Login
or
Register
Home
»
Trains Magazine
»
Forums
»
General Discussion
»
Canadien ?
Edit post
Edit your reply below.
Post Body
Enter your post below.
Hi <br /> <br />An interesting thing to observe regarding the Canadian Pacific is the fact that during almost 30 years they used the name CP Rail, wich is pretty biligual. In fact, CPR returns to its roots with the name Canadian Pacific on its locos and rolling stock only after it has sold most of its assets east of Montreal, leaving the province were there is the biggest part of the french population of Canada. <br /> <br />This may explain why there is no car painted Canadien Pacifique. Also, FYI, in french it would be Pacifique Canadien, as the Name candian pacific refer to the ocean. Translate Candian Pacific in Canadien Pacifique would refer to the canadian who are pacifist... <br /> <br />Finaly as FuzzyBroken ask for some law, law is also a concern in this. As some of you may know, in Quebec, there is the Charter of the French language. It was adopted by our legislature to protect and promote the use of french in business and labour relations. This law oblige businesses to have a french name and to use french ads. However, regarding the name, the regulation made some exception for businesses from outside Quebec. <br /> <br />Finally, Canadian Pacific can use its name in english in Quebec, but, the political climate in 68 (when they adopt the Multimark and the CP Rail denomination) may have led them to choose a biligual name as CN did some years earlier.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag
Update Reply
Join our Community!
Our community is
FREE
to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.
Login »
Register »
Search the Community
Newsletter Sign-Up
By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our
privacy policy
More great sites from Kalmbach Media
Terms Of Use
|
Privacy Policy
|
Copyright Policy