Doesn't sound like those lessons did him any good. He didn't even TRY to speak French when adressing the death of a French speaking employee.
It's not the first time he got in hot water over this, so it really feels like he doesn't give a damn. It's not like Quebeckers expect fluent French, just the will to try.
Which is why forced bilingualism is bullshit. In Canada there's maybe 10% of the physical country where you will regularly use both languages so expected people to be fluent in both means you're eliminating the overwhelming majority of eligible candidates.
Doesn't sound like those lessons did him any good. He didn't even TRY to speak French when adressing the death of a French speaking employee.
It's not the first time he got in hot water over this, so it really feels like he doesn't give a damn. It's not like Quebeckers expect fluent French, just the will to try.
600 hrs of lessons isn't trying?
The video he did was subtitled in French, you frogs all illiterate or something?
If you don't actually speak the language you don't speak the language no matter how many lessons you supposedly took. Sounds strange but it is true.
Which is why forced bilingualism is bullshit. In Canada there's maybe 10% of the physical country where you will regularly use both languages so expected people to be fluent in both means you're eliminating the overwhelming majority of eligible candidates.
Learning a second language isn't exactly difficult.