What’s wrong with Montreal?

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[@TheNewTravel]

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[@satellitekhan2300]

It's a nice city, but I agree with the Moroccan , there is discrimination unfortunately sorry to say but that's true , priority is given to local French 100% fact , and not much Jobs for those who don't know French It was the biggest city once upon a time because of separatists anglo left Montreal , and today, Toronto twice the size of Montreal. Thanks to separatists.

[@mariusmatei2946]

​​​​@@satellitekhan2300 "yeah", go to New York, or London, or Los Angeles, and demand a management position (in any place of employment), just because you are a graduate of l'Université de Paris, or l'Université de Montréal, see "how well that would go" for you; also, you Can Always Leave Montréal, if living in a city where French Is The Main Language Of Communication, is such a big issue for you!

[@satellitekhan2300]

@Marius Matei I've been to New York many times , and you see all kinds of people doing all kinds of jobs in NY , you are not aware of New York sorry. I've also been to Toronto again all types of people are doing all Jobs , in Montreal 90% of STM drivers are french, am I right ??? , In MTL, 95% police officers are French white , construction French white , fire fighter 100% french and white , ambulance drives 100% french and white and list goes on

[@satellitekhan2300]

@Marius Matei Sorry but French people in Montreal are Xenophobic very sorry but it's true , I'm not generalizing.

[@mariusmatei2946]

​@@satellitekhan2300 so, in other words you're unemployed? Also, the (Moroccan) guy from the video wasn't talking about any type of job (at all); he wanted a (top) management position!

[@tehDanielRuiz]

The top 5 worst things about Montreal 1. Construction 2. Traffic 3. Construction with traffic 4. Potholes 5. Not doing construction on potholes

[@toastsandwich2862]

On dirait que la vie serait beaucoup moins stressant si t'as jeté ton char. Aucun de ces problèmes me derange 🚴‍♂🚇🚌

[@tehDanielRuiz]

@@toastsandwich2862 I wish! West Islander problems 😟 Maybe in the future

[@anem0nia]

BMW Bus Metro Walk

[@mikeamber2528]

@@tehDanielRuiz Well the West Island roads aren't at all managed by the actual city of Montreal. Each municipality there takes care of that.

[@muratbektilenov8728]

3,5

[@aurevoiralex]

I agree with 100% of what the Anglo guy from the Plateau said. I'm a completely bilingual person born in Quebec City, moved to Mtl in 1996 for my studies and never looked back. Another important bugbear: the lack of affordable housing and housing for the homeless! This issue needs to be addressed, because the situation is becoming quite dire.

[@njam101]

Affordable housing was always a huge advantage for Montreal and made the city a wonderful place to live. It will be sad if things get worse.

[@TruztNoI]

The govt faux in all level creative the problems and keep destroying the city...

[@justathumb]

same - as an anglo immigrant from Australia who chose to move here and start a family, i now feel like our rights and wellbeing are increasingly threatened by the inability to use english in urgent situations; like healthcare for our infant daughter. We are highly skilled immigrants with PR, initially invited by the province for work in our industry which has a huge shortage. Despite being on the other side of the world from family, we still chose to settle in Montreal because it's such a fantastic place. But because of recent language laws we're actually considering leaving the province altogether. It all just leaves us feeling a bit uneasy and unwelcome. To be clear we highly support french too, it's part of why we love the city. It's interesting that from an objective outsider's experience with no prior knowledge of the province's language history, we arrived highly enamoured and eager to learn french to assimilate fully. But the government's hostile and oppressive attitude has actually had the opposite effect, to the point we are reluctant to stay. I think they really miss the point that the abundant bilingualism is what makes this part of the world so special and unique.

[@aurevoiralex]

@@justathumb All I have to say is AMEN! Please know that you and yours are very welcome here, don't let small-minded arseholes drag you down.

[@drewjohnson4883]

@@justathumb Very well said from someone looking in (not born here) your response is spot on 👍🏾

[@rewanthr]

This is one of the best interview videos you've made ❤️

[@dreesaad6151]

I'm surprised no one spoke about our declining health care. This was pre-covid. You have to go through hoops to get an appointment with a specialist. We have given up & are now paying privately. Our system is headed that way.

[@dreesaad6151]

@@mothball2802 Every Prime Minister ever elected doesn’t have a problem with immigration except Legault & his party. And guess what? The next Prime Minister won’t have a problem either.

[@bakedstreetyt]

Yes we actually pay twice to get health care but people still seem to think our system is ''free''. People are delusional.

[@TonySonny717]

The healthcare here is humiliating

[@jean-francoismorin9337]

