Canada

Amazing how the US government thinks US businesses have any standing in our country, after it wiped its ass with that trade treaty that wildly favoured them.

Lol they’re trying to mess with the Québécois. Good fucking luck with that.

I’m 100% with the Quebecois, get fucked USA, you don’t have jurisdiction here and you don’t get to dictate to us.

Edit: the US lacking bilingual packaging and documentation is an illegal barrier to our trade. They don’t even have an official language, so how can vis be a barrier to them. Maybe they should learn French.

Were these idiots dropped on their heads as a baby? In what world can one country dictate the laws of another country without there being a war?

They're trying it on here in Australia too. The USA pharmaceutical industry is lobbying the USA administration by claiming that our PBS, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which allows us to have affordable medication and a safety net, is harming their bottom line because they're required to negotiate with the Australian Government in order to supply their medication at a negotiated price. Must be tough to have to negotiate with adults.

God, why do they feel entitled to our marketplace? Jesus Christ can they just fuck off?

Basically anything I buy at the grocery store has between two and five languages. It's not hard America.

I don’t speak French, but I assure you I would kill and if necessary die to ensure Quebec always can. We stand together.

Manges de la merde, gros sans-dessein orange.

I'm calling it, he's going to say the same about the requirements to use the metric system.

Also, why does he care about trade barriers? I thought his goal was to economically isolate the US from the rest of the world. It sure is what all his actions and measures have been best at accomplishing so far.

Lmao.

Dude, not even the English could keep the Quebecers from speaking French, and they tried for over 100 years after the Brits took the province in the Seven Years War.

Good luck with that one, Cheeto.

I don’t know a lot about Canada but isn’t that how you piss off quebec?

Listen... I don't like bill 96.

But the US can get fucked. French is an official language and if anyone in Canada wants to do business in French, it's their right.

FU. You want to sell your products here you package them in our languages.

the fucking nerve of americans. imagine if france callled up trump and said “your language is an illegal impediment to french businesses. speak french.” would the trumpster fire obey?

Vive le Quebec. Go get 'em.

Nothing says "American values" like whining about how foreigners insist on speaking their native languages in their own countries (while threatening to invade them and demanding they do you special favours).

The US government doesn't give a shit about anything except excuses for their catastrophic tariff plan. They want to highlight issues that will never be negotiable so they can justify them to Faux News and their Trumper cult. It is a classic divide an conquer technique on Canada. Further, I am sure Russia is running troll farms with misinformation on us now.

Dairy industry, VS oil and gas, VS Québécois.

Who is next?

Concede nothing to the US.

"wait, we have to follow laws of other countries?" that's illegal!

I have a lot of issues with the French legislation, but I understand why it exists. It's not about me, and it's not about American businesses either!

Wait until they find out about China.

Trump is using this to cause a crisis in Canada. Quebec objects, the ROC 1) may grow impatient with an agreement not being made. 2) IF the ROC rallies behind Quebec, the US will use it forever to justify tariffs.

Dirty tactics.

We should all speak more French out of patriotism to show that we aren’t Americans?

According to him, Canada and Quebec have no advantage in making compromises on their language policies, nor do Italians, Dutch, Germans, etc. He pointed out that the United States did not ask its other partners for such compromises.

Illustrating the definition of discrimination.

That's it from now on the official languages of canada will be french and deep newfy

You might not be able to understand french but at least there are coursed and translation books

Je ne peux pas parler Francais avec un peu de compétence, mais la langue des Québécois n'est pas une barrière pour les gens avec un peu de respect!

Pff. All that high school French and that's the best I can do. Anyways, shut up, US.

As a French French, I have the feeling Don picked the wrong fight...

Osti de tabarnak de calice!

Seriously though, this is a coincidence that he says this at the same time Carney says he wants Québec to roll back law 96.

Our French language protection laws is nobody's business but our own.

Americans never change, huh? It's 1774 all over again (in which Americans got so salty about people speaking French that it contributed to them choosing revolution) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Act

You don't negotiate and speak with a kid in a sandbox having a tantrum. You educate.

LOL The American government just can't help itself, huh? Truly, the dumbest administration of all time. The Americans have successfully united Western and Eastern Canadians, something they should be very scared of since we never got along. Although the laws have been controversial, you can't say Quebec hasn't done a great job resisting Anglophone hegemony, and I suspect America will not be the exception they're hoping for.

It's not any less of a barrier to Canadian companies outside fo Quebec. They both tend to hire Quebec people to deal with the barrier. Just as they might hire California people to help sales/marketing in that state.

Should counter with the USA using the imperial system.

Tell the demented rapist and his toadies to eat shit.

CBC has English coverage, and the law is only described as a "trade irritant", not anything illegal, which is surprising given the insane claims the Trump admin likes to make:

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released its annual list of global trade barriers Tuesday, and it includes Quebec's controversial language law Bill 96 as a trade irritant between the two countries.

The law isn't new but it has provisions that kick in in June that seem to be the main issue:

The changes impact the use of French in the judicial system, health care, schools, workplaces and businesses across the provincial economy, but the issue singled out as a trade barrier by the U.S. is how it impacts trademarks and labelling.

"U.S. businesses have expressed concerns about the impact that Bill 96 will have on their federally registered trademarks for products manufactured after June 1, 2025, which is when the relevant provisions of Bill 96 enter into force," the National Trade Estimate Report said.

When the new provisions kick in this summer, trademarks displayed on a product can only appear in English if there's no French version of the trademark registered. If the trademark or label contains generic terms or descriptions that are not in French, the trademark must be changed to include a French version of those terms and descriptions.

Companies found to have violated these changes to the law can face fines of up to $90,000 per day for their third offence, while individuals can be fined up to $42,000 a day for their third offence.

Oh ho ho..... you've pissed off Quebec now. Gods help you now USA. :p