'English First' policies and
the uncomfortable waning of empire

* “The English Language Bill demonstrated that New Zealand First was "trying to appeal to a racist fringe". Professor O'Sullivan >
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/new-zealand-first-pushes-to-make-english-an-official-language/106410158

* "The English-only movement...is a political movement that advocates for the exclusive use of the English language in official United States government communication through the establishment of English as the only official language in the United States." >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-only_movement

* “Australia is home to over 250 distinct Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, comprising around 800 dialects, which are deeply connected to specific land, culture, and identity.” >
https://www.alt.nsw.gov.au/learn/nsw-aboriginal-languages-information

* 'Scarily diverse' people from First Nations or from a culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
https://theconversation.com/a-shadow-on-your-art-how-do-first-nations-and-culturally-diverse-authors-feel-about-representation-275446

* "Monolingualism or unilingualism, is the condition of being able to speak only a single language." >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolingualism

#EnglishLanguage #EnglishFirst #language #LanguagePolicies #monolingualism #MonolingualMindset #diverse #polyglots #MultilingualPeople #NormativeMonolingualism #ForcedAssimilation #settlersociety #Anglophones #FirstNationsPeoples #Gumbaynggirr

If people who speak mostly (if not only) #English are #Anglophones and people who speak #French are #Francophones, then what are people who mostly speak #Spanish called?

#Europe
#Language
#Languagequestion

@AWolfInCheapClothing

Yeah, this is mostly BS.

The moment they lost the #QuebecReferendum in #1995, the leader of the #PartiQuebecois IMMEDIATELY blamed "money and the ethnic vote."

Modern #Quebecois are no better; see #Bill21.

They may be right about the #UCP "wanting an oil based future," (the UCP really are villains from an episode of #CaptainPlanet) but ultimately, the only difference is one group are #racist #Anglophones and the other group are racist #Francophones.

#CanPol

What Language To Speak In Montreal?

https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/upou4Mho25M1yqzcwBsW6t

The patients committee at the #McGillUniversityHealthCentre (MUHC) says its members are upset over French-only board meetings, adding that some #anglophones are being excluded from the institutions that are supposed to serve them.

Though most of the #MUHC's board is anglophone, their public meetings are conducted entirely in #French.

#McGill #Montreal

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/patients-committee-getting-complaints-about-french-only-meetings-at-bilingual-montreal-hospital-1.6684618

Le manque d’ #enseignants #francophones contraint des écoles d’immersion française de l’ #Ontario à embaucher des #professeurs #anglophones, qui ne parlent « pas un mot de #français ».

« Des fois, [les écoles] vont choisir un #enseignant dont le niveau de français n’est peut-être pas au niveau. Mais c’est soit ça, soit ne pas avoir de classe d’immersion » #langue

https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/803219/education-professeurs-immersion-ontario-ne-parlent-pas-mot-francais

«Attention, la saison de la chasse aux étudiants #anglophones est ouverte ! Quoi de mieux pour faire oublier les ratés de la #CAQ qui s’est calée elle-même en ressuscitant le troisième lien après sa défaite cuisante à l’élection complémentaire dans #JeanTalon?»

#QCpoli #Québec
#Nationalisme
#PQ #francais #anglais
#immigration

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/editoriaux/2023-10-14/la-chasse-aux-etudiants-anglophones-est-ouverte.php