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Quebec denies Frenchwoman residency for failing to show command of French | World news | The Guardian
Student Emilie Dubois wrote part of scientific thesis in English
‘You cannot tell me that I cannot prove that I speak French’
A French doctoral student has been denied residency in Quebec after officials in Canada’s francophone province ruled that she had an inadequate command of her mother tongue. Emilie Dubois, a graphic designer who has lived and studied in Quebec City for eight years, was stunned to find her recent residency application denied on the grounds that she failed to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of French.
“I have a diploma from a francophone university, the first in Canada. I’m a French citizen, too, and I did all of my studies in French,” she told Radio-Canada.
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The Quebecois are a tad on the looney side. Not that many years ago they wanted to secede from Canada & set up a French-only country. I used to live in New Hamster & got to Quebec fairly often. Waiters in restaurants in Montreal were rude if you were American. Everything in Canada has to be labeled both in French & in English. For example, a package of English muffins was also labeled 'Les Muffins des Anglais.' But some had no English at all. A KFC's sign read only 'Poulet Frite a la Kentucky.'
Student Emilie Dubois wrote part of scientific thesis in English
‘You cannot tell me that I cannot prove that I speak French’
A French doctoral student has been denied residency in Quebec after officials in Canada’s francophone province ruled that she had an inadequate command of her mother tongue. Emilie Dubois, a graphic designer who has lived and studied in Quebec City for eight years, was stunned to find her recent residency application denied on the grounds that she failed to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of French.
“I have a diploma from a francophone university, the first in Canada. I’m a French citizen, too, and I did all of my studies in French,” she told Radio-Canada.
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The Quebecois are a tad on the looney side. Not that many years ago they wanted to secede from Canada & set up a French-only country. I used to live in New Hamster & got to Quebec fairly often. Waiters in restaurants in Montreal were rude if you were American. Everything in Canada has to be labeled both in French & in English. For example, a package of English muffins was also labeled 'Les Muffins des Anglais.' But some had no English at all. A KFC's sign read only 'Poulet Frite a la Kentucky.'