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Toys "R" Us in Quebec refuses to sell English-only Daniel Tiger doll
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http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/montreal/toys-r-us-in-quebec-refuses-to-sell-english-only-daniel-tiger-doll-1.3031253 Toys "R" Us in Quebec refuses to sell English-only Daniel Tiger doll Montreal father says it should be up to parents, not province to determine what toys kids play with Apr 13, 2015 8:13 PM ET Kate McKenna, CBC News A Montreal man is criticizing Quebec language laws after trying to buy a toy from a local Toys "R" Us — and being told by a clerk he wasn't allowed to purchase it. Chez Geeks board-game store gets OQLF complaint Quebec government stance dismays francophone school supporters Looking back at 40 years of French as Quebec's official language Blue Dog Motel bar no longer in hot water with OQLF Nick Messina tried to purchase a "Daniel Tiger" plush toy for his infant daughter Carina after noticing her eyes "lit up" while watching the popular children's TV show Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood. Hoping to buy it as an Easter gift, he drove to his nearest Toys "R" Us, which didn't have the toy in stock. Then he called another Toys "R" Us in Montreal where clerk informed Messina there were two of the toys in stock. However, the clerk told Messina that he couldn't buy a Daniel Tiger because the toy is unilingual. "It's kind of saddening."- Nick Messina, father Daniel Tiger talks and sings 14 different phrases — but they're all in English. Messina said the clerk thanked him for letting them know the toy only spoke English, and said it would be shipped back to Ontario. "I kind of felt a little bit turned off. I felt it was discriminatory against the English-speaking community in Montreal. After all, Montreal is multi-ethnic, multi-cultural," he said. Not giving up, the father tried to purchase the doll online — only to discover the Toys "R" Us website wouldn't ship the product to Quebec. English-speaking toys illegal Messina didn't know until a few weeks ago, but because of Quebec's language laws, it's illegal to sell a unilingual toy unless the toy has a French-speaking counterpart. He says it should be up to parents to decide what toys they can buy for their kids, not the province. "I don't understand why, when it comes to the choice of purchasing a toy for our children, that we have to be subjected to these kinds of rules and regulations," he said. "It's kind of saddening." Toys "R" Us admits mistake In a statement to CBC News, a spokeswoman from Toys "R" Us apologized for the inconvenience, but said the toy shouldn't have been on the shelves. "Toys 'R' Us shipped in error the English-speaking product to one of our Quebec stores and a customer tried to purchase it. Our store did not sell the product to the customer and we apologized for the inconvenience that this caused our customer. We immediately communicated to our store that this product cannot be sold," said the statement. Happy ending for family Messina's perseverance paid off. He did manage to buy the doll eventually; he bought it on Amazon for about $50 more than what Toys "R" Us was asking. Though it was more than he planned to pay for the doll, Carina adores her new toy. For Carina Messina, it was love at first sight for this Daniel Tiger doll. (CBC) sent via Tapatalk -
Bienvenue à Montréal! Ils ont été arreté 3 fois dans la meme journée et ils ont recu 2 contraventions http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ontario-licence-plates-targeted-by-police-couple-claims-1.2564815 Ontario licence plates targeted by police, couple claims A Quebec couple got pulled over three times in one day while driving in a car with an Ontario licence plate CBC News Posted: Mar 07, 2014 9:15 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 07, 2014 9:15 PM ET Caroline Guy and Joey Menscik say they will contest the two traffic tickets they got in the same day. (CBC) A Quebec couple is crying foul after being ticketed twice, and pulled over a third time — all in the same day. Caroline Guy and Joey Menscik say they feel they were targeted for having an Ontario licence plate. The two were driving east on Hochelaga Street Thursday when they suddenly saw the flashing lights of an unmarked police car. “He gives me this ticket for $162. So I say ‘Why is that?’ and he says in Quebec we're not allowed tinted windows,” said Menscik, adding that he told the officer he was from Ontario. The couple has homes in both Ontario and Quebec. The couple got two fines of $162 each in the same day. (CBC) Guy was pulled over a few years ago for the same reason — with a Quebec plate on her car — and said the officer was more understanding. “I was given a warning to have the tint removed, that I'd have to go back to the station to prove that I'd had it removed, which I did and I had no issues with that,” Guy said. They wonder why they weren’t given a warning this time. Montreal police officials say an officer may use discretionary power, but the highway code is clear. “Seventy per cent of the light must pass through the windows that are both to the left and to the right of the driver. That is applicable to all vehicles that pass through the province,” said Sgt. Laurent Gingras of the Montreal police department. Gingras says when drivers take their vehicle into another jurisdiction, they should be aware of the rules and regulations and are expected to conform to them. Stopped twice in 10 minutes After Menscik’s $162-fine for the tinted windows, the couple was stopped again a few blocks away, near the Olympic Stadium, by another officer in another cruiser. “He says to me, 'You coasted through a stop sign,'” Menscik said. They were slapped with a second $162-ticket. Then, as they were about to enter the stadium's parking garage, the same officer intercepted them again for allegedly going through another stop sign. Menscik and Guy insist they respected the traffic signs and they don't think the tickets are coincidences. “I think it went [further] than that, at that point, because of the Ontario plates,” said Menscik, adding that they will contest the fines.
