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Bonjour la controverse

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Par Sophie Durocher

Vous vous rappelez ces Anglophones qui ont ridiculisé la publicité du Bloc québécois « Bonjour Ho », parce que dans leur dictionnaire à eux « ho » est le diminutif de « whore » (putain, en anglais)?

Après la parution de mon texte mercredi, je me suis fait traiter de « ho » donc de « putain » par quelques écervelés qui trouvaient que je manquais d’humour ; Mitch Garber a cru bon de faire des commentaires disgracieux sur mon mari et moi et notre supposé salaire (quel rapport ?) ; et le chroniqueur Don Macpherson de la Montreal Gazette a inventé le mot-clic #jesuissammy, comme si l’humoriste était menacé de se faire exploser la cervelle par une kalachnikov pour avoir ridiculisé une affiche du Bloc québécois.

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Bloc Québécois wants to replace Bonjour-Hi with Bonjour-Ho

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The sovereignist federal party wants to stamp out the “Bonjour-Hi” greeting in Montreal businesses.

The Bloc Québécois has launched a holiday ad campaign urging Montrealers not to say Bonjour-Hi.

Posters for the sovereignist federal party show a blue Santa with the caption “Bonjour-Ho!”

The idea is to stamp out the bilingual greeting in businesses, which has raised the ire of Quebec politicians and commentators who say customers should be greeted in French only.

Joanie Riopel, a spokesperson for the Bloc Québécois, said posters will be put up near downtown shopping centres during the one-week campaign, which starts Monday.

“The message we want to send is to be able to shop in French in Montreal in the current situation, where French is in decline,” she said.

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Bloc Quebecois suggest Montreal store clerks ditch ‘Bonjour-Hi!’ for ‘Bonjour-Ho!’

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MONTREAL – The Bloc Quebecois has offered a suggestion for Montreal store clerks accustomed to greeting customers with ‘Bonjour-Hi!’

The Bloc is suggesting the more festive, and less English, ‘Bonjour-Ho!’ Twitter erupted when the Bloc posted the suggestion, along with its campaign “2021: On touche du bois!”

“Montreal will also benefit from the ‘Bonjour-Ho!” campaign, which promotes the use of French,” the Bloc wrote.

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Francophone MPs ‘feel some discrimination’ over translation issues, says Bloc Whip

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Since hybrid committee meetings began on Sept. 23, 86 per cent of witness interventions have been in English, with 14 per cent in French, according to the House administration’s findings.

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Is sovereignty dead?

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With both the PQ and Bloc Québécois on the ropes, some are declaring that sovereignty is dead. We ask Montrealers from across the political spectrum to weigh in on the issue.

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