unless one of both parents were educated in Quebec, the potential newsomer's children are to be educated in FRENCH... Another case scenario Saku Koivu - former Montreal Canadiens captain... Finnish by birth/... Speaks five or six languages... and they wanted him tto learnrn another at his age... How many $$$$ did he put into the "till" for the children's hospital.... If you want to discuss thifurther I'm'm open to chat at anytime, and basically on anything... Rachelle In High Heels.

I think that you're right about this: everyone should be taught the basics of another language in school. In order to be useful and quite simple, itt could either be French or Spanish. However, since French is Canada's other official language, it seems obvious to make this one mandatory.

But as for your little speech ... WTF? As if all people in Quebec didn't want to learn English when more people speak English each year; or as if we could consider that Quebec wants to be a country of its own when it's been clear each time that the majority of people didn't want to separate. I mean... even if you lived in six different provinces, you don't seem to understand what's really going on in Quebec.

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