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title: Il y a trop de bavardages [There is too much chatter]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-il-y-a-trop-de-bavardages-indiscretion-est-trahison-french-1941/
description: A white downward arrow under a Canadian coat of arms points through the words 'Il y a trop de BAVARDAGES' on a red band.
section: Collection
---

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[![Il y a trop de bavardages \[There is too much chatter\], 1941 Canada poster: A white downward arrow under a Canadian coat](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-il-y-a-trop-de-bavardages-indiscretion-est-trahison-french-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-il-y-a-trop-de-bavardages-indiscretion-est-trahison-french-1941.jpg)

# Il y a trop de bavardages [There is too much chatter]

A white downward arrow under a Canadian coat of arms points through the words 'Il y a trop de BAVARDAGES' on a red band, with the list of subjects (troops, production, military matters) and the closing line 'En temps de guerre indiscrétion est trahison'. The label 'trahison' (treason) is attached to all loose talk (name-calling), and the side bands address 'every man, woman and child'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

Original (French) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
IL EST ESSENTIEL QUE CHAQUE HOMME, FEMME ET ENFANT JOUE SON ROLE DANS L'EFFORT DE GUERRE

IL Y A TROP DE
BAVARDAGES
AU SUJET
DE NOS TROUPES,
DE NOTRE PRODUCTION
ET AUTRES QUESTIONS
MILITAIRES

EN TEMPS DE GUERRE
INDISCRÉTION EST
TRAHISON

PUBLIÉ PAR LE SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION, AVEC L'AUTORISATION DE L'HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTRE DES SERVICES NATIONAUX DE GUERRE, OTTAWA. Imprimé au Canada
AG-12FL
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD PLAY THEIR PART IN THE WAR EFFORT

THERE IS TOO MUCH
CHATTER
ABOUT
OUR TROOPS,
OUR PRODUCTION
AND OTHER MILITARY
MATTERS

IN WARTIME
INDISCRETION IS
TREASON

PUBLISHED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE, WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES, OTTAWA. Printed in Canada
AG-12FL
```

[← If You Don't Need It... Don't Buy It](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-if-you-dont-need-it-dont-buy-it-1941/) [Lick Them Over There! Come On Canada! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-lick-them-over-there-come-on-canada-1941/)

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