12-year-old Quebec student scolded by bus driver for speaking English

A South Shore family is speaking out after a bus driver told a 12-year-old student who was speaking English to speak French. The exchange was caught on camera.
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[@V-vk7vo]

The students on that bus go to an English language public school for children with special needs. That bus driver was forcing his political views on them while they were trying to get to school. He shouldn't be allowed to work near or around vulnerable children. EVER.

[@haameisanaei6481]

@@V-vk7vo, You would think that the driver would had known what school he was dropping the kid off !

[@V-vk7vo]

@haameisanaei6481 Exactly. What's even more disturbing is that he said if the student doesn't speak French around him, there's "something wrong" with her... She's a child that knows she has special needs. He's essentially scolding her when she has disabilities, and that is absolutely cruel.

[@haameisanaei6481]

@@V-vk7vo, Correct, no cruelty to children should be allowed or tolerated !

[@BluesGirlBabe]

Agree he is an a-hole but certainly no more a-holey than teachers, administrators, and school boards forcing trans agendas onto children in schools across Canada and letting freak drag show performances happen in city owned properties. That is a far greater threat to children today and in their future as they are groomed to think it's normal for the mentally ill to parade their delusions and their junk in public.

[@didierpatnais1652]

It's too much. That english / french conflict should be over by now.

[@mrpotatoheadandhisfantasti]

if it was any other language the police would be investigating a hate crime

[@mrpotatoheadandhisfantasti]

@@didierpatnais1652 whats your point?

[@mrpotatoheadandhisfantasti]

@@didierpatnais1652 were you speaking kebekquios

[@kimsedgwick8119]

Oh for sure.

[@kkittycatkat1990]

@@didierpatnais1652 The OP was talking about "any other language would be a hate crime". So, this thread should be something about what the OP said. I'm sure your story fits somewhere, just not in this particular thread.

[@fbsfgr]

​@@didierpatnais1652 do you have any point?

[@beastuppercut27]

They should fire that slimeball immediately.

[@spacecaptain9188]

Or at least re train him in appropriate behavior, and make it very clear that bullying his charges is not acceptable.

[@suetilston8733]

That driver needs to be out of a job!! Totally disrespectful to all the children! Sounds like he wants them to speak a language that is easiest for HIM!!

[@fbsfgr]

Aren't they unionized?

[@didierpatnais1652]

@@FalconAndTrident unions can be a pain in the A$$ when it comes to firing someone

[@pamalojo]

A few years ago, two Anglophone nurses were conversing in English to each other while on a break and a Francophone nurse overheard them and reported them. That happened at Montreal General Hospital (or whatever the heck it’s called now). What a hostile working environment.

[@ericamatheson-dk1rs]

What? Really? I can't imagine telling someone that they must speak English and not their language. How rude!

[@yannislaurin5438]

Booohooo life is so hard😢

[@pamalojo]

@@yannislaurin5438 Je suis surpris que vous ayez répondu en anglais. You know seeing as you hate English so much.

[@dudebro755]

@@yannislaurin5438 excuse mua?

[@yannislaurin5438]

@@dudebro755 Cope

[@g00glesucksatprivacy60]

Correction what that driver did is called discrimination. I work in retail and have regularly use the translation app on my phone. I have never told anyone what language they should speak as that is discrimination. That bus driver needs to learn respect.

[@haameisanaei6481]

@@g00glesucksatprivacy60, The whole province has to learn to bring their noses down to earth and respect all the Canadians that contribute to the health and welfare of Quebec.

[@jordantremblayduchesne7490]

Dunno what you mean by "all canadians" and welfare. If you're talking about those within the prov8nce (and outside too but those within contributing to said welfare) well, yes of course, everyone need respect. Of you're talking about the myth of Canada funneling millions to Quebec so it can uphold its welfare system, please go look at the statistics about this instead. Also, generalizing the driver's opinion to a whole population or implying you're talking about it (as you said "Quebec needs to...") is not much better ngl.

[@haameisanaei6481]

@@jordantremblayduchesne7490, Oh you do not need phony stats. I have lived in montreal, a mid day or mid afternoon stroll in the park will clarify how productive is the French style of living!

[@maozedong4732]

Yeah, because I will definitely get understood by the English bus driver if I only spoke french to him in toronto...

[@g00glesucksatprivacy60]

@@maozedong4732 R E S P E C T…… You might want to go look the world up in a dictionary!

