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Caricature from June 23, 2008

alt= "Translated from original French artwork. Title: Bilingual sign in Russell) Illustration: a man stands reading the graffiti on a wall. On the left, we see “Fuck you frogs!” and on the right we see eat shit Galganov in french. The man reading the two messages comments to himself that the translation is somewhat substandard.

On June 16, 2008, the Township of Russell, in eastern Ontario, enact a bylaw requiring bilingual signage within its territory. That sparks fights between the two language factions, fueled by francophobe militant Howard Galganov.

Credit: Le Droit, June 23, 2008.