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Compressions budgétaires: Radio-Canada/CBC coupe plus de 800 postes.
un sujet a posté bxlmontreal dans L'actualité
Les compressions budgétaires à Radio-Canada/CBC forcent la suppression d’ici trois ans de quelque 800 emplois, dont 150 de cadres. Plus de la moitié des postes (475) disparaîtront dès cette année. La réduction des crédits parlementaires décrétés la semaine dernière aura aussi des effets concrets sur la programmation. La première chaîne annulera ses émissions de nuit et Espace Musique réduira les budgets de ses productions musicales. À la Télévision, certaines émissions ou séries produiront moins d’épisodes et les devis de production seront corrigés à la baisse. En plus, pour accroître les revenus autonomes, les chaînes Radio 2 et Espace musique diffuseront bientôt de la publicité. Cette commercialisation épargne la Première chaîne et Radio One, afin de «préserver leur distinction». Radio-Canada International cessera la transmission par ondes courtes et par satellite pour se concentrer sur le web. La chaîne multilingue va aussi arrêter la diffusion de bulletins d’information en portugais et en russe pour favoriser le français, l’anglais, l’espagnol, l’arabe et le mandarin. Ces répercussions des compressions ont été dévoilées aux employés du service public réunis à Toronto, à Montréal et partout au pays. Hubert T. Lacroix, président-directeur général de la société d’État, menait la présentation en Ontario. Louis Lalande, vice-président principal des services français était aux commandes dans al tour montréalaise. La direction a dévoilé plusieurs autres mesures restrictives, par exemple la fermeture de certains bureaux régionaux et des musicothèques régionales, mais aussi l’accélération de la mise hors service des émetteurs analogiques qui desservent moins 2% de la population. Il faudra par contre attendre pour comprendre les effets précis sur les grilles des réseaux français et anglais en général et sur les services d’information en particulier. De même, il faudra encore du temps pour identifier les emplois condamnés. Des réunions avec des représentants syndicaux ont eu lieu juste avant la grande assemblée générale tenue entre 13h30 et 15h. Le pénible exercice découle des compressions budgétaires imposées par Ottawa lors du budget déposé la semaine dernière. Le gouvernement fédéral réduira de 115 millions $ d’ici 2014-2015 l’enveloppe annuelle du diffuseur public, ce qui correspond à une ponction d’un peu plus de 10% de son budget total. Dans les faits, la compression s’avère bien supérieure. Ainsi, l’élimination de poste nécessite d‘importantes sommes pour payer les primes de départ. Le président Lacroix évalue qu’au total, RC/CBC doit s’arracher 300 millions $ sur trois ans. De ce total, 64 millions seront retranchés au budget de RC, 150 millions à la CBC, le reste provenant de RCI et d’autres services. La direction affirme que 81% des compressions proviendront des services centraux et 19% des régions. . L’élimination des postes se fera à parts égales entre les services français et anglais. Environ 243 postes francophones disparaîtront dès cette année. Il s’agit de postes réguliers, à temps plein. Les deux entités, RC et CBC, emploient environ 9000 personnes, dont une forte proportion de contractuels. Un employé a demandé si cet équilibre dans le malheur n’était pas injuste pour RC, moins financé que la CBC, qui dessert une plus grande population. La direction a répondu que les deux parties devaient subir les mêmes éliminations de postes parce qu’elles emploient à peu près le même nombre d’effectifs. «Notre position c’est que la peine est également partagée», a dit M. Lacroix. Les départs et le manque de fonds auront aussi des impacts immobiliers «Nous avons des plans pour réduire de 400 000 pieds carrés la taille de la Maison de Radio-Canada à Montréal lorsque nous lancerons un appel d’offres cet été», explique un document diffusé aux employés. http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/medias/346690/compressions-a-radio-canada Combien de jobs à Montréal,pas encore très clair?Par contre arrivée soudaine de 400.000 p2 de bureaux sur le marché... -