[@kenbland3455]

This driver violated the childs right to be served in English or French. The driver needs to be charged and fired. And the family should sue the bus company and the school board who hired them.

[@girdphil]

There's actually no right to be served in English in Quebec

[@kenbland3455]

@@girdphil the school in question is an English language school for special needs kids. Everything the school does is supposed to be in English. The bus company is hired by the school. The driver violated the contract with the school. You have a right to what the contract stipulates. The driver violated their contract rights. Also Quebec law states Health and Social services must be offered in English and French. Public Education is a Social Service. So the driver violated their rights twice.

[@kenbland3455]

@@girdphil A private company contracted to the board of education. All Social Services ( including driving kids to school) are to be offered in both official languages. Google is your friend. Now it is true that the xenophobic province of Quebec refuses to enforce the law, but that doesn't mean it's not there.

[@girdphil]

@@kenbland3455 Imagine a french special need child requesting to be driven to school in French in your xenophobic english speaking province and how it would be treated. The hypocrisy is strong with your kind.

[@kenbland3455]

I didn't say public services, I said social services. There's a big difference. Google is your friend.

[@joshuabriel9250]

there are so many French speaking in British Columbia and they are speaking French instead of English but we never stop them for speaking their own language..

[@email5023]

I hear lots of mandarin/cantonese/punjabi is spoken out there, too.

[@gearhead-do1xh]

Lots of languages spoken here in Toronto all the time without incident 🏖️🇨🇦

[@bpatel4434]

Why?

[@girdphil]

They probably can ask their bus driver to provide the service in french, right? Right..?

[@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810]

So many that the one time I spoke french in a Vancouver bar, I almost got into a fight. Canadians don't really like Quebeckers and don't tolerate french, that's why your french schools are at ruins while english schools in Québec are funded by our government. 😂

[@wendycurtis2072]

That bus driver should be fired.

[@morganclare4704]

Will never happen. cheers

[@haameisanaei6481]

@@Pawcket514, Too, too bad, he certainly deserves that ! Cheers!

[@romanheart8997]

The Bus Driver will NOT NOT NOT be Fired(this is the "New Canuckistan")....If anything he will become even MORE Agitated that "English is still being Spoken and he has to "listen to it, and deal with it".

[@don-cw1yz]

The Quebec language police will be sending him a special letter, saying he is right.

[@lostallhope675]

Are they going to yell at tourists for speaking other languages or even english. Quebec needs to get off their high horse.

[@cinpeace353]

It was in Quebec last year as a tourist. I only use English as I don't know French. I was helped or served in English. No one complained. 😊

[@judyanderson4206]

Sue their asses off, she has every right to speak English, quebec is bili gual province by law this guy needs to go at the very least, something needs to be d9ne it has gone far enough

[@nickr3441]

Sue? Sue for what?

[@kimsedgwick8119]

Fire the bus driver. Wrong. This country speaks French and English. Two dominated languages in this country. FIRE THIS BUS DRIVER. NOW!!

[@nemoa7692]

Also Michif, Mandrin, Hindi, German, Italian, Arabic and everyone elsee

[@joetran8798]

All our national corporations and MNC really need to leave Quebec until they learn to stop discriminating against other languages. That's the only way they will learn. Our political leaders are not willing to do anything about it so we need to step up.

[@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810]

If you want to live in Québec, you need to learn french. Simple. It's a french territory with laws to protect the culture & heritage. I lived 3 years in AB and never cried about the lack of french community. Just learn french like I learned english and that's it.

[@maimaibiri9045]

​@@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810except no one is enforcing you to do that, big difference.

[@spacecaptain9188]

Protecting French, and punnishing other languages are not the same thing. This recent push in Quebec is crossing the line into punnishing other languages.@@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810

[@karenacton3854]

Somebody needs a little schooling himself…..this is NOT a French speaking country….province yes, country no. Now the insanity begins.

[@morganclare4704]

No, it's been going on for decades. cheers

[@LawandOrder333]

Give him a break we all know what he means Karen from the United States..Seriously

[@karenacton3854]

@@LawandOrder333 aww Mikey……❤️, finished all your schooling did ya? 😂😂😂

[@jerryshi526]

Canada is a French speaking country as well as an English speaking country.

[@moltenink9137]

Sure, Canada has 2 official languages. But only one of those languages bullies and persecutes speakers of the other language.