The addition of the big University research centers haven't done anything as far as waiting time is concerned. As a matter of fact, things got worst in the '90s and the early 2000s. One was a policy of the PQ's Pauline Marois when she was the Health Minister. "Le virage ambulatoire" was supposed to send more nurses to the neighborhood clinics. Thereby taking some pressure off the hospital emergencies. It was a good idea at first, but when came time to implement the second phase of the policy, there wasn't quite enough money in the budget to do it well. Considering the fact that when it comes to nurses and their working conditions, there's NEVER enough money in the budget! For the change to be efficient, there was a need for "super nurses". They would be able to act as a doctor in certain well defined areas. Either they would need a bachelor's degree, which would take a few years, or they could be given an equivalence depending on the number of years they had been a nurse, and in what department they had practiced nursing. For that, the complete participation of the doctors was essential. Doctors being very jealous of their God like status in hospitals, there was a lot of resistance, especially from the "old guard". Long story short, things never worked out the way they were intended to, the PQ lost the next election to Jean Charest's Liberals, and Dr Philippe Couillard became the Health Minister. He had other ideas on how to fix the system and, unsurprisingly, those ideas didn't fit with the PQ's policy. The budgets for the second phase never made their way to the clinics. Not enough doctors participated and there weren't enough "super nurses" for a few years to make a difference. Couillard's solution was to allow more private clinics to enter the system. Perfectly in tune with Conservative thinking. Government is incompetent. The private sector can do everything better and cheaper. Supposedly... Except that's just not true. If a clinic sees it's not making profits when it does X Y or Z. They're just gonna stop doing it! On top of that, many doctors and nurses left the public clinics and hospitals where they had been working, in favor of the new private clinics thinking their salary and working conditions would be much better. Which wasn't the case. Again the transition wasn't well implemented. The system lost 5000 very experienced nurses in the first year! Seeing their working conditions not get better and unable to go back to the public system because they had resigned, thereby losing their years of seniority, they chose early retirement, and here we are today... My mom was a nurse, and I have many friends that work in healthcare. A few years ago, I found out that Couillard had allowed more medical acts to be performed in private clinics. They got permission to perform surgeries that weren't minor at all, and for which the clinics need the very expensive machines you find in hospitals, which are paid for with our tax dollars. Private clinics not wanting to invest THEIR OWN money, and having a "friend" in the system in the person of the Minister, they negotiated with Couillard (who had money invested in private clinics himself!) a sweet deal! They would have exclusive access to those publicly funded machines for a certain number of hours per week. So now, when we're told by a public hospital that we can't have an appointment before 6 months. It's not because the resources aren't there. It's because some of the equipment needed is tied up with private clinics. It comes in conflict with the number of hours the private clinics have exclusive access! So even if the machines aren't necessarily in use by said clinics, they're not available to the public at large because they can't schedule appointments during those periods of time.There could be double booking of the equipment. Also, since the hospitals aren't supposed to use that equipment during those periods of time, they don't staff those departments like they would usually do. They don't want to pay salaries to people who might end up not being able to work in some of those periods, because a clinic is using the equipment for 4 hours of an 8 hour shift!!! That's the problem with the hybrid system we have today. On paper, it was supposed to remove pressure from the hospitals. What has happened instead is MORE pressure on the available equipment and staff! Which in turn is having a very negative impact on the staff's working conditions, so their moral is going down. There are more burnouts, and so on and so forth... Sorry for the length of the comment. It's a complicated issue and it's important to understand the situation. Conservative planning is to render the government unable to function as it should, so as to appear incompetent and wasteful! Then the benevolent private sector would swoop in and save the day! This is happening at every level of government. Weather municipal, provincial or federal, the same type of situation shows up in one way or another. More and more jobs are sub-contracted out to the private sector, and the rest is history... The salary is often superior, but there are less benefits and retirement isn't as good. It saves a bit of money to the government in the beginning, but in the long run, it's going to end up costing more. The private sector won't do something they can't turn into profit. But eventually, if that thing isn't profitable but is essential never the less, who do you think is gonna end up picking up the slack??? You and I thru our tax dollars!! Can you tell I'm against ALL privatization of any part of what the government does at the moment?

[@micahpearl2021]

Partially why I left the province

[@alylyshua74937]

I worked in Montreal this summer and I loved it. Felt like I was born again. Now, I'm in my hometown, but I'll be moving back to Montreal permanently in the coming year. Your videos allow me to find a little bit of solace in these times where my love for beautiful Montreal bursts out. Thank you so much for posting these, they help a lot 🥲

[@afonsolenzi7590]

There is even a bank with your surename heeheh

[@bexiebrooks1583]

Montreal is absolutely incredible!

[@missgeorgina5338]

Word of a advice from a born and raised Montrealer: if you want all of your dreams and goals to die literally, move here. There is no future here and unfortunately this city is declining at an uncontrollable rapidity. There is zero advancement here.

[@CP-jk8nm]

@@missgeorgina5338 What is the cause of the decline, in your opinion? Thanks.

[@drewjohnson4883]

@@missgeorgina5338 Your right. All these people saying different aren't even born or raised here 🤔

[@tonistokes1790]

Great interviews that capture the pet peeves and real concerns about Montréal and Québec. I miss living on the Plateau. Parc Laurier was one block from where I lived. Laurier Est between Papineau and Brébeuf was my village. I watched it evolve and transform over nearly 30 years.

[@df2mobile]

Really cool idea to ask people their thoughts on the city, or anything while walking around. Excellent!

[@andresfeliperojasortiz9105]

The quality of your videos is getting better and better, very informative!!! Thank you so much for your effort and congratulations!!!!

[@TheNewTravel]

Thanks Andres!

[@Funmap66]

SO interesting AGAIN - thanks - this is actually the first channel on KZbin I think about supporting. It would be interesting to hear what people from Quebec City think about Montreal and vice versa, if you are in QC the next time 😎

[@drewjohnson4883]

They don't like us 🤣 Cause we're not a fully "French" city.

[@bleargh22]

Great video! Exactly what I was looking for - literally just searched for 'Montreal' and this nailed it

[@neverwillno5583]

Excellent video. I have to say the economic disparity in Montreal was very shocking to me, people in my neighborhood really live on the edge of whats possible

[@christianjarvis167]

Probably the most interesting commentary you've gotten from street interviews so far!

[@porfiriato84]

You got something good going here Dan. Even though I really miss your Mexico videos, this "talking to strangers" series is super interesting!

[@TheNewTravel]

Talking to strangers mexico edition? :p

[@porfiriato84]

@@TheNewTravel ooohh now that would also be superb. Why not? Let's do this!

[@countryballspredicciones5184]

J’aime pas le mierdique j’prefere videos au Pérou :).

[@Potato-mu7nu]

Quebec loves its identity and social cohesion that's not a crime. Be proud of your French language and cultural roots.

[@jfjoubertquebec]

Yes, according to some in the video, MTL would be a better place without those francophones who refuse to speak English and insist on living differently.

[@Cricfever99]

Who invited you here 😂

[@BomDia759]

French is an annoying and useless language. People from montreal want to speak english

[@Schlabbeflicker]

I mean, according to the political and social framework of Canada, that IS racism and hate. Nobody has any right to expect everyone else to think and speak like them. Everyone should be free to speak their own language. Immigrants should not be turned away strictly based on their native language. The government should not purposely make access to services more difficult based on your language, or DEMAND that you not practice your own native language. Quebec is practicing open, explicit racism. If "Canada" were equally as obsessed with social cohesion and identity, they would remove all the special privileges afforded to Quebec and force them to speak English.

[@Potato-mu7nu]

@@Schlabbeflicker I disagree, more diversity in a country is good. I'm glad French is spoken in Quebec, it gives it its own unique flair. There's enough people speaking English in the world as it is.

[@ivanlaplante]

Happy to see you back!

[@crisvand]

Awesome interviews, thanks!

[@frenchfan3368]

Another great video showing perspectives from average people of diverse ages, educational levels and ethnicities in Montreal. Keep these videos coming. Perhaps you could ask the people of Montreal what they think of the various professional sports teams in Quebec or Canada?

[@johnproduction4430]

I am Moroccan, I have been living in Montreal for over 10 years and I absolutely do not confirm what this person said. Montreal offers a lot of opportunities and if you work your ass off you can clearly find a good job in a big company. Great content btw! 😉

[@guesly-a.coulanges1959]

I'm black, I lived my whole life here and I approve what the Moroccan said, a lot of compagny will put white people to position like manager or director, even if they don't have a degree while minorities, even if they have a Phd, will still get stuck at the bottom. I saw it all my life, and still continue to see this injustice up to this day.

