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- From: steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steven C. Potter)
- Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics
- Subject: Re: RACISM???/Access to English schools
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.214239.12911@spxtech.qc.ca>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 01:42:39 GMT
- References: <Bs40or.Hwx@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>
- Organization: Securiplex Technologies Inc., Montreal, Canada
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- From article <Bs40or.Hwx@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>, by beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca
- Denis Beauregard writes:-
-
- >> The percentage of the TOTAL Quebec population of English mother tongue
- >> has fallen from 24% in 1861 to less than 10% today.
- >>
- >> I have the figures for Montreal at home - I'll dig them up later.
- >> Montreal is much higher, of course.
- >
- > Maybe you will compare them with the number of francophones in Canada ;-) ?
- >
-
- I have accumulated a room full of information on Canada. Focusing on
- demographics, language and culture (what else?) and Education.
-
- If you want some figures I can probably dig them up.
-
- You asked for francophones in Canada: I'll look it up and post it later.
-
- >>>
- >>> [Stuff deleted]
- >>>
- >>> ... If it is constantly necessary to fight to have something, this is
- >>> not exactly dignity.
- >>
- >> Thank you!
- >>
- >> You are showing signs of understanding something of my position.
- >>
- >> Constantly fighting to gain the right to have your children attend the
- >> publicly funded school of your choice; in their own neighbourhood; in
- >> their own language; is not exactly "dignity" is it!?
- >
- > Maybe, but nobody bought your vote by promising you dignity if you
- > voted no as happened in 1980. Moreover, you voluntarily choose
- > you actual situation.
-
- NO, I did not!
-
- I chose to come to Quebec. I did not choose to be treated as a "British
- Ethnic" in a racist, intolerant, economically self-destructive .....
-
- >
- >>
- >>> Why is that "united" Canada unable to find something that Quebec will accept?
- >>
- >> That's a good question.
- >>
- >> Put it another way:-
- >>
- >> Why is it that the nationalists in Quebec can not accept anything "united"
- >> Canada has to offer?
- >
- > So, you think that Quebec shown nothing that would be acceptable since
- > the 1960's for example? Or since 1976? So, you think that a deaf Canada
- > between 1976 and Meech Lake has learned to hear since that? Still kidding!
- > BTW, united Canada has not yet made any offer in favor of Quebec. Always
- > the minimum it can let go and always less than what Quebec would expect
- > from a country that's accusing Quebec of treatry just because is and was
- > different (remember Too Great a Country to be broken in recent postings).
- >
-
- As Jean Chretien said of Rene Levesque:-
-
- "Of course, Levesque could never accept anything"
-
- How could he?
-
- The moment Quebec accepts a deal (if such a deal ever gets ratified :-))
- she gives up her ability to bargain for more.
-
- I don't anticipate and end to this until economic considerations become
- more important than the power game.
-
- Yes, I know, I see it as a power game but it is not about power it's
- about the vitality of a culture - right?
-
- What ever you call it - I don't see how Quebec will give up her
- bargaining power until economic considerations force her to re-consider
- her priorities.
-
-
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- ||| Steve Potter: steven%spxtech@CAM.