[@billwhicker3511]

i presented at a montreal hospital after a cycling accident with a broken arm and dripping road rash and was exhorted several times to parlez francais by a male nurses aide before, and as i was speaking to the doctor examining me. that was a time for understanding, not for nationalism. french is a wonderful language but not when it is shoved down one's throat. they would catch more flies with inclusionary honey than with the usual quebecois vinegar, a large jug of which premier legault has just uncorked.

[@cleigh113]

well said

[@Kateosaurus]

Yes!!!!

[@garrywilliams8479]

Sorry for your pain & Disrespect 💖

[@billwhicker3511]

@@zeldadinosaur mords-moi, ok?

[@mommyemily1]

We live in a country that speak French? Let me make this clear, Quebec is NOT a country it’s a province!! And in this country we are bilingual

[@don-cw1yz]

With the passage of the recent language laws in Quebec by the CAQ, French is the only official language in Quebec. The only province that has recognized both French and English as official languages is New Brunswick. The Anglophones in Quebec always voted for the federal Liberals as in the past the federal liberals spoke out for English language rights in Quebec. From Trudeau not one bit of objection to the Quebec language laws. Fuddle Duddel Justin.

[@manishpatel-el1rc]

Lol this this is going on for ages and now ppl is opening the eyes hopefully government will learn which they never will

[@zwicker5585]

@@don-cw1yz no the country has both languages enshrined in law? Provinces might feel differently but the gov has to able to provide services in both languages in any province.

[@deniseneil4112]

@@zwicker5585 maybe the law needs changing again. This arrogance from Quebecers is rife with bigotry, racism and many other nice nouns to describe their attitudes.

[@zwicker5585]

@@deniseneil4112 because one quebec guy said not to speak english? Thats not even racism are you that stupid?

[@pranteranaud3617]

That's a human right violation. Hope they contact the H.R commision and take appropriate steps to sue them for violating their persons rights as a CANADIAN citizen.

[@WhatIsThereTo]

😂

[@gordonwilson2648]

Violations everyday around Quebec city

[@jordantremblayduchesne7490]

That's the opinion of one person, wdym this is a Human Rights violation? No rights were removed, he just stated that he would stop speaking in English and told them to speak French. Yes this is not a really nice thing but nothing more than a statement, he never forced them to learn French whatsoever, it's *his* personal viewpoint and if it is indeed questionable, it does not involve any human rights violated. If so, you would be surprised of how many time it happens the other way around (this last sentence is not really an argument, it's just to show that there are problems on both sides and voiding some about his side while underlining those of the other side just help to accentuate and polarize this ludicrous "Quebec vs ROC" situation )

[@truth-om7iz]

My friend and her boyfriend went to a restaurant in Montreal and they pretended to not know English and didn’t serve them!

[@Kent-eo9er]

It's because of attitudes like that bus driver that when my husband and I drive across Canada, we time it so that we don't have to stop in Quebec. Ironically, we both were born there.

[@k.a.c613]

I currently live in Quebec and I still try not to stop there, hahaha. Straight to Aylmer and straight back to spend my money on the economy and work in Ontario. These language laws are very alienating.

[@fkwhoopi8249]

Hey dingdong canada drops all their immigrants in quebec and we have no say they want to keep the french language and thats fine u go to mtl all english or punjabi or ukrainian u obviously dont know about it since u dont even stop in quebec

[@fkwhoopi8249]

@@k.a.c613 u just sound hard headed and don’t want to care and learn a diff language ur the problem dude

[@onyeenoma]

Too bad Montreal is a part of Quebec. I love this city.

[@Djee4Prez]

​@@onyeenomaYou like the city but hate the reason why its a great city 😂

[@user-ee1fu8hd3n]

The driver should be fired,,,,,,,,,,,enough is enough

[@irynawilson1002]

The "old boy" needs to keep his mind on his driving and not interfere with what language is spoken on the bus. Children should be able to learn and speak as many languages as possible. My parents came from Europe and both spoke four languages fluently.....such a gift! Don't suppress the children.

[@fbsfgr]

But "I built this ponzi scheme of a country with my bare hands carrying my horse in the snow uphill both ways" 🤣

[@TrueTruthHonest]

Is that an oxymoron? A boy can't be old. It's old or young, not both

[@tracyallen7020]

" living in a country were everybody speaks French " Ive got news for busdriver buddy not even close and mostly disinterested in learning Quebec French .This guy needs to lose his job for how he treated these special needs customers of the bus service that employs him and maybe go for a trip outside of Quebec into the rest of Canada were he doesnt have power status based on his ability to speak French .

