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submitted 9 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Michel Rochette, president of the Quebec branch of the Retail Council of Canada, sees the Biden administration's message as a "signal'' couched in diplomatic language.

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[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca -2 points 9 months ago

How about Biden addresses his own country's cultural issues before weighing in on the neighbours.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 23 points 9 months ago

It’s an economic issue not a cultural one for them

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

The US should adopt Chinese as an official language, in order to make it easier to engage with Chinese businesses.

It's an economic issue.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

The US doesn’t have official languages

[-] kfet@lemmy.ca 18 points 9 months ago
[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 20 points 9 months ago

Come on. This is very clearly “howaboutism”.

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I mean, in this case it's, "Mind your business." Quebec's language laws are not the USA's concern.

[-] kfet@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

That's exactly what USA are trying to do, minding their own business.

It's a law directly impacting all businesses operating in Quebec.

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Exactly. Quebec law is not the USA's business. American owned businesses understood they would be subject to Canadian law when they set up shop here.

[-] Carvex@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

An "advisor for the United States Trade Representative" raised concerns.

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