Par John LeBlanc pour MSN Autos Top 10 des contraventions pour excès de vitesse au Canada Comment se voir attribuer 42 points de démérite Le conducteur d'un VUS BMW croyait sans doute pouvoir faire un excès de vitesse à 3 heures du matin sur l'Autoroute Ville-Marie, à Montréal, en février 2011. Le véhicule a été surpris à rouler à 240 km/h dans une zone de 70. Bien que la vitesse ne constitue pas le record canadien en la matière, les pénalités imposées l'ont été. En plus d'une amende de 2598 $, le conducteur a vu son permis suspendu pour six mois et a reçu le record de 42 points de démérite. Source : CBC News http://auto.ca.msn.com/photos/galerie.aspx?cp-documentid=27970303&page=9
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Video CBC News Quebec lithium mine in Val D'Or, can potentially be the largest in North America. Partner Mitsui & Co
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Quebecor veut une chaîne d'information en anglais 09-06-2010 | 21h08 MONTRÉAL - Quebecor a récemment déposé une demande auprès du Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC) pour la création d'une chaîne d'information continue de langue anglaise. Selon ce qu’ARGENT a appris, si la licence est accordée, la chaîne pourrait voir le jour en 2011. De plus, cette nouvelle chaîne proposera une alternance d'information et d'opinion sur un ton qui pourrait rappeler celui du réseau américain Fox News. Tout indique que le projet sera piloté par Kory Teneycke, un ancien directeur des communications du premier ministre Stephen Harper, qui a fait savoir hier sur le site de réseautage Twitter qu'il devenait vice-président au développement de Quebecor Media. M. Teneycke a quitté le Bureau du premier ministre, en juillet 2009, pour effectuer de courts séjours à CTV, puis à la CBC. Pour l'instant, Quebecor refuse de commenter. La chaîne projetée viendrait partager le marché occupé actuellement par CBC Newsworld et CTV News Channel. http://www.canoe.com/divertissement/tele-medias/nouvelles/2010/06/09/14328221-qmi.html
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(Courtesy of CBC News - Montreal)
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(Courtesy of CBC News Montreal)
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(Courtesy of Bloomberg) I can't stand this. :mad:
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Immigrants to Quebec find job search hard Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2009 | 4:16 PM ET CBC News Recent immigrants to Quebec have a harder time finding work than the average person, according to a CBC report. Aurelie Tseng has been looking for a job in Montreal for two years.Aurelie Tseng has been looking for a job in Montreal for two years. (CBC)The unemployment rate for new immigrants living in the province is nearly double the national joblessness average of eight per cent. Language barriers are a major obstacle for many people looking for work, especially in Quebec, where the dominant language is French. But even for French-speaking immigrants, searching for employment can be frustrating. Aurelie Tseng is a Taiwanese immigrant who moved to Quebec two years ago to be with her husband. Tseng has a business degree, speaks French, and is looking for work in her field. But after two years of looking for a job, she remains unemployed, and her discouragement grows. "I have no clue how to do it," Tseng told CBC News. "It takes more courage [now] because I have been depressed for a long time." Tseng has sought advice from YES Montreal, a non-profit organization that offers job-search services. They told her networking is key to finding any job. But networking in a new country is daunting, Tseng said. "In my country nobody does that, nobody would tell you to do that," she admitted. Tseng believes her Taiwanese background has made her job search tougher. "We are more, you know, moderate and modest. You just want to say 'OK, yes, I probably can do this,' but for example people here, they don't like to hear that, they want you to say it out loud: 'Yes I can do it' not just, 'Oh yes I think I can do it,' for example." Tseng said she's hoping to eventually get a break at a bank in Montreal's Chinatown.