[@wdoxsee]

Quebec is paranoid. They need the language police (and bus drivers) to sustain this paranoia. A few hundred years from now humans will be amazed at what we today find important and will laugh at our prejudices. English or French - why is a 12 year old the mature one in this picture??

[@bowbender1]

Lol. Scolds her in English for speaking English. What a dork

[@benarahsounds9171]

I would guess that the student is not well versed in the French language, it sounds like you might be the DORK

[@sheyshah2848]

“Love it or leave it? Well, I’m going to love leaving it!” Bret Hart.

[@Annapurna818]

Fascism at its best. No one says a thing.

[@Nursefire]

😂The bus driver actually thinks everyone speaks French in Canada? Sounds about Quebec..

[@notanothershrubbery]

Sounds like he says, "I will never speak to you in English, I suck!"

[@GhostbustersFan77]

A bus drivers job is to take the students from point A to point B. That is it. His Job is not to tell these kids what language to speak.

[@shari9721]

This is Canada , you have the right to speak any language you want to , everyone isnt going to understand you or be able to converse with you , you may not be able to access all services in that language but you have the right to speak it all you like . smdh

[@kimsedgwick8119]

Yes Canada is a bilingual county. English/ French.

[@grantjohnston7148]

Be there every morning to tell off this so called bus driver until the light bulb goes off in his tiny mind !

[@morganclare4704]

So much for bilingualism,eh?? cheers

[@einienj3281]

I live in a swedish speaking area of Finland and got weird looks for speaking finnish, in the 90's.. that crap is unacceptable!

[@FairJusticeinCanada]

The company didn’t hold anyone accountable! Just covered up for him! This is what’s declining in Canada! No Accountability in any public institution! Dictatorship has been happening for years fellow Canadians!!! We must demand an independent judiciary system to overlook ALL complaints in the justice system of Canada for a fair democracy!

[@willli8163]

We don’t need Quebec, we don’t want Quebec so let them leave Canada !

[@haameisanaei6481]

@@willli8163, They can leave, but not with the revenue from the Canadian natural resources in their province! That belongs to CANADA . So they won't leave ! They are not that stupid!

[@MyHandelsMessiah]

@@haameisanaei6481they can all move to 1% of the province and the rest of it is returned to Canada

[@devastater97]

"We live in a country that speaks french" I'm Canadian, born and raised. I do not speak a single word of french.

[@deniseneil4112]

Agree!! Nor do I. But I can guarantee should I decide to visit MY COUNTRY’S province of Quebec, I’d be shunned & maybe even stoned in the town square.

[@zwicker5585]

@@deniseneil4112 youd be fine relax… no need to make up theories, quebec is not like that at all

[@romanheart8997]

@@deniseneil4112 Don't Brother going there Denise....Spend your Time and Money in a Province that Actually appreciates your Visit....and Won't ignore You for speaking ENGLISH!. Let the Frogs Rot!

[@zwicker5585]

@@F4mis cest des maladies au tête !! Ils ecoutant des voix

[@Filledesbois-ds7hn]

It's ok not everybody if you don't have the capacity to learn it

[@drsinna]

I had the same experience last year in the South Shore as well. The bus driver refused to speak to me in English and yelled at me saying (we are in Quebec), though my daughter was in English public school.

[@j.e3336]

It's sad. They hate English, but can speak it. But will still go out of their way to not speak it just to disprespect you.

[@loicklaroche6816]

@@j.e3336they hate english but can’t speak it?😂 yeah right. Canada billinguism only exist in Québec

[@ABC-ye1tm]

English and French are official languages and every province goes above and beyond to accommodate French but once you enter Quebec you wont see any English

[@morganclare4704]

Hypocrites?? Surprise, surprise! cheers

[@judyanderson4206]

It high time the English in quebec "PROVENCE" started pushing back or the rest of Canada's provences should get rid of all french language and signs

[@ChrisM-tn3hx]

No, only one province goes "above and beyond" to be bilingual - New Brunswick. It's the only officially bilingual province. Quebec does it's best to suppress every other culture, and then to spread that hatred everywhere else in the country wherever and whenever they can.