[@hindca2117]

What the gentleman said is true. If you are from a visible minority you’ll suffer to get a decent job other than general labour in Montreal, even if you have a high degree. It’s so sad but it’s the truth

[@nitram9646]

Just a victim who needs to cry and complain. Moreover just look at him and his way of dressing and you easily can see the type...

[@aminachark9692]

@@nitram9646 Wow wow wow! You’re judging someone based on what he’s wearing. That also tells alot about you.

[@nitram9646]

@@aminachark9692 if you say so I don't give a damn

[@Heworldwide]

Just left Montreal, came up for a day but I found your videos just out of curiosity. I love the view points

[@seascape35]

I am an outsider, an American, who has visited Montreal once, and liked it there very much. I can understand the Francophones being very focused on maintaining French as the everyday language in Quebec. In the US, Louisiana was once French speaking, but over time it was engulfed by English, and now hardly anyone in that state speaks French, except perhaps for a few old timers out in the country. Sometimes language has to be consciously promoted and protected.

[@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534]

The french spoken in Louisiana will be hardly understood by a french from France because it's a mixed creole/french language but you're right more and more american borned in Louisiana want to recover their ancient roots....

[@OdinWannaBe]

Amazing to see actual self awareness from our friend down there, Bonne journée !!

[@OdinWannaBe]

@@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534Its all a question to get used to it, like any languages.

[@joseeguizabal6712]

Louisiana french and quebecoise will not disappear any time in the near future. I don't get why people get all up in arms then promote bullshit like "speak English in America!" I was born in an area the was part of Spain, then México, and then was taken over by the gabachos. Many centuries of history and we still speak Spanish. I am proud to be able to speak it fluently. I know for damn sure Spanish isn't going to disappear, even when a lot of the youth seem embarrassed to learn, or their parents don't teach them to in order to avoid racism or prejudice. Our languages, including English will still be thriving. If y'all want to talk about languages or cultures that are definitely disappearing, look at many of the native languages.

[@athtarasterios9695]

@@lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534 We understand it just fine, it's definitely not creole.

[@kronenburg4728]

Great mixture of people in this video

[@Trade4Lewt]

I see some characters from other videos, once again really loves your videos dan

[@Julie-fr9yl]

Clairement, c’est la violence qui est à blâmer. I cried at Claude’s testimony.. the honesty conveyed by his deep look brought me to tears. It can be hard to see your dreams fade away while aging in this society that paved the way to a young, colorful and proud consentment to Liberty. Once you let this sink in, you either tear up or fall into an invective. You are truly square Montréal. Cheers!😊

[@aliciavillarrealmusicvideo4908]

Here in the state of Washington we deal with the Winter hibernation syndrome and road pot holes due to the rainy climate, most of the roads are well maintained and the holidays bring delights with snow at times Thanksgiving Day and Christmas, Washington and Canada share environmental beauty. Like your interviewing approach to add to your travel channel. 👍🙂🌎

[@S3aCa1mRa1n]

Idk about well maintained lol maybe in the bigger cities.

[@tommarino1056]

Interesting video. Never thought of some of the negatives mentioned.

[@Hrummjke]

I like how many thoughtful people I discovered in just a 9 minutes video. Especially I liked the park trio and Madison and Henry. Last dude from trio gave us a speech worth Benjamin Franklin himself.

[@zevc3591]

Thanks a lot for the video!😊👍

[@momentummiracle]

What I specially like here is that i see the French lady in the park giving you credit for trying and having a conversation in French and also the old French Claude speaking in English and trying.. overall like the young bilingual guy from the plateau said it would be the key for the futur to have positive interactions about the language even with immigrants that's what I do and we all should be having open arms and grow from this

[@cassiopee26]

And it's actually very representative of what reality is: people, anglo and franco, trying to speak to the other one in their mother tongue or congratulating them for their effort in speaking the other language. Of course, there are people to ruin that and medias push to make us believe it's the majority and instill fear and separation between us. I love these kind of videos because it shows that we have more respect for each other than what it's portrayed in the media.

[@johngore7744]

I am a bilingual Anglo born in Montreal General Hospital in 1961. I still live within 30 km of the city and it used to be much more ‘cosmopolitan’ and diverse. Like a mini New York. French should be used officially. But unlike the rest of Quebec is that what makes Montreal special is it’s diversity and what makes the rest of Quebec special is it’s unique culture as the largest population of Francophones outside France. So in short Montreal should Qualify for special laws within Quebec. It’s almost half the population of the province and the economic engine of the province.

[@johnadams1281]

she's a racist old fool

[@thomasharter8161]

@@johngore7744 The Democratic Republic of Congo has 96 million inhabitants and it is a French-speaking country. So they have more population than in France. And other French-speaking countries where there is a lot more population than in Quebec there are plenty.

[@johngore7744]

@@thomasharter8161 true 👍

[@ericst-laurent8161]

I live in lower Saint-Laurent and you are absolutely right about the difference in mentality between Montreal and the rest of the province. besides. We use the expression "planet Montreal" to talk about this city 😅

[@joelove1987]

That was really refreshing just to see people's honest response to somewhere I'm thinking about moving to.

[@peyton.simpson]

Cool interview, thinking about moving and looking to get an idea of what its like.

[@chhetdaracheat5397]

Les interviewés sont représentatifs, les réponses sont sincères..C'est ça Montreal.

[@terreur4631]

Les socialistes de montréal moi jvais te dire je suis pu capable. C'est vraiment l'île aux rats.

[@chhetdaracheat5397]

@@terreur4631 😀😃

[@shobhitbhardwaj3246]

Oui, je suis d'accord🆗

[@mathieu4232]

@@terreur4631 7gv

[@johnadams1281]

speak English loser

[@jefntungila3852]

well done on these chats, went deeeep

[@pamelacarina1298]

Great video!

[@azdbuk]

Wow, quite interesting. I have never been there and know none of the issues, so this was really eye opening.

[@jamesvanover82]

Mainer here, about a 5 1/2 hour drive from there. My adoptive family is from outside of there. My grandparents and my mother all spoke French! I need to polish up on it a bit but i'm Considering a visit!

[@KunaevNS]

You're always welcome my friend. Tu es le bienvenu mon cher!

[@wesleysullivan8047]

also Mainer 6 hours away. just visited and I had a fantastic time, go for it!

[@thebigNT]

The guy on the picnic table was super interesting!

[@shawnmoore7517]

Great video. You rock dude.

