▲ 411 ▼ Take off your pants and bend over (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago by stumu415@lemmy.zip to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LazyBaby@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 day ago (2 children) Wait did he actually say that??? I'm surprised Trump even knows French is an official language in Canada permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] stumu415@lemmy.zip [S] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children) https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec-wakes-to-worst-case-scenario-as-trump-slaps-new-50-tariffs-on-canada/ This will explain a bit more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago It's such a crazy demented request that has no chance of resulting in a deal. It is such a small buisness cost to market in cultural acceptable labels in any country they do business in. It's like asking to sell english only labelling in Mexico. It's an internal Mexico governance issue what languages should be present for their consumers, but businesses know that sales improve as a result of projecting respect for consumers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LazyBaby@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 child) It does a little bit there's not much elaboration on what specific demands were made re: french language and Quebecoise culture permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stepintomydojo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago (1 child) This other article linked from the first one has a much better explanation: https://montrealgazette.com/news/why-the-u-s-sees-quebecs-french-language-laws-as-a-trade-barrier/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyBaby@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago Thank you, yes it does. Kind of maddening that a government would try to demand that of another. US businesses do not need to be babies to this extent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago I suspect the reality is something like them not needing to do dual languages on products we import. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip [S] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children) https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec-wakes-to-worst-case-scenario-as-trump-slaps-new-50-tariffs-on-canada/ This will explain a bit more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago It's such a crazy demented request that has no chance of resulting in a deal. It is such a small buisness cost to market in cultural acceptable labels in any country they do business in. It's like asking to sell english only labelling in Mexico. It's an internal Mexico governance issue what languages should be present for their consumers, but businesses know that sales improve as a result of projecting respect for consumers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LazyBaby@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 child) It does a little bit there's not much elaboration on what specific demands were made re: french language and Quebecoise culture permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stepintomydojo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago (1 child) This other article linked from the first one has a much better explanation: https://montrealgazette.com/news/why-the-u-s-sees-quebecs-french-language-laws-as-a-trade-barrier/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyBaby@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago Thank you, yes it does. Kind of maddening that a government would try to demand that of another. US businesses do not need to be babies to this extent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago It's such a crazy demented request that has no chance of resulting in a deal. It is such a small buisness cost to market in cultural acceptable labels in any country they do business in. It's like asking to sell english only labelling in Mexico. It's an internal Mexico governance issue what languages should be present for their consumers, but businesses know that sales improve as a result of projecting respect for consumers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LazyBaby@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 child) It does a little bit there's not much elaboration on what specific demands were made re: french language and Quebecoise culture permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stepintomydojo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago (1 child) This other article linked from the first one has a much better explanation: https://montrealgazette.com/news/why-the-u-s-sees-quebecs-french-language-laws-as-a-trade-barrier/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyBaby@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago Thank you, yes it does. Kind of maddening that a government would try to demand that of another. US businesses do not need to be babies to this extent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stepintomydojo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago (1 child) This other article linked from the first one has a much better explanation: https://montrealgazette.com/news/why-the-u-s-sees-quebecs-french-language-laws-as-a-trade-barrier/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyBaby@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago Thank you, yes it does. Kind of maddening that a government would try to demand that of another. US businesses do not need to be babies to this extent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LazyBaby@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago Thank you, yes it does. Kind of maddening that a government would try to demand that of another. US businesses do not need to be babies to this extent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago I suspect the reality is something like them not needing to do dual languages on products we import. permalink fedilink source parent