[@don-cw1yz]

With the passage of Bill-96 Quebec only recognizes French as the official language in Quebec. - Small businesses must report the French language proficiency of employees. Also, report what % of employees speak only English to the Quebec government. -The powers of the Quebec language police will be expanded. -If you went to English schools in Quebec your children are permitted to attend an English school. All others are not permitted to attend an English school. -Employees at government offices do not have to converse with you in any other language except French. The exception would be hospitals but only if you are grandfathered in.

[@ChrisM-tn3hx]

@@don-cw1yz Yep. In Quebec, you can legally discriminate against English, or any other culture, all you want.

[@david1999]

Unfortunately, it's the older generation of francophones who think this way. Quebec will be better place once they are gone.

[@LawandOrder333]

Exactley..that old mentality and frustrated generation who just eats poutine and drinks Molson...

[@BBFCCO733]

@@LawandOrder333 pepsi welfare chip hate the world because the problem is themselves.....

[@MyHandelsMessiah]

Boomers everywhere need to go away now and forever

[@Annapurna818]

Give them their own country. The language police harassing employers too. Why the silence?

[@MyHandelsMessiah]

Don't give them the whole province. They can all go to a tiny section, like 1% of the land. History is cyclical, no?

[@benouzgane1929]

Disrespectful, everyone has a right to speak which language they speak.

[@choingmanggong]

I am curious how long before we will be issued special anglophone badges, with the order to wear them at all times under punishment of imprisonment in internment camps? The Canadian charter of rights is not worth the paper it is written on and never was.

[@thewewguy8t88]

It's scary how that feels like it become a realty one day :(

[@atheistapostate7019]

If this happened to a French student elsewhere in Canada there would be an outcry from Quebec and it’s population. I lived in that province 7.5 years and part of my family from there

[@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810]

Yeah because we're not hypocrites unlike Canadians. Tell me why most french public schools outside of Québec are in ruins and in debt while the english schools in Québec are funded by the local government?

[@SimplyMartin]

@@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810because we dont care abouth French. In Europe no one speaks it.

[@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810]

@@SimplyMartin ok lol, smooth brain

[@KRL1999]

​@@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810Do you think that English schools in Québec aren't in ruins? Lol

[@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810]

@@KRL1999 bruh look at McGill, Concordia, etc.

[@NiceToMoleYou]

I remember living in Quebec for about 2 years when I was a kid, and it was a nightmare. I couldn’t speak French so the local kids would mock me and even tried to push me in a frozen ravine in the winter. These kids were also much older than me

[@spacecaptain9188]

Bullying children is wrong in every language.

[@GowthamanThirunavukkarasu]

My move to Ontario is justified

[@eddy_malouempereur_du_cong6536]

And hope you never come back

[@KRL1999]

​@@eddy_malouempereur_du_cong6536Are you even from Québec?

[@judes966]

I hope the company also clarifies with the driver that he is NOT in a COUNTRY that is exclusively French speaking. They are in a PROVINCE that is predominantly French speaking. It’s great to be from Quebec. Glad I’m no longer there.

[@thewewguy8t88]

I don't want to be here right now but I am in a situation where it's between live here or be homeless on the streets.

[@cristian-gabrielgaldamezbr3810]

Glad you're no longer here, go back to Ontario if learning french is so scary.

[@cinpeace353]

It is an international trend that a province want to be called a country. 😂😂

[@kimsedgwick8119]

I would find another, best bus company to deal with.

[@sarahdecontie8732]

This driver needs to be fired!! Who is he to speak to a child that way? He was the one being disrespectful. Shame on him!

[@babayaga6615]

Someone teach the bus driver the difference between a Country and a Province.

[@babayaga6615]

@@hk0444 He said u r in a French speaking country don't speak English, so technically he is absolutely wrong. He would be technically right if he said Province.

[@Imsemble]

Well then let me teach you that bilingualism is only at the federal level and buses are not a federal service.

[@clippervelocity6191]

@@Imsembledurrrrrr mais mon Français durrrr 🤪

[@Madzguy007]

He's a bus driver...All he knows is to stick in his own lane

[@brucehale9999]

seems like the bus driver was speaking english as well

[@sg6474]

I am back in Mtl because I had to care for my parents. Whatever ppl think of Toronto at least anyone can speak any language freely.

[@john6728]

Wow, so much for unity. So sad.

[@JesusismyRock773]

Fire that bus driver immediately. There is absolutely no excuse for this. This is unacceptable. Fire them NOW!!!

[@al4xqc]

That's never going to happen speaking French is a guarantee right in Québec.