[@caiotorres6156]

j’adore tes videos! continue svp

[@DickiMonster]

Sa fait 5 ans que je vie à Montréal, jai vecu à Québec,trois rivière,ottawa,laval mais Montreal cest la ville que jaime , le lifestyle,la vibe du vendredi soir,les soirées chaude dete et le monde est vraiment social c’est facile de se faire des amis peut importe d’où on vient.

[@jme104]

Si t'es francophone, je suggère que tu retournes à l'école .

[@user-pb5oj5zm1l]

@@jme104 ta gueule la fiotte

[@TheCanuk100]

I love my native city but over the past 20 years, it has degraded since my university days at McGill and Université de Montréal.It is so dirty everywhere. It is very depressing and even embarrassing. When I come across tourists visiting our city, I wonder what they think when they see all the garbage on the streets. People have no respect for maintaining cleanliness anymore. What is our mayor doing to clean it up?! I have visited large American cities like downtown Chicago and they have city workers cleaning up the streets 24/7.

[@thesmilingman3590]

Doesn't help that the city removed most of the garbage bins. Surely to save on the staff costs 🙄

[@lahaddock]

Great content!

[@BrianBaileyedtech]

Great content.

[@taniat.4841]

Claude at the end, such a sweetie. The kind of kind-hearted french-canadian man you dream to marry, at least that's what my quebecoise mother would say, i'm sure. Lol.

[@OdinWannaBe]

J'adore tes vidéos !!!

[@TheNewTravel]

Merci

[@grahaml3449]

We had these exact same conversations 50 years ago when I lived there. Nothing really changes!

[@Chrystair]

If you'd go outside of Montreal and asked the same question "What is it that you don't like about Montreal" you'd get totally different answers. The opposite in fact.

[@solemare4130]

Quebec city

[@jejeroy]

That's the perfect representation of Montreal multiple point of views, i think you really captured the essence of Montreal

[@user-tz9jh6pv2j]

As an anglo American guy, I have absolutely no problem with a country/region wanting people to learn their language in order to preserve their identity. I've lived in Montreal on and off for several years. I speak Chinese and English and I had a really hard time making friends and fitting in, BUT even with that said, I still think it's good. It's one big reason I love Quebec so much... it feels DIFFERENT from everywhere else. I eventually learned French after 2-3 years (accelerated after dating and arguing with a Quebecoise) and I'm able to get around and meet people. I really don't think I would like being in Quebec as much if everyone just spoke english... it would just be a completely different place... generic like Toronto.

[@ZacxRicher]

You argued with Québécoise for 2-3 years???? Are you crazy? Hahaha! Thanks from a Québécois 🥰

[@wesleysullivan8047]

exactly

[@altwrd2]

brilliant interview

[@nicolasg.514]

Aucunement, beaucoup de préjugés mensonger

[@drewjohnson4883]

Cool channel bro 👍🏾

[@kwacou4279]

Trump did not vilify immigrants, he's against illegal immigrants. Big difference. I'm a legal immigrant to America who followed the rules and its unfair to give those who break the rules receiving the same benefit. What appeal ed to me was living in a country where laws are equally applied unlike the country I left where laws are just words written on paper.

[@redMaple_QC]

Trump vilify everybody.

[@andrewcho5083]

As a child of first generation Korean immigrants I agree. It is unjust to let illegal immigrants break the law and then give them services paid for by our taxpayer money which is meant to serve the citizens. To not enforce the law is an insult to the many immigrants who went through so much just to do everything correctly.

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

In Canada, there are no rules, and even fewer consequences. The Supreme Court ruled this past week that non-citizens arrested for a violent crime cannot be deported until convicted. And guess who pays for the lengthy court case that usually sees them get off on a technicality, presuming it even goes to trial? The Canadian taxpayer, that's who.

[@ninob-wi1vx]

​@@andrewcho5083Je suis d'accord avec vous. Imaginez combien c'est insultant et abusif alors pour ceux qui ont bâtit cette nation avec les valeurs que nous avons adoptées, les taxes et impôts exorbitants que nous payons depuis des générations de contribuables dociles et exploités plus que jamais aujourd'hui...🤤🥴

[@kenzab6967]

I live in Montreal and it's a great resume of everything. I would add something : the healthcare system , please give more money to emergency or change the system because it doesn't work. I LOVE MTL

[@mtldroneview]

Very interesting video

[@StringersLogic]

Great stuff

[@nicolasgrinberg1996]

I'm francophone but I think the anglo guy represents the sentiment of most anglos. The anglo community was initially open to the idea of protecting the french language and culture but Legault completely threw them under the bus and blamed them for the decline of french

[@jean-francoismorin9337]

Legault c't'un criss de cave! Y va bin finir par perdre une esti d'élection, tabarnak! Québec Solidaire all the way esti!

[@alsimpson9291]

French is grotesque.

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Oh please ! This is peanuts compared to what has happened the other way around ! Do you think Americans cared when they destroyed Irak, or when the Brits destroyed India or the Acadians ? No. Karma's a bitch : what goes around, comes around.

[@thomasharter8161]

Are you stupid or a collaborator? At least 95% of Anglos want the French language to disappear and they have the greatest contempt for you.

[@NikoLetubeur]

@@jean-francoismorin9337 Tout a fait Camarade

[@colossusjak2]

Thank you for asking people if they want to interview instead of shoving a camera in their face and demanding questions which is what a lot of self proclaimed “journalists” do

[@denizsezenakademi]

I completely agree with the bilingual Anglo guy and his friend. I can also add the healthcare problem to the list. It’s nearly impossible to get treatment. Even for emergencies, the waiting hours in the ER are unbelievable:(

[@Rankutubuki88]

Agree…. It was hell😢

[@potatopoison1130]

I was 14 with a fractured orbital and zygomatic bones, they made me wait 12h in ER lmao

[@denizsezenakademi]

@@potatopoison1130 so sorry to hear that! I hope you're better now.

[@potatopoison1130]

@@denizsezenakademi yeh most deffinetly just goes to show our health care system is mad flawed

[@GuruPrashanth7970]

@@potatopoison1130 that's insane, imagine how many people died because of the wait time alone? Free healthcare in this country is a joke.