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(Courtesy of CBC News) If you had one of the most secure facilities in Canada, how the hell do you let this happen?
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CBC, VIA Rail considered for auction block: Documents BY ANDREW MAYEDA, CANWEST NEWS SERVICE JUNE 1, 2009 6:49 PM OTTAWA — The federal Department of Finance has flagged several prominent Crown corporations as "not self-sustaining," including the CBC, VIA Rail and the National Arts Centre, and has identified them as entities that could be sold as part of the government's asset review, newly released documents show. In its fiscal update last November, the government announced that it would launch a review of its Crown assets, including so-called enterprise Crown corporations, real estate and "other holdings." Finance Department documents, obtained by Canwest News Service under the Access to Information Act, reveal that the review will focus on enterprise Crown corporations, which are not financially dependent on parliamentary subsidies. Such corporations include the Royal Canadian Mint and Ridley Terminals, which is a coal-shipping terminal in Prince Rupert, B.C. But the documents also reveal that the government will consider privatizing Crown corporations that require public subsidies to stay afloat. "The reviews will also examine other holdings in which the government competes directly with private enterprises, earn income from property or performs a commercial activity," states a Finance briefing note dated Dec. 2, 2008. "It includes Crown corporations that are not self-sustaining even though they are of a commercial nature." In the briefing note, the Finance Department identifies nine Crown corporations that fall in that category, including Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., the CBC and VIA Rail. The government announced last week that it will split AECL in two and seek private-sector investors for the Crown corporation's CANDU nuclear-reactor business. The Crown asset review comes as the government struggles to contain the country's deficit, now expected to top $50 billion this year. The Jan. 27 budget assumes that the government will be able to raise as much as $4 billion through asset sales by the end of March 2010. The budget identified four federal departments whose Crown assets are being reviewed first: Finance, Indian and Northern Affairs, Natural Resources, and Transport and Infrastructure. VIA Rail is overseen by the Transport Department, while the CBC and the National Arts Centre fall under the portfolio of the Canadian Heritage department. The Finance Department documents confirm that all government assets will eventually be reviewed. Privatizations tend to work well when Crown corporations enter a reasonably competitive market with a good chance of turning a profit, said Aidan Vining, a professor of business and government relations at Simon Fraser University. Unlike successfully privatized firms such as Canadian National Railway, it's not clear that CBC and VIA Rail could operate as profitable ventures while maintaining the public mandates they provided as Crown corporations, he noted. "They're not the classic privatization candidates, where you sell and walk away," said Vining, an expert in Crown corporation privatizations. "Unless, of course, you're prepared to fully withdraw from the public purpose (of the Crown corporation)." Certainly, the sale of a flagship Crown asset such as the CBC would be politically controversial. After the CBC announced this spring that it would lay off hundreds of employees, opposition critics accused the government of turning a cold shoulder to the public broadcaster's struggles. Under the Financial Administration Act, Parliament would have to approve the privatization of any Crown corporation. "It's hard to believe that some of these sales would go forward in a minority Parliament," said Vining. The Finance Department has also begun to examine the government's vast real-estate portfolio, which includes 31 million hectares of land, and more than 46,000 buildings totalling 103 million square metres — more than double the office space available in the Greater Toronto Area, according to the Finance documents. The government's holdings are worth at least $17 billion, Finance officials estimate. A briefing note labelled "secret" said that the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs acquired $7 million in surplus properties between 1998 and 2006 for potential use in land-claims deals. Over the same period, the properties cost $2 million to maintain. Divesting such