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Canada’s national magazine never tires of lambasting Francophones in Canada and now in France
Macleans "A pampered continent protests the rollback of its lavish welfare state" photo – Charles Platiau/Reuters
Macleans likes to cast the French in Quebec and Europe as pampered and corrupt however many of their complaints can be leveled equally at those spoiled residents of Canada in, say, Toronto and Ottawa.
Maclean’s Magazine is going out of its way to condemn the social protests across Europe with special emphasis on how spoiled the French are.
While socialism is prevalent throughout Europe and Canada, it’s the French version that gets the most criticism from Macleans. In light of their recent anti-Quebec story is it an anti-Francophone bias?
Is this more Francophone bigotry like the September article that claimed Quebec was the most corrupt province in Canada? Quebec: The most corrupt province
Patronage and political corruption are not the exclusive domain of Quebec.
Sensationalism and anti-Francophone stories must sell well in English Canada for Macleans to keep up this type of biased and bigoted journalism.
“Europe loses its cool A pampered continent protests the rollback of its lavish welfare state” says the headline. The biggest complaints seem to be the French don’t want their pensions rolled back from eligibility at age 60 to 62.
“He views benefits like five-week vacations, a 35-hour workweek and early retirement as a kind of birthright, much as Canadians might view universal public schooling.”
“To Canadian ears, such complaints sound absurd,” reports Macleans or do they?
Canadians can get a partial Canada Pension at age 60 just like the French. You get more if you wait but there are many Canadians who opt to take it early. The Canadian government is changing the rules to give less at age 60 as of January 2011, which most people don’t know.
During the past decade, Provincial and Federal government incentives have encouraged civil servants to take early retirement while employees were in their 50s.
“In 2009, employed Canadians spent an average of 36.0 hours per week at work.” Human Resources and Skills Development Canada That doesn’t seem too far off the 35 hours Macleans denounces those socialist French.
Entitlement to 4-6 weeks of vacations is not unusual in Canada. Most decent jobs in Canada start at 3 weeks annual vacation and get to 4 weeks within 5 years.
Macleans goes on to castigate the French workers for their work perks including flextime. Canadian workers, except those in low paying service jobs, enjoy a basket of social benefits similar to the French like “annualized hours, flextime, compressed work weeks, and telework.” Human Resources Canada
See – Is Quebec the most corrupt province?
By Stephen Pate, NJN Network
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