[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

Boots should be leather

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago

While I agree with the point made, calling it a study makes it sound like it was done by an independent party. This study was conducted by the article publisher. Saying "a study by The Breach" or "Analysis by The Breach" would have been more accurate.

I just find it a bit ironic that a newspaper calling out the bias of an another newspaper don't even take the time to label their title correctly...

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

O'Toole wasn't perfect, but at least I felt that, if he won, I wouldn't be ashamed of my country. I could genuinely have told myself: "well, let's see how this goes!"

Dang, never thought I'd say that I missed a Conservative, but I indeed do miss O'Toole...

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 16 points 9 months ago

Okay, straight up, wtf? It needs to become illegal right away, this is waaaaaaaaay too sketchy...

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

Bonne année aux francos!

Happy new years to all of you! 🥳

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

This government (CAQ) has done many xenophobic thing. Restricting access to services in foreign languages to accommodate new immigrants is probably the best example of that. But this university thing, I don't think it is. Most of the time, if you go and follow and Bachelor's degree in another country, then you have to learn the language of that country because not every class is given in English only (of course there's exceptions, but most of the time it's like that). And you have to pay a hefty premium to go and educate yourself abroad.

This situation is way different, studying at university of Toronto is 16 000$ if you are from Ontario and 17 000$ if you are from another province. So it was often cheaper for people to go and study in Québec. This fee raise doesn't have anything to do with xenophobia or anything, this is merely bring the prices to the "market value". Yes there's a bit of language protectionism, but it's not all that inconvenient, and as someone already said, just trying to learn French is probably sufficient to get around it.

In short, I agree that there is xenophobic things that happens in Québec. I agree this provincial government doesn't have a great track record on that front. But this change isn't motivated by xenophobia, but other reasons. Up to you to decide if they're valid or not in your opinion.

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 101 points 11 months ago

Something that people should keep in mind is that the fees were lower for those "out-of-province" students in Québec than in their own province.

This fee raise basically brings it on par with what they would pay in their on province. One of the reasoning behind this law is that Québec shouldn't be subsidizing other provinces way too expensive university system.

If you are living in Québec, university fees are quite cheap, and this doesn't change.

The French vs English aspect is widely talked about, but not a whole lot is mentioned about the actual price hike.

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 23 points 11 months ago

That's sounds like the "Justin-flation" from Pierre Poilievre from the Conservatives in Canada...

America (including Canada) is getting in a dumb conservative hell...

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, those damn teachers (and nurses if you live in a place with public health care) that sold their souls for money... /s

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

You do you, but I just hate MacOS way of tilling. When I'm tilling windows I'm generally multi-tasking and I need my dock to look at a third window from time to time. Having it in full screen renders this impossible and the animation for switching is sooooooooo slooooooow😅

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

Me, casually running Mate and enjoying on stable and customizable it is. I'll let you guys fight while I enjoy my polished experience!

I would love Wayland support tho...

[-] Windows2000Srv@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Wait till you hear about Quarks. True minimalist knows!

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Even the CBC is making an article about it! 😅

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