Saturday, December 15, 2012

Montreal by-law proposes dogs understand commands in both English and French

Earlier this week, Montreal city councilor Benoit LaDouce proposed a by-law that would require all dogs in public parks to be bi-lingual.



According to Mr LaDouce, "Dogs parks in our city are chaotic and communication is at the heart of the conflict." In his mind, K9/citizen relations would be more harmonious if dogs in public spaces understood commands in both English and French.

Includes audio interview with Mr LaDouce.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:09 am

    More like LaDouche bag.

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  2. Ratz7:55 am

    My mother worked in foreign countries a lot and took her dog with her. By the end it could manage quite a few different languages and recognise the sound of traffic lights in different countries too.

    Doubt that's the issue here. Regrettable name too.

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  3. Anonymous2:36 am

    It was a satire piece poking fun at the Quebecquois penchant for mandating French even for those who are obviously of the English tongue. Or bark, for that matter.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/12/14/montreal-dog-bylaw-fake-story-social-media.html

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  4. steve2:43 pm

    Was a joke story, but it's pretty amusing how many people around here (Ottawa) believed it. Honestly wouldn't have surprised me, except that if it were true they'd be requiring all dogs to understand french, they couldn't care less if the dogs were bilingual.

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