[@KRL1999]

​@@al4xqceducation and social services in English are also a guaranteed right. Seeing as he was contracted by an English school, he shouldn't be so shocked that an English child spoke to him in English.

[@johnmorrison523]

Bus driver should be fired and sued

[@JC_66644]

wtf!

[@Amormio189]

They accept transgender but not kids speaking english 😑😑🤔

[@c24peach]

I can't believe this makes the news. My bus driver berated my brother and I for being English every day of life when we were kids. We grew up as Anglos in Quebec City. We were harassed by "101" badge carrying cegep and university students on the city bus as well all through high school. In my opinion language laws are tantamount to systemic racism. When you "by law" do not permit other languages this is racism in it's most simple and powerful form. It's embarrassing as a Canadian that we have the language laws we do in Quebec. Archaic It's not about protecting French, it's about stopping any language that isn't.

[@ChildofGOD8427]

I believe this one made the news because it involves a special needs child, who attends a special needs school. The tone of that bus driver is not acceptable towards that autistic girl at all but it seems he will still hold a job because "sa langue maternelle est français québecois"

[@j_london9791]

No surprise.The Bloc Québécois (aka the separatists) refuse to sing Oh Canada and some leave the House of Commons when our national anthem is sung

[@saveursetbourdons]

Oh Canada was written by Calixa Lavallée as Quebec Nation anthem, just saying!

[@j_london9791]

@@saveursetbourdons Great.All more reason why they should refrain from being classless and stay in the HOC and sing….enough said.

[@oriax7207]

canadien was the name of our acenstor not yours the flag was ours the anthem was ours what did you guys bring? but hey tRUe CaNaDIAn SpEaK EnGLiSH

[@j_london9791]

@@oriax7207 if they don’t like Canada…..leave

[@oriax7207]

@@j_london9791 brother , canadian is our name we are here since 1604 im not telling you anglo should leave but at least respect the fact that we do not want to be assimilate by you or by the immigrants the multiculture is an anglo dream not quebecois

[@jamescondotta5396]

Why didn’t we let Quebec leave in the 90’s

[@2foong]

Most of my European friends who speak French make fun of Québécois French

[@marymenifee5739]

Why cant we speak English and French. The bus driver says you live in a country. Country is not quebec. It's canada . It time everyone respects others. I grew up in quebec. I moved ro ontario at 21 years old and I felt so river. Everyone was so nice. Not bickering about me being English.. I have many mNy stories of their ignorance..ask this French bus driver his ancestors? He's pro ably from Ireland or Scotland lol

[@markmclean4144]

It would not bother me one bit if Quebec separated from Canada...Because i'm a english speaking Canadian who has grown tired of French double standards.💯💯

[@ChrisM-tn3hx]

I would welcome it. They've now taken over northernn NB as well, and recently passed a law up north prohibiting English on all signs in NB as well. Where is the bilingualism?

[@haameisanaei6481]

@@markmclean4144, They will not be entitled to the Canadian natural resources, the revenue that of, or any government transfers! They will have to be a third world country relying on IMF

[@MyHandelsMessiah]

They can't have the whole province. That land and its resources belong to Canada. They can move to 1% of the land and the rest is Canada's.

[@devastater97]

​@@MyHandelsMessiahYeah I 100% agree with this.

[@fbsfgr]

Kick Ottawa and Toronto out with them

[@andreboisvert5676]

I’ve been there Sick mentality for sure

[@onyeenoma]

They listen to English speaking music, English speaking movies, change words they already have in their language to English because it's "Cool" (NOT borrowed words. That is different) but still say we're causing the language to be endangered. Like bro what- And since some dummies are gonna talk about borrowed words, that's when a language borrows a word from another language because it lacks the word in it's language. French already have words for most things in your language. They are straight up replacing. 🙃

[@Ed-xv4sy]

WTF is going on with Canada??

[@fbsfgr]

​@@johnboko7110 like it wasn't a pyramid scheme before JT?

[@chrisdouglas3879]

The bus driver said that everyone in the country speaks French? Not so.

[@Stilipluth]

I find this funny because I was born in Montreal and I speak french because I went to a french school. But because I dont look like a quebecois, the quebecois speak to me in english even though I reply to them in french. They refuse to acknowledge that I can speak french just because of the way I look. I hope that one day I can leave this province because the peuple quebecois are not very accueillante.

[@repeat911]

The driver should be immediately fired for his discrimination and shameful behavior. If this situation was reversed in any other province there would be outrage. Note to Quebec your not special or unique, just one more equal province in a confederation with 2 official languages.