properties could not only generate revenue for the government, but also cut "ongoing operations and maintenance costs," states the briefing note. A Finance Department spokeswoman said the asset review won't necessarily lead to sales in all cases. "Reviews will assess whether value could be created through changes to the assets' structure and ownership, and report on a wide set of options including the status quo, amendments to current mandates or governance," department spokeswoman Stephanie Rubec said in an e-mail. "In some cases, it may be concluded that selling an asset to a private sector entity may generate more economic activity and deliver greater value to taxpayers." Crown corporations identified by the government as "not self-sustaining": (Company name, commercial revenues, parliamentary subsidy, expenses) Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., $614.2 million, $285.3 million, $1.3 billion CBC, $565.5 million, $1.1 billion, $1.7 billion Cape Breton Development Corp., $5.1 million, $60 million, $94.1 million Federal Bridge Corp. Ltd., $14.6 million, $31.0 million, $42.9 million National Arts Centre Corp., $26.0 million, $40.6 million, $65.7 million Old Port of Montreal Corp., $16.7 million, $15.1 million, $32.0 million Parc Downsview Park Inc., not available, not available, not available VIA Rail Canada Inc., $293.9 million, $266.2 million, $505.5 million Source: Department of Finance, Public Accounts of Canada Note: Financial results are for 2007-08 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Rail+considered+auction+block+Documents/1652330/story.html
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Sombres perspectives pour le Québec * Olivier Schmouker, Lesaffaires.com * 11:32 Le Québec est la province la plus touchée par le ralentissement économique canadien. Les régions du Québec connaissent leur plus faible croissance économique depuis plusieurs années. C’est ce qu’indique la toute dernière Note de conjoncture métropolitaine du Conference Board du Canada. Ainsi, la croissance économique de Montréal atteindra 1,7% en 2008, la cadence la plus faible en cinq ans, selon le CBC. Exception faite de l'industrie aérospatiale, le secteur manufacturier continue d'y éprouver des difficultés. Par contre, les industries de la construction et des services y ont enregistré des gains continus. De son côté, l'économie de Québec, qui a progressé de 3,1% en 2007, devrait afficher une croissance plus modérée en 2008, de 2,3%. Les célébrations du 400e anniversaire ont renforcé l'activité touristique, mais ces effets ont été neutralisés par la faiblesse des industries productrices de biens, en particulier celles de la fabrication et de la construction. Quant à Ottawa-Gatineau, elle devrait afficher son taux de croissance le plus bas en dix ans, avec une hausse du produit intérieur brut (PIB) de seulement 1,8%. La croissance du secteur de la haute technologie est restée au point mort et l'activité de la construction a été faible. Néanmoins, la forte croissance du secteur public a aidé à stabiliser l'économie de la région. Boom des régions de l’Ouest Saskatoon et Regina se classent en tête des régions les plus dynamqiues au Canada, selon le CBC. «Les deux sont en voie d'enregistrer leurs taux de croissance économique les plus rapides depuis 1997, et Saskatoon viendra en tête des régions canadiennes pour une seconde année consécutive», dit Mario Lefebvre, directeur du Centre des études municipales. C’est bien simple, les régions de l'Ouest canadien occupent les sept premiers rangs du palmarès. Après une hausse de 4,1% en 2007, le PIB de Saskatoon augmentera à une cadence encore plus rapide, de 5,2%, en 2008. L'économie florissante de la ville est attribuable au fait que celle-ci est le principal centre régional du secteur des ressources naturelles de la province, secteur présentement en pleine expansion. Le boom du secteur des ressources naturelles stimule aussi la croissance économique de Regina, qui devrait atteindre 4,1% cette année, la plus forte depuis 1997. L'économie de Winnipeg devrait progresser de 3,3% en 2008, après une croissance de 3,7% l'an dernier. Celle de Victoria s'aligne aussi sur une croissance de 3,3% en 2008. Celle de Calgary et d'Edmonton devraient être respectivement de 3,2% et à 3,1% en 2008. Et celle de Vancouver croîtra de 2,7% cette année. La production du secteur manufacturier de Toronto devrait encore diminuer cette année. Les bonnes nouvelles sont que l'activité de la construction demeure intense et la demande intérieure soutenue. Du coup, le CBC anticipe une croissance de son PIB de seulement 1,3% en 2008.