[@ericwanderweg8525]

I’ve been to Montreal twice, once at 18 and again at 19. This was during George W Bush’s first term, if that gives away my age 😂 I wish I spent more time immersing myself in the culture rather than the pubs and bars 🤦‍♂️ I remember being in the Peel Pub back when Green Day’s American Idiot just came out, and I was definitely playing the part 😳

[@drewjohnson4883]

Peel pub 💪🏾

[@afonsolenzi7590]

All the people you ask about negative aspects I feel really surprised that nobody mentions health care. Some expat friends say it can take years to have a family doctor and can take months for consultations and hours for emergencies. Is it true? Moving to Montreal in December

[@MCLRN94]

It's a province thing, not only in Montréal. I'd say the advantage of being in Montréal is there's a lot pf clinics close by, but you'll need to look a lot to find one

[@m.e.3862]

Yeah it's hard to get a doctor and the government doesn't help by limiting the amount of doctors allowed to practice in Montreal because of the PREM.

[@HERO-UX]

It can take 2-3 years on a list to get a family doctor, but make no mistake, if you get an urgent issue, you will immediately get treatment at the hospital.

[@bkatyul6977]

healthcare has become problematic worldwide with the shortage of doctors and nurses. that being said i agree with you that the healthcare is another negative. i too have been trying to get a family doctor for years. basically you have to be seriously ill to be assigned a doctor. so much for preventive medicine.

[@simonmartineferland9419]

To answer bluntly: yes. If you're at risk of dying, we're great at saving you, but if you need less pressing health treatments, you'll likely have to wait. To give you an idea, I broke my foot this summer. I went to the emergency, and said my pain level was around 2/10, and I expected to wait a long time... And I wasn't wrong. I was there for 12 hours total, but I didn't pay one cent (except for the walking boot a specialist had to bring in from his office, which was 160$). I had follow up appointments in the next months, all without costs (and without having to wait forever), and overall I feel very lucky... But you have to wait a LOT for So. Many. Things. Some stuff isn't covered. I needed a root canal this summer too and that was 1600$ (despite the infection being dangerous to my health, what's covered is only an extraction, to save your life, not the root canal). So healthcare is "free", but not dental care, not glasses, and if, like me, you need weird stuff like orthotics for your feet because of chronic conditions, that specialist and the orthotics themselves aren't covered. And yes, a family doctor is a truly precious resource 😅 (having chronic conditions, like diabetes, etc, can speed up the process greatly). I definitely have very mixed opinions about our healthcare system 🙃 You brought up very good points.

[@coolbreeze5683]

Love how that guy is casually holding a bottle of wine in the park.

[@ghostassoc]

Montreal is kind of like Europe in that way. They even have ‘bring your own wine’ to restaurants. Not like Puritanical rest of the country.

[@taturpin]

Interesting approach these interviews. I would prefer hearing the responses to, “What do you love about Montréal and what would like to see change?”

[@2msvalkyrie529]

There's a certain level of immigration which is beneficial. arguably .? There's also levels of immigration which completely undermine Social Cohesion. . We pretty much can see that we have reached that point in Canada and Europe. It's NOT racism .....just a fact.!

[@bingodeluxe]

You have a point! There is a difference between reasoned immigration and invasive immigration where the state cannot manage the massive inflow of different people not ready to integrate. I remember a time when immigrants came here, full of hope and the will to PARTICIPATE in building society, not impose their values. Today, all we get is DEMANDS.

[@ninob-wi1vx]

​@@bingodeluxeDemandez ce que vous pouvez faire pour votre pays ( qui vous accueille généreusement) et non ce que votre pays (les payeurs d' impôts ) peut faire pour vous !!!⭐✨

[@louisd.8928]

Sorry for the Moroccan guy, but foreign diplomas and degrees are very rarely recognized in Quebec and Canada, unless they are from countries with educational systems that are considered to be "on par with ours" (e.g. the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, etc.) If you had the same ethnic background, and an MBA from Harvard, of course banks and other big companies would want to hire you. It might suck, but that's the way it is. If anything, you could say it's classist, but I don't think it's racist. Otherwise, I do agree with the guy who said income disparity between neighborhoods, which is best exemplified by the fence separating Parc Ex from the Town of Mount Royal (TMR). The latter, at some point, even tried to introduce a bylaw preventing kids from other (poorer) neighborhoods from trick-or-treating in theirs.

[@511Colin]

I took a class at McGill called income inequality and we talked about how Montreal has a proven hiring discrimination towards Arab sounding names. Like the exact same cv with a white Franco name is more likely to get hired than if they put a Arab name on it and change nothing else

[@sophien5416]

Even with a Canadian degree, there is discrimination. My husband is Arab (with a very Arab name) and he got two Canadian degrees, but barely saw any upward mobility at the bank (and he always had outstanding performance reviews). One of my best friends, who is European is pretty high up in the banking world and has told me most people on the "upper floors" are white. She even knows that she was favoured for being white because her hiring manager (an Indian guy) preferred white women. It's just the way the cookie crumbles. So my hubby started his own financial firm and is very successful now. But it's true that you have to pave your own way when you are POC. No disillusions. Ignoring the racism is part of the problem.

[@pratiquetonespagnol452]

C'est la reconnaissance des diplomes mais ça ce n'est pas qu'à Montréal. C'est dans la province entière. C'est au gouvernement du Québec qu'il faut se plaindre. Des délégations sont envoyées dans différents pays pour recruter des gens mais quand ils arrivent au Québec, ils ont de la difficulté à se trouver un emploi car leurs diplomes ne sont pas reconnus.

[@louisd.8928]

@@511Colin I mean, sure, but that is true everywhere. I remember seeing two similar studies, one from the UK and from the US. Both had more or less the same name: Is it easier for John/Jake to get a job than it is for Jameel/Tyrone?

[@louisd.8928]

@@pratiquetonespagnol452 Et ce n'est pas qu'au Québec, mais au Canada, aux ÉU, au Royaume Uni etc. Et parfois, il y a de bonne raisons pour ne pas reconnaitre les diplomes. Je me souviens d'une discussion avec un étudiant étranger en médecine du Brésil qui disait que son cursus et le notre étaient très différents. Le leur comportait une plus grande portion sur les maladies tropicales et sur les blessures par balles et par armes blanches, mais beaucoup moins sur le cancer, le diabète, la vieillesse.

[@Sean0526a]

agreed, people should learn french

[@Foosidol]

If french culture and language were an animal Quebec would be on the endangered species list. Losing this Canadian culture would be a shame.

[@redMaple_QC]

Canada without Quebec is U.S.A light.

[@holger_p]

@@redMaple_QC Definitly not. The healthcare and other social things , make the difference.

[@redMaple_QC]

@@holger_p Hence the "light"

[@holger_p]

@@redMaple_QC Than you can also say, Quebec is France, with different roads and architecture. The public transport is also a good copy.

[@TheMarkoPoloProgram]

Love to see Montrealers perspective as I'm contemplating moving there.

