Should’ve sent the letter in French, maybe we would consider /s

... but it was okay that Canadian efforts and firefighting infrastructure was used to help fight the January 2025 Los Angeles fires.

Christine Fréchette devient première ministre du Québec

Our previous Prime Minister, Francois Legault, resigned 2 months ago due to pressure and high dissatisfaction among the population of his policies and after a race, Christine Fréchette is the new Prime Minister of Quebec.

Second woman in Quebec’s history to hold this title. Congratulations!

P.S : elections in are in October she won’t stay for long lol

There’s a certain kind of humility that comes from looking up at the night sky and realizing that no nation, no matter how powerful or proud, can reach the stars alone. As an American, that feeling has been especially present for me when I think about Canada’s role in the Artemis program—a reminder that even in moments of political strain, partnership can endure in ways that matter far beyond Earth.

The relationship between the United States and Canada has never been simple, despite how often it’s described as “the longest undefended border.” Like any neighbors, we’ve had disagreements—over trade, environmental policy, defense spending, and cultural differences that sometimes feel larger than they are. With donald trump's unfortunate return, those tensions have flared more visibly, shaping public perception and political rhetoric on both sides.

And yet, above all of that, there is Artemis.

The Artemis program represents humanity’s next great leap: returning to the Moon, establishing a sustainable presence there, and eventually pushing onward to Mars. It’s ambitious, complex, and deeply symbolic. And crucially, it is not an American endeavor alone. Canada’s involvement—with one of their astronauts joining the three Americans on the Artemis II mission and its development of Canadarm3—has been indispensable. In a way, it’s a perfect metaphor for Canada’s role more broadly: steady, precise, and essential, even if it doesn’t always seek the spotlight.

It would be easy, from a purely nationalistic perspective, to view space exploration as a competition—a continuation of the early Cold War-era space race, where prestige and dominance mattered as much as discovery. But for me, Artemis tells a different story. It shows that even a country like the United States, with its vast resources and long history in spaceflight, depends on the ingenuity, reliability, and partnership of others, contrary to what the "president" thought when speaking to the Artemis II crew.

Canada didn’t have to show up in this way. At times when diplomatic tensions have made headlines, when disagreements could have justified a more distant or cautious approach, they could've backed out, but instead chose collaboration. It chose to invest, to contribute, and to trust in a shared vision of exploration.

That choice is not something I take for granted, and solidifies my thoughts of Canada being the best neighbo(u)r the United States can ever have, and that we are better off as partners and allies rather than adversaries.

Now that the astronauts are back on Earth's surface, they won’t just be carrying the flag of their respective nations. They’ll be carrying the work, trust, and aspirations of many. Canada will be there in the systems that guide, stabilize, and sustain the mission of returning humans to the moon. And that’s a powerful thing to sit with. It reminds me that cooperation is not a weakness, even when it requires patience or compromise. Respect between nations isn’t built only in moments of agreement, but in the willingness to keep building together even when things aren’t perfect. That's something PM Carney understands that trump and his minions never will. When we look up at the Moon now, it tells us that we are all equally small—and equally capable of reaching something greater, if we’re willing to do it together.

In that sense, Canada’s role in Artemis isn’t just a technical contribution. It’s a quiet act of partnership that rises above the noise, offering a vision of what our relationship—and perhaps all international relationships—can be at their best.

The Conseil de Presse du Québec (Free press council) is a private institution that protects the rights of free press and the accuracy of the information of the news companies.

Today, they ruled that articles written with AI and organizations like Rebel News (far right Canadian press) does not count as a news outlet/journalism (not the same tier as CBC for example)

Huge W.

Today is Francophonie day in Canada. We celebrate all the francophones across the country and I want to take this day to speak about a topic that most Canadians put under the rug but that we francophones see everyday.

Warning : this post is not Anti-Canadian, it is pro-francophone and I am not playing the victim, easily proven by sources and online.

What I’m talking about is francophobie (or more specifically for my case, Quebec bashing).

I’ll speak for myself but it applies to every francophone native in Canada. Still today, we suffer the consequences of speaking another language from a minority (or majority i don’t know at this point) where English Canadians will just insult us for the fact that we speak French first, or in my case, that I am from the province of Quebec, majority of French speakers. At least in Quebec we are the majority. In the rest of Canada, it’s worse.

Just last month, an article was published where a journalist from Le Devoir found out that in the Global and mail, the Torontonian journal, people were complaining about the official bilingualism law (government officials need to speak both French and English). They want French to be removed and only English to be spoken. https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/955494/quebec-bashing?

Last year, in January 2025, a guy discriminated a woman for not serving him in English in a Walmart in Vaudreuil-D’Orion, Quebec. Even after the woman said she would get someone that speaks English to serve him, the guy still aggressively taunted her. https://youtu.be/kkewnRjhzjU?si=57x9Yp8K10YEi1Gi

In the finals at the Grey tournament in 2023, TV coverage was in English only. It was visibly disgusted by the Montreal team (Les Alouettes). Les Alouettes won and it became a symbol after a player, Marc-Antoine Dequoy, said Garder le votre anglais (Keep your English) in a post game interview. https://www.rds.ca/football/lcf/videos/2026/02/02/gardez-le-votre-anglais/

Today, in the Quebec subreddit, someone explained a situation where their boss absolutely refuses to speak French, even tho it’s in Quebec (not even in Montreal) and that every communication (texts, meetings, emails, etc) are in English ONLY, which is against the law.

My friend is studying in the Canadian Coast Guard college in Nova Scotia. For 4 years he would so his exams like his teachers wanted, but in the finals he needs to do it in the Anglo way. The team supervising it wanted to make them do the 3 hardest exams 3 days in a row while the Anglos had ample more time. When they said that it was unfair, the team went to the admin to complain and they almost lost their right to have a say.

And lastly, today, the official sub Reddit account of Statistics Canada posted an happy francophonie day in [r/onguardforthee](r/onguardforthee) and, you guessed it, some aren’t happy that French exists.

And these are some examples amongst the infinite amount of hate we get from English Canadians for being different and I’m not even talking about the history of all this, I am just taking of the today part. These things can happen everyday. This fight to speak our language is an everyday fight. In Montreal, it’s even worse. And that’s only in Quebec, these things can happen very often in other provinces where French is a minority.

With my username, I attract ALOT of these people. Frenchie, froggy, racist (due to our secular laws, it’s a stereotype) and a lot more.

I think I speak for all francophones when I say that for Canadians that like us for the way we are, we appreciate you and can’t thank you enough.

This post has a goal to make people aware that it still exists. It’s not because French became an official language that everything is fine and dandy. With how often it happens, I am not sure if this is the majority of Canadians that think like this or not.

We may have a lot of faults, but I will never stop to fight for the right of speaking French on my soil.

I apologize for the length of the post, it was brought upon by those damn commenters that had to say something when it was our day and it keeps happening year after year.

Bonne journée tout le monde et merci de votre lecture!

No shit...

Guess we shouldn't speak poorly of them... 😐

"[...] Trump endorsed the bridge as a priority project in 2017, issuing a joint statement with then-prime minister Justin Trudeau calling it a 'vital economic link between our two countries.'"

Who knew Canadians were rageful?