[@Shlevel]

Clearly, the driver needs to be fired - discrimination and harassment of a minor is unacceptable

[@kylebarvel]

As a person with autism I find it so disturbing how NT generally treats ND folks. The bus driver is also speaking English!

[@gytan2221]

This is discrimination and should be outlawed. This does not meet the multicultural values that we Canadians hold dearly.

[@ThraxMan84]

This is appalling. French might be a Quebec thing, BUT any of the 2 official languages of Canada should be able to be used, anywhere in the country.

[@Ont785]

I don’t think bus drivers are in a position to hand out any advice

[@Maya-xm5jx]

Leaving Québec was the best decision for me

[@madame4883]

Is Montreal better than Quebec?

[@-wil2013]

⁠Hi, you meant Quebec City or Quebec province?

[@toddsmith8820]

I want to meet this bus driver. Ill show him what a English person can do

[@jocelyne1lefebvre]

That driver needs to be reminded that the province of Quebec is not a country

[@sephtwentyone3382]

In canada, we dont all speak french like this bus driver said. Hopefully Excell can get this operator on the right track.

[@karenbrunet2501]

Simple, just fire him.

[@sephtwentyone3382]

@Karen Brunet I would say the same, but by the sounds of it, he can probably retire, and everyone would be happy.

[@hydeks]

We are never going to get along, just seperate Quebec from Canada already

[@MrMannyhw]

Time to leave Quebec. This ain’t the place for English speakers. Now you would think the referendum was bad in the 90s.

[@grantjohnston7148]

If i retire in Quebec as may happen, under no circumstances whatsoever will i tolerate any of this kind of 💩

[@thefourhorsemen91]

"Addressing the matter" means nothing will happen.

[@harrw3168]

Bus driver should mind his business and stop harassing children.

[@user-bt1kh4yk6c]

Canadians need to have an English Speaking Permit to speak English? That's what I heard from this conversation. There are many sick world on Earth that I didn't know.

[@O6i]

If hes not fired by the end of the week ill go make him resign mark my words.

[@Madelope]

I would’ve turned to the bus driver and said “tabarnak”

[@-wil2013]

Hi, if I were her, I would say: I prefer keep speaking in English, I’m know I’m impolite, but I refuse to change!!! 😢 In fact, I never listen, I’ve been punished many times at school, because I refuse to change my attitude! 😢

[@6strings1pickup12]

The little girl should have replied, "sorry I just want to sound intelligent". LMAO!

[@theswatguyxd8978]

LOL😂

[@brycemcneil4404]

Is this student in immersion? Was there a safety issue? No? Soyez silencieux et conduisez le bus.

[@fbsfgr]

Be quiet and find a new job is better

[@joancowan9139]

Remove the french driver and replace him should be fired.😮way to go mom and daughter take no insults.

[@dudebro755]

lmao is the mom suffering from domestic violence

[@frenchconstantine2299]

How tf is that funny?

[@gordonwilson2648]

Some of the F1 guys were real happy to leave asap !!

[@rken3116]

This bus driver needs to be fired asap, unbelievable.

[@charlenem9174]

This driver should be fired! It is harassment.

[@georgeedward1691]

The driver is already being disciplined and you cause even more waves...smh

[@slakjawnotsayin5451]

Regardless of what anyone in Canada thinks or feels, our primary and number 1 language in Canada is English, not French!!! You can speak whatever language you want to while in Canada, but you will not get away with pretending that our main language in Canada is anything other than English!

[@prezire]

Boycott the bus company for standing up with the bus driver who is clearly on the wrong here

[@jacques9307]

Another day in Quebec

[@LuisMiguel-sm5hr]

Don’t take the post down, we need to tell the world !

[@edmondtremblay9509]

That bus driver should be fired

[@louis-philippeletourneau7689]

I'am Quebecer and i'am living in Victoria BC. Here I speak English like everyone and i have no problemwith it. It's just a question of respect and integration to the culture where you live. If tomorrow I move in Italia il will speak Italian no French or English.

[@KRL1999]

So if you're a special needs child born to francophones in BC and attending a French school, an English bus driver should chastise you for not speaking English? It definitely is a question of basic respect, and you're looking at it backwards.

[@hello855]

It will take you more than one day to learn Italian. Lol.

[@vortexvibes5944]

Woah the mom's been in a fight