[@maralgarabedian8277]

I’m planning to leave…..lol

[@TheMarkoPoloProgram]

@@maralgarabedian8277 why? And if so are you renting an apartment? I’m having trouble finding one right now. It’s like they’re making it tougher for people who want to move there.

[@lorenzomabalos9851]

Montreal is cheap because everyone who isn't Québécois and French speaking find the city and its politics unbearable.

[@Loupoonug23]

The thing for me is that I agree that people should not villainies English, but Quebec overall is supposed to be an French province, right. If people where to go to Korea and not speak Korean no one there would really think that it is good, sure some people speak English there but most of the population is Korean. It is kinda the same thing as for Quebec, people fought so that they could keep Quebec a French province after the English took over Canada, that is why for many Québécois people French is important, and seeing that erasing as time goes by is sort of sad for them and will take time for adjust. They have the right to feel sad, but overall I think they should not hate English or English people either. I think a big problem in Montreal is homelessness, lot of homeless people here, after moving from Ontario, it was really choking. Moreover, this is a personal opinion, but people are a little rude sometimes or really guarded.

[@SoftDistorsions]

Crime is on a rise, but also we're in a period where economy is worse, mental health is worse, people in abusive situations, the cost of living, housing, etc...

[@Stefanthenautilus]

Shoutout to the cameraman focusing on the things that are really important, like at 7:57.

[@nicolemcintosh4882]

I moved to montreal from Ontario back in 2017. I do love it here. my biggest problem was trying to find french classes that didn't cost me an arm and a leg because I was a canadian citizen. it was stupid crazy. I just want to learn the language better then what I was taught in grade school ( paris french ) not quebecois. so yeah. if they want to keep "french language" alive how about free classes paid by the gov. I would be happier to learn more then. I get by with what I know know and everyone around me and where I go always speaks english.

[@sanspapiers9240]

You didn't learn 'Paris' french. You learned basic french, the exact same french that I learned as a francophone in school in Ontario. The same way English Canadians learn basic English. 'Paris' french is like saying that one speaks 'London' English. There is no such thing. Québec french is the same language as the one spoken in France (with some regionalisms and a different accent). If you learned the basics properly, all you have to do to improve it, is to converse often with your fellow Québécois.

[@sotch2271]

Its being asked since long time but more pressing issues and scandal took it on the back

[@obesia1873]

Again, double standard against the Quebecois from an anglophone. They have no obligation whatsoever to provide YOU with free classes. It's quite entitled to think so, or to assume this is what will make the language survive. You just want to learn the language to benefit yourself in the end. Do you not think you should pay for this service? The quebecois society will continue to exist in French regardless, they don't need an anglo savior or whatever.

[@yannislaurin5438]

What a big Whale. Please, leave Québec

[@foxisglee]

But like why tho? They wanna keep their French culture and French speakers but they’re doing nothing about it. Even if it’s Montreal, it’s still Canada. Of course people mostly speak English. This is why I hate Montreal. Loved being there and grew up in Montreal but people are just stupid and being racist. Too many racist in Montreal

[@ValouQc]

Funny this guy says that bosses are never foreign cuz I’m a French speaking québécoise and most jobs I had, my bosses were from different origins and spoke with other employees in English, Chinese, Spanish between them all day long!

[@mikeamber2528]

That's from your own anecdotal experience and doesn't reflect the real statistics that have been gathered about the topic. In short-the guy is right.

[@sotch2271]

@@mikeamber2528 well mine it was the same in my factory my warehouse and my refrigerirated ware house was 50 50 except in my new job where only white are boss but most come from outside montreal and the job is outside montreal

[@Ivan-fm4eh]

@@mothball2802 his anecdotal experience matched what scientific studies find. that's the difference.

[@lianest-germain2903]

Born and bred in Montreal. It used to be a wonderfull city with parks, museum, a great cultural life, night life, incredible choice in restaurants. Now it has become incredibly dirty with construction sites EVERYWHERE in disorganized fashion. Since the pandemie many places have closed down and won't reopen. It's still a great city but a good clean- up would be needed.

[@horse69outside]

You need to thank vos Monsieur Trudeau et son WEF capos.

[@v.j.3029]

And we have a woke mayoress who wants to eliminate all cars and doesn’t do a single thing about the housing problem. We don’t have enough places to house everyone but she wants more migrants, making the problem even worse. We also have a big homelessness crisis that she just ignores.

[@4carhur1more]

Very interesting insight to how citizens of Montreal think of their town. It honestly reminds me of how I feel about Charlotte, in a way. Although, I am slightly disappointed the interviewer didn't find a sarcastic Club de hockey Canadien fan. Lord knows, I'd find time, even in a serious interview, to express my displeasure with the local sports team.

[@dangercat9188]

I'm going to Montréal in october. I was supposed to go in june but thunderstoms decided to get in the way lol. I was there 10 years ago for my 18th birthday. Absolutely a beautifully city. Much love from NYC 😊 ❤

[@sebastienbourdeau4269]

It would be interesting to know how long these people have lived in MTL.

[@mg79277]

I absolutely love this !!! Great work. I would love to see more of this on your channel I am that bilingual guy at the park. In Montréal we are mostly bilingual at the least if not trilingual plus. Politics unfortunately gets in the way of everything that’s great about us. Je t’aime montréal de tout mon cœur 💔

[@Marchoupi]

everything is impermanent, nothing lasts , appreciate the present and smell the flowers

[@sophien5416]

The pot holes are no joke in Montréal! Hopefully they work on the integration issue as I heard this from many locals when I visited. As for learning the French language. One of the reasons I go to Montreal is to practice my French (which is quite weak). But I love how Montréalers are so considerate of my trying and being near bilingual people actually really inspires me. I still feel at home there as an English speaker, but it makes me really want to keep learning. Though the city is French forward, the city serves as an example of how bilingualism could be a strength in a community, as well as for, business.

[@toade1583]

I mean of course the city is going to be French forward since the vast majority of people are native French speakers, but it is nice how Bilingual the city is as well. Bilingualism is rising in Anglophones in the rest of Canada, but they have a long way to go, but hopefully as French immersion and as French universities in Toronto and Alberta get more popular, the French learning and resident French speaking populations of those places can continue to grow and spur on further bilingualism in those areas.

[@martinbelisle4961]

Ton français est de mieu en mieu, lâche pas 🙂

[@martinbelisle4961]

@@Ethan-qo9rx I can understand him perfectly so no, it's not very very bad.

[@Ethan-qo9rx]

@@martinbelisle4961 let me guess you are quebecois? maybe it isn't very noticeable for you then..

