New signage that explains how the 2- and 10-ride tickets work. Signage that will be obsolete come June 1.
Nice to see the extra $16 a month I'm spending on fare being put to good use.
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Squiggles
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About 2 weeks ago GO seemed to start changing the signage at the stations. I thought it was part of the Ajax revamp, but apparently, it is ssytem wide.
Can't figure out why they wasted their (really our) money by posting such idiotic signage for an obsolete policy.
How many people from northern Ontario and Quebec ride GO Transit on a daily basis? Most can read and speak English.
I imagine someone complained. I realize there are provincial language laws but considering we're talking the GTTA, wouldn't these signs be better off in Mandarin, Hindi, Italian, Spanish along with French?
Knowing how slowly these guys work the signs were probably printed 5 years ago and it took them this long to put up. Well before the canceling of the paper passes was discussed. And I'm not even exaggerating.
I'm somewhat fluent having been born into an Acadian family shared with a Ukrainian mother. Took French immersion and I work in a job where it's an asset. My conversational skills need work but I can read and understand enough to get by. Doesn't bother me none. I still think another language other than French would have been a better second language choice. i highly doubt that French is wide-spoken in the GTA. I bet it's not even in the top 3.
@Anon: No, the law doesn;t require it. It is optional - by where provided, it has to be as good as the English. (Which means CSAs should be doing French and English announcements...)
More people in Toronto speak Italain, Spainish, Portguese, Tamil, Farsi, and Punjabi than speak French.
I was in Montreal a couple of weekends ago and everytime I venture into Quebec I ask myself the same question. WHY does the rest of the country have to conform with bi-ling signs, etc. and Quebec gets to piss on the rest of Canada with EVERYTHING in French?
14 comments:
About 2 weeks ago GO seemed to start changing the signage at the stations. I thought it was part of the Ajax revamp, but apparently, it is ssytem wide.
Can't figure out why they wasted their (really our) money by posting such idiotic signage for an obsolete policy.
A lot of the signage being changed over is being made bilingual. Even for the reserved parking spots!
How many people from northern Ontario and Quebec ride GO Transit on a daily basis?
Most can read and speak English.
I imagine someone complained. I realize there are provincial language laws but considering we're talking the GTTA, wouldn't these signs be better off in Mandarin, Hindi, Italian, Spanish along with French?
Is French really as widely spoken?
Well, I speak it, but I don't see how it is mandated or necessary here...
Knowing how slowly these guys work the signs were probably printed 5 years ago and it took them this long to put up. Well before the canceling of the paper passes was discussed. And I'm not even exaggerating.
I'm somewhat fluent having been born into an Acadian family shared with a Ukrainian mother. Took French immersion and I work in a job where it's an asset. My conversational skills need work but I can read and understand enough to get by. Doesn't bother me none. I still think another language other than French would have been a better second language choice. i highly doubt that French is wide-spoken in the GTA. I bet it's not even in the top 3.
No it's not, but sadly it is law that all signs must be in English in French, even if just 0.01% of riders are French.
A real waste if you ask me.
According to Statistiocs Canada (Details) more people in Toronto speak Italian, Portugese, Spainish, Punjabi, Farsi, Tamil and Mandarin than French.
(Interestingly, the provnicial law says that *if* French is provided, it must be *equal* to the English... yet the CSAs do English only!)
@Anon: No, the law doesn;t require it. It is optional - by where provided, it has to be as good as the English. (Which means CSAs should be doing French and English announcements...)
More people in Toronto speak Italain, Spainish, Portguese, Tamil, Farsi, and Punjabi than speak French.
Wow, my phone's camera is bad :-)
Also, only less than 0.04% of Toronto's population speak French but not English.
I was in Montreal a couple of weekends ago and everytime I venture into Quebec I ask myself the same question. WHY does the rest of the country have to conform with bi-ling signs, etc. and Quebec gets to piss on the rest of Canada with EVERYTHING in French?
Yeah, Quebec might as well be its own country. Oh, wait ...
Not to worry C.J., I brought my passport.
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