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From labels to Netflix, how Quebec's fight to protect French collides with US trade
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Wren lemmy.today Wren@lemmy.today
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Prime Minister Mark Carney instructed Canadian negotiators to walk away from trade talks in Washington on 21 August after the two sides failed to reach a deal. The breakdown centred on much broader disagreements over US tariffs, access to the Canadian market and Canada's ability to protect key industries.

But French language and culture were also among the issues raised during the negotiations.

"We were not prepared to compromise on the protection of the French language and our culture," Carney said on 22 August, adding that Washington had pushed on those issues "until the very last minute".

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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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French-language protections in Quebec have emerged as an unlikely source of friction between Canada and the United States,

The President of the United States is an open racist who pushes English-only. Of course he's not going to want to accommodate French.

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inari piefed.zip inari@piefed.zip
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French-language protections in Quebec have emerged as an unlikely source of friction between Canada and the United States, The President of the United States is an open racist who pushes English-only. Of course he's not going to want to accommodate French.

Based, it will end up strengthening French in Quebec

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