[@martinbelisle4961]

@@Ethan-qo9rx And why would that be?

[@papamartino]

C'est vrai qu'il est de mieux en mieux. Il ne faut surtout pas lâcher ;)

[@OdinWannaBe]

@@Ethan-qo9rx Do you even speak french ?

[@venomsorceress]

It is hard with the housing crisis and inflation. There has been more incidents happening, gun violence, stabbing, and people getting into fist fights over parking spaces. 🤦‍♀️ Nobody talks about the housing conditions. I recently had to move from an unsafe appartment to a lower income area 'uptown' due to not being able to afford anything else. I have to deal with people solicitating, bed bugs, roaches, people with foaming mouths entering the building, domestic abuse has gone up here exponentially since the pandemic (the appartments in Montreal that don't have bugs have either mice, rats,or ants or mold) And my own mental health has taken a dip because now I am being offered medication because my anxiety is out of control since I moved here. Before I was living in a quieter borough on the southern end of the island. I am just sharing my experience, I don't mean to judge people who are also affected by poverty and mental illness but I also suffer with mental illness which has worsened but I am in therapy. At least we have a good mental health network here.

[@JNO_JNO]

Very interesting opinions …. Montreal is tres tres tres cool and unique ! For sure its not a car friendly city, and there are inequalities that we must work on ….

[@raedinsmore7732]

After getting to a B1 level in french, I can't believe I never heard the difference between Quebecois and France french accents. I loved this video. Especially the older gentleman who talked about being almost like a 3rd party, and his experience of the difficulties integrating with both the french and english groups of Montreal.

[@jiveturkey9078]

Im from Southern Ontario. People may call me a racist for saying this, but recent mass immigration, especially of students from India has changed the area that I live in. For the most part, thousands of Indian students are conned into coming here, with a false promise of available housing and high paying jobs. We now have thousands of small apartments that are occupied by 10-15 students. On top of this, indian students are flooding the rental markets and the will only sublet to other indian people. So locals are being pushed out. The sad thing is, municipalities turn a blind eye, because they like having a cheap labor source and they make a ton off of the universities that charge international students triple the regular tuition fees. The culture no longer feels Canadian, it feels more American or Torontonian. A place eith Strip malls, no mom and pop shops. Ontario is like a non space. Like a mall or a subway station. A plce where people pass through but no one actually calls home. We have so many people coming into thw country at such a rapid rate, we have silod cultures opposed to actually multi cultural society. I was in Montreal not too long ago, and it still feels more like the Canada i knew growing up. Still diverse, but not divided. I feel that Montreal has done a fantastic job of protecting its local culture, while accepting new comers in a responsible way.

[@cesruhf2605]

nothing racist about it man

[@KRL1999]

My family is French, and most moved to Mississauga in the 70's. I last went there in 2014, and I think I was one of the few people that went around speaking English... seriously.

[@pepe-zg3pf]

I think Quebec should do more to preserve the French language and its French identity... If Anglos and non French speaking immigrants have a problem with it, then they should move to the rest of Canada or to the United States! J'apprends le francais et j'aime Montreal!

[@cesruhf2605]

👍

[@KRL1999]

As if no anglos in Québec speak French. I'm bilingual, yes, I have a problem with certain laws, and no, I won't be leaving my home. Mais merci pareille! 😊

[@pepe-zg3pf]

@@KRL1999 I never said no anglos in Quebec speak French! Don't put words in my mouth... If you don't appreciate why francophones in Quebec are protective of their language, then you don't deserve to live in la belle provence... 😉

[@HunterMWF]

​@@KRL1999 From what I gather, what I believe he was actually saying when he said "anglos" as in "anglophones".

[@smallpicture]

1:42 What are those people doing? Lol!

[@user-bp1mx4me6e]

EVERYTHING!

[@jaho9873]

People in Montreal are so beautiful. They welcome you into their home with open arms. I felt families are very close knit. People seem to be family oriented and make time for extended family. Please keep up with the culture.

[@flyfly2850]

I visited Montreal and contrary to the guy from Marocco, my first impression was that all sort of people get along really well, I thought it was beautiful!

[@tgalpha_wolf2933]

Montreal it's ok...but the rest of the province is racist

[@mujkocka]

I wish someone would be this young Arab’s mentor. Get this silly white superior syndrome out of his head

[@sotch2271]

2nd generation immigrant tend to act like victim of racism when they probably lived a lot less racism and general problem than their parents or even their grandparents wich didn't immigrated

[@lilxsad5430]

key word, you "visited", its a different reality if you live here and are immigrant/children of immigrants

[@drewjohnson4883]

@@lilxsad5430 facts 💯

[@ning-enchang8988]

I can't believe that nobody mentions the healthcare system here in Montreal... I have been waiting in the emergency room for more than 10 hours....

[@user-wc2oi9cu2h]

Very sad to hear that it became similar to LA. I'm sorry to discover horror from the elderly! Looks like the police there also will make a move sooner or later. Hope things are gonna better then.

[@jean-francoismorin9337]

Not like LA at all!! And there's no chance the police are gonna do what LA cops do! Don't get me wrong, our cops are still cops. Cop is gonna do what cops do. But they're not American cops. They're Quebec cops. Makes a difference. Plus our governments aren't corporate owned and our social network and community organizations keep an eye on them. I know. That's what I do. Outreach work with vulnerable populations.

[@jean-francoismorin9337]

