Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Bombardier should be delivering the first Flexity Freedom vehicle by end of November or beginning of December.
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Bombardier should be delivering the first Flexity Freedom vehicle by end of November or beginning of December.
Neutrino
Senior Member
"Eglington"
TransitBart
Senior Member
That is the way you spell it in French.
Transportfan
Senior Member
^^ You'll see that on the Metrolinx owned Line 5.
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
Wait, will the station and train announcement on the Crosstown be bilingual? Oh no...
raptor
Senior Member
JasonParis
Moderator
In a move that will drive the Premier mad, I think you'll have to see it on all the lines if they are uploaded to the province. Français partout!
yrt+viva=1system
Senior Member
I wonder if the Premier will be issuing an edict to MTO to remove French from the next stop announcements on GO.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
That might happen, but then look at what Trudeau might say to that.
nfitz
Superstar
Trudeau would say little. He'd first wait for the Quebec media to react, knowing that every time Ford attacks linguistic minorities, it hurts Conservative chances in Quebec.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvell...ersite-ontario-francais-commissariat-services
Transportfan
Senior Member
Well he's right that it's hardly necessary in Toronto. Franco presence in Toronto is limited to individuals and families that assimilate to English as you can't function in French in Toronto in day-to-day life. So bilingualizing Metrolinx is pointless for that reason alone. .
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Transportfan
Senior Member
I think Quebec's succession of left-of-centre governments and ultra-conservatism are bedfellows on linguistic minority issues---and a lot more discriminatory as there are large swathes of historic Anglo areas in Quebec.
nfitz
Superstar
Left-of-centre governments? I'm not sure what the last left-of-centre government was in Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party are generally centre-right, and the new CAQ government is the most right-wing government in Quebec for generations!
That's not how Ford hurts Conservative chances in Quebec. They don't care that he's picking on minorities. They care that he's attacking French-Canadians, and the spectre of him doing so, makes them fear that Conservatives will do similar federally. It reminds them of how anti-Quebec the Reform wing of the Conservatives were perceived to be.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
Okay, but the Quebec media is the Quebec media. Trudeau would have to have something to say, wouldn't he ?
JasonParis
Moderator
The duality of Canada's languages isn't about "necessity." Despite the 600,000 Franco-Ontarians, there are other more heavily-spoken non-English languages in this province, particularly in Toronto. It's more about history and honouring agreements that some basic functions/singange be available to minority language groups outside their majority region. The MTO/Metrolinx is bilingual in all customer-facing signage as per provincial law. If Ford wants to change that, he'll have to wear that as well (and could face court challenges, plus blowing-away all Conservative chances for a federal minority/majority). Is it necessary to see French on the Toronto subway? Of course not. Would it bother me if we did have it? Not in the least. Is it a sign to Franco-Ontarians that their government takes them seriously when it offers services in one of the province's largest franco regions (which Toronto is)? Absolutely.
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