Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️

BA Econ-Poli Sci @Concordia |MA en admin. publique @uottawa | Mes tweets n'engagent que moi. RTs =/= support. Always an idealistic romantic.

[Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️ @caleboacheaw]

The series finale of Twitter. Should we expect underwhelming spinoff series or a reboot of an original show? Facebook, MySpace? I’ll reinstall MSN messenger.

[Mike Crawley @MikeCrawleyCBC]

Hi #onpoli

To be clear: this is NOT me.

I'm a journalist, not a politician.

It's my namesake (or as I like to call him, the other @_Mike_Crawley) who has been active in Liberal politics since the 1990s.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️ @caleboacheaw]

@WallStreetSilv My Wife and Kids?

[Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️ @caleboacheaw]

@stephenasmith What is one thing you love about Canada?

[Vincent Geloso @VincentGeloso]

Mais le français ne recule pas. Il ne recule tout simplement pas! Et c'est une fausse peur pour attaquer l'immigration!

L'impression que le français à la maison décline vient du fait qu'il existe une montée des ménages multilinguistiques. Par exemple, un Québécois francophone qui marrie une allemande et parle aussi l'anglais sera catégorisé comme un ménage multilinguistique dans lequel le français ne sera pas parlé de manière dominante. Cependant, ce qui compte ce n'est pas juste la maison. On vit dans plusieurs sphères en même temps. Si la personne non-francophone utilise davantage de français grâce à son marriage et qu'elle utilise aussi le français au travail, il n'y a pas de perte.

Pour reflèter ce point, en 2018, j'ai écrit un article dans Journal of Multilingualism and Multicultural Development dans lequel je regarde la langue d'usage au travail et la langue d'usage à la maison. Le but est de tenir compte de toutes ces sphères de nos vies (surtout que, soulignons le, le français au travail progresse).

Le graphique ci-bas démontre la situation. En gris, on voit le "français à la maison" comme langue principale. La pente descend et c'est ce que les nationalistes soulignent. Mais, si on regarde la ligne bleu qui demande si le français est la langue principale dans l'une des deux sphères (travail ou maison), on voit aucun déclin. La proportion est restée stable!

Tout ce que je viens de décrire représente ce qu'on appelle "multilinguisme exclusif/inclusif". Un multilinguisme exclusif est l'un dans lequel l'une des langues évince l'autre de par son usage. L'inclusif est celui dans lequel l'usage d'une langue n'affecte pas l'usage de l'autre. Il y a un point critique dans l'usage d'une langue à partir duquel on bascule d'un type à l'autre, mais le Québec n'est pas là.

#polqc

Référence: Arsenault Morin, A., & Geloso, V. (2020). Multilingualism and the decline of French in Quebec. Journal of multilingual and multicultural development, 41(5), 420-431.

Référence supplémentaire: Grenier, G. (2022). Langues utilisées à la maison et au travail à Montréal par les immigrants entre 2001 et 2016: progrès notoire, mais fragile du français. Recherches sociographiques, 63(3), 525-541.

[Christopher Curtis @titocurtis]

I’m writing an article about the dual rise of antisemitism and Islamophobia in Canada since the Oct 7 attacks. If anyone has a story they want to share, we’ll protect your right to anonymity and listen with open hearts. DM or e-mail me! heytitocurtis(at)https://t.co/09CROSL2Kg

[Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️ @caleboacheaw]

@Ronnie_Smash @OOCCouchGags Season 14 episode 6 - The_Great_Louse_Detective

[André A. Morin @andre_a_morin]

Engageons-nous à promouvoir la paix, l’ouverture et le respect pour qu’on ne voit plus jamais de tels actes au Québec. #PolQc

[Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️ @caleboacheaw]

Rest in peace sir!

[CPAC @CPAC_TV]

“However we may differ, we are all human. And we all have the right to have our inner dignity respected—and especially in this House in debate.”

– Ed Broadbent (1936–2024) reflects on the need for civility in the House of Commons during his farewell speech to MPs, May 5, 2005.

[Sag Vee Vee ♐️💜 @BadGyalVeeVee]

Really scary our weather like this and January just there global warming said y’all hoes and listen eh ? Watch

[Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️ @caleboacheaw]

@TheFadeWW Mhmmm….

[Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️ @caleboacheaw]

@TheFadeWW I think I know what you’re talking about…

[Vincent Geloso @VincentGeloso]

RIP Solow — one of the rough dozen economists whose name is also an adjective #econtwitter

[Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️ @caleboacheaw]

@TheFadeWW Man this podcast…

[ICE T @FINALLEVEL]

Learn NOT to comment on EVERYTHING…. Especially on social media. If you don’t agree or like something.. It’s OK to keep it to yourself. Speaking out EXPOSES your position. Not always the Smartest move. Especially in business. 💎

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

On this day in 1837, the Battle of Saint-Eustache was fought in Lower Canada.
The Patriotes were outnumbered 7-to-1 by the government forces. They lost 70 men in the battle, including their leader Jean-Olivier Chénier.

[Caleb Owusu-Acheaw 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 ⚜️ @caleboacheaw]

@DuaneBratt Stéphane Dion and Lucien Bouchard after the 1995 referendum?

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

Bring back Bugles please.

You took them away from Canada in 2010 but gave them back in 2011.
Well it has been a year without Bugles once again.
Bring. Them. Back.

[Christopher Curtis @titocurtis]

One imagines Premier Legault surrounded by his high paid team of advisors busting out the spinning wheel of identity issues to distract from the shit show. Will they be blaming immigrants or Anglos? Muslims or les wokes? 📈: @Qc_125

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

Since George Santos was expelled from Congress, I thought it would be interesting to look at the history of MPs expelled from the House of Commons.

It has only happened four times to three people in Canadian history.

Let's explore!

The first time it happened was in 1874 with Louis Riel. He was elected in 1873, but due to the killing of Thomas Scott during the Red River Resistance, he was expelled.
He then won in the by-election and was expelled once again in 1875.

The next time it happened was in 1891 with Thomas McGreevy. He was accused of corruption and defrauding the government. He was expelled in 1891.
After he served his prison sentence, he was re-elected to Parliament in 1894 and served until 1896.

Lastly, there was Fred Rose.
He was expelled in 1947 and became the only known MP to spy for a foreign country. He was ousted from the House of Commons when he was found guilty of stealing weapons research for the Soviet Union. He was alleged to lead a ring of 20 Soviet spies.
He spent four and a half years in prison and eventually moved to Poland in 1953.

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