I was born in Montreal, but was brought up in the West Island. When I was a year old, my dad bought a house there in '68. We were the first French family on our street. As a result, I'm perfectly bilingual and run very fast (Anglos didn't like us, and you know how kids are, right? Considering there were many more of them, I had been taking judo classes for a few years, but more often than not, it was safer to run.😉). We moved back to Montreal in '86, after 2 years in Atlanta, where my dad headed the Quebec Delegation (Sort of mini-consulates Quebec is the only province to have opened abroad.) for the seven south-eastern states. When the Parti Québécois (PQ) lost power to the Liberals of Bourassa, in the fall of '85, most of the Quebec Delegations abroad were closed, and all of them saw big budget cuts. Staffing was drastically reduced, leaving only a small staff entirely focused on economic policy. My dad's contract with the Government was ending in August '86 and wasn't going to be renewed, obviously, so we moved back to Montreal. René Lévesque had retired from politics after the defeat of '85, and my dad became the Chief of Staff of the PQ's new leader, Pierre-Marc Johnson. After 9 years in power, the PQ had made some decisions that hurt it's position with the unions, so many union members didn't vote in '85. It's been downhill for that party ever since. Even though the PQ was voted back in power many times since '85, it's ideology kept moving away from what had made it so popular in the early years, it's pro-union policies. After losing the first referendum of Mai 20th 1980, the loss of the second referendum, in '95, pretty much ended the idea of Quebec separating from Canada. Although the PQ was voted in power a few times since, the defeat of the '95 referendum was sort of a death knell. The party didn't know it at the time, but it was like a "dead man walking" situation. Just look at the PQ now. Today, Québec Solidaire is the party that most resembles what the PQ was in it's glory days; a decidedly Socialist approach to Government. Which is why I am now a member of Québec Solidaire (QS). If René Lévesque was still around, he too would vote QS. I bet the tall guy that spoke about economic inequalities, just before the "Anglo from the Plateau", also votes QS. Come to think of it, maybe the cool Anglo does too... I now live in Montreal. I also agree with the "Anglo from the Plateau", and I want to congratulate him on his impeccable French! Legault sucks! He's a fake populist. Just like Rump, except smarter (he did start an airline that didn't go under, way back when), not quite as racist, and not orange... By the way, had it not been for Bill 101, of the René Lévesque PQ of '76 , he wouldn't speak such perfect French. That Bill is the only reason Montreal is what it is today. Unless one of the parents attended English school from K thru 12, that Bill made it mandatory for kids to attend French school from K thru 12. When I was a little kid, the street signs were in English only, in Montreal!! Until '76... I remember the big stink the Anglos whipped up at the time! Even though they had, and still have, their own public institutions (schools and hospitals) and media, they were freaking out because we added the word "arrêt" on top of the word "stop", at every street corner! My how time flies! Memories...

[@appleturnover519]

The street signs were in English only, you say? Well, the parking hours signs were is French.

[@Hot80s]

Hi JF you had it easy I was born in Westmount in 70 and raised in old school Longueuil with hyper racist PQ raised children always calling me l’anglais despite my dad being 100% pure wool. It didn’t matter back then tons of missed opportunities, Let me Tell ya.

[@jacquelinebourque8041]

You're tooooo political for this interview!

[@jean-francoismorin9337]

@@appleturnover519 I don't understand the point you're trying to make. And it still doesn't change the fact that prior to 1976 and the passing of bill 101, the street signs really were in English only. A language spoken by about 20% of the population at that time. Whereas the language of the vast majority of the population was nowhere to be seen in the biggest and most important city of the province. Thereby making us feel like we didn't matter. By the way, the only other places you will see French on public signs in Canada is if it has to do with the federal government. As for parking hours signs being in French, those signs were most likely put up AFTER 1976. Doesn't it make much more sense to have signs written in the language spoken by over 85% of the population?

[@jean-francoismorin9337]

@@Hot80s That must of sucked! Did you have a big English accent or was it because you came from Westmount? What's your family name? By the way, didn't have to be "PQ raised" to call you "l'anglais". Most francophones didn't speak English. Weather they were "Liberal raised" or "Union Nationale raised". The majority of francophones felt a certain level of animosity towards the English speaking community, because we had been looked down upon for so long. Thankfully, there is much less animosity today because we don't feel put down anymore. Even in the West Island, many of my friends didn't speak good English, and did so with a heavy accent! That wasn't the case with me though. My English was good enough for me to pass for an anglophone. My family was literally the first French speaking family to move on my street! There weren't many of us in the neighborhood when I was really little. ALL my friends were English speaking and I couldn't understand a damn thing they would say for a while. I can't even remember when I started understanding English... It sortta just happened. The "Revolution Tranquille" of the early 1960s, that was brought about by the Liberals of Jean Lesage had started doing something to dispel the idea that francophones were somehow not suited for administrative jobs, or jobs that relied on the intellectual capacity of the person. In other words, the general idea was that we francophones weren't smart enough for jobs in which you had to use your brain more than your physical strength. Pretty much like Black folks were made to feel in the US, a notion upon which so many opportunities were denied. By the time the PQ took power in 1976, the West Island had changed quite a bit. My little brother is 6 years younger than me and he didn't speak English at all until we moved to Atlanta, in '84. He was 11 and had never needed to speak English before then! LOL! His first few months in the states must of sucked big time! He became perfectly bilingual in no time though. By the time Christmas came around, he was at the top of his class and had many friends. As for the things we all did or said when we were kids, even if we weren't necessarily bullies, we often made fun of the fat kid, the one that had really thick glasses, the one that had a bad acne problem, the one who's mom would buy him/her clothes we deemed "funny", the Asian kid, the Black kid, etc. Kids can be cruel. Thankfully, that generally stops, or at least lessens at some point in high school, when our empathy is more developed. Although my worst year was in high school, at 13 years old. I had skipped a grade and the other kids were either 14 or 15. I was the only boy in my class who's voice hadn't yet changed. Not a good year for me! I resented my parents so much for putting me thru that!! Thank God I didn't go to the same school the next year! My voice had changed and I had grown up a lot during the summer!

[@Ameythste]

Construction and road repairs not just a problem for car drivers, it is also for people who walk. It seems to take forever to get done too.

[@retroblue69696]

because its all ran by the mob, they bribe govt officials and they should be investigated

[@user-up1hv3kj6y]

The problem of violence is visible not only in Quebec, but also in Europe. Countries with large migrant communities from the Middle East and North Africa are experiencing increasing levels of violence. Canada, like many other countries, needs a stricter migration policy, aimed primarily at protecting those who live and work in the country, and not those who seek asylum in it. This is not xenophobia, this is concern for citizens. For the benefit of those who work for the prosperity of the country, for the salvation of those who move to Canada with thoughts of making it better, for the glory of the generations of ancestors who built the country as we know it now. Canada is a unique country that gives people the opportunity to start a new life and find a home. People who do not share the values ​​of freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, equality and non-violence cannot be allowed to come to Canada en masse and establish their own order in it. This is how you can lose your country. For the sake of our descendants, we must save Canada.

[@lorenagagamonster]

If those are the worst problems a city has, damn, i wanna live there.

[@xaviermuloin4174]

apprends le français

[@jaygriffin5710]

Lmfao I know the guy who complained about the tags... he's actually a prolific graffiti artist (that's why the chick burst out laughing)

[@Xscape128]

Yeah my car took a beating last winter lol

[@stephenbaker7079]

Metal tags on cola/beer cans don't come off on British drinks. Once pulled back the drinks are easy to swallow.

[@jackchen7003]

Montreal is very different from the rest of Canada. I like how they maintained the French language there, it’s make Montreal feel like a different country

[@jean-francoismorin9337]

You can thank the PQ and bill 101 for that!