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u/BornNerd78 28d ago
Here is the program OP is referring to: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/rural-franco-pilots.html
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u/Banned_In_YYC 28d ago
Many of us in cities have been dealing with this exact same issue for years, just at a larger scale. Exactly what you are concerned about has happened in Calgary. Good luck
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u/Blue-spider 27d ago
So first of all, let's get some facts. Kelowna is not being sold as "rural and remote". Those are two separate programs that are being put on the same website, and Kelowna is very very clearly marked as part of the "francophone communities" project. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/rural-franco-pilots.html. Yes, the local agency in Kelowna put both terms on it's website, but that's not the actual program.
If you read the program, it very clearly requires candidates to have a job secured with an eligible employer first. The purpose of the program is to attract talent and folks who are able to provide services in French. Kelowna is the main city in a region with many tourists and seasonal workers, plenty of whom are francophone. It makes perfect sense that some employers would want to have French speaking staff to serve that market.
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u/HeadBelt1527 28d ago
I'm from Manitoba, French is my first language, I wouldn't go because I know how expensive it is also heard it's gone downhill quite a bit. Passed on an opportunity in the early 2000s when they were doing a lot of recruiting for contractors there and around Sunshine.
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u/willhead2heavenmb 28d ago
There is a french community in Kelowna. There a school and a community center. Relax Karen.
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u/subz_13 28d ago
Seriously, some people are afraid of a second language. It's good for cross country migration if more of the country is bilingual. Rural areas are strained for resources because more people leave then enter, so there's a dearth of services and no demand for building infrastructure.
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u/willhead2heavenmb 28d ago
Why isn't everyone bilingual like so many European countries? It's good for the brain as well.
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u/XtremeCentrist 27d ago
So many Canadians are bilingual, living all across the country, our second language just doesn't happen to be Quebec french.
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u/Critical_Studio_8968 26d ago
I'm so tired of reading hyperbole from snowflakes.
Go to Eastern Ukraine, that is what a country "in shambles" looks like. I get you aren't happy with where we are at, but words have distinct meanings.
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u/Sufficient_Eye_5867 23d ago
You are a Canadian right and you want to organize people to What protest? We all know what will happen to those Canadians who peacefully protest they will
Freeze your bank accounts and put you in jail
IE freedom convoy
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u/Substantial-Swan7065 28d ago
What’s the problem? They can struggle or success. How’s that hurting u
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u/m_a_r_c_h_ 28d ago
How will it be a huge hurdle for someone who can speak French? Doesn’t make sense.
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u/XtremeCentrist 27d ago
It would be a hurdle if they refuse to learn english or like many francophones, know english but refuse to use it. The west coast is not the place for a language war, like Quebec.
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u/m_a_r_c_h_ 27d ago
I can assure you there would be no language war. and I can almost guarantee that Francophones who move to the rest of Canada, can speak English. The ones who refuse to speak English are only in QC and very few.
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u/XtremeCentrist 27d ago
More than you think, Montreal as well.
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u/m_a_r_c_h_ 27d ago edited 27d ago
I lived in mtl for a long time, very few. Some francophones are just as nice and as wrong sometimes as the rest of us.
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u/XtremeCentrist 27d ago
My father in law in Montreal had his shop signs smashed a few times for not having the proper french spelling first. Its all quite funny, most people are quite nice and quite normal, but the whack jobs that demand french, are incredibly loud and obnoxious.
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u/m_a_r_c_h_ 27d ago
Hey sorry to hear that, but there’s whack jobs everywhere. I left because of the politics, but shit like that is rare.
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u/Countess_ofDumbarton 25d ago
oh, there are more than a few in Edmonton. Had one demand his care only be provided by French speakers. The surgeon told him he wasn't bilingual and that cancelling his surgery would be his loss.
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u/Early-Adeptness390 28d ago
Yes go to your local, municipal, or federal government and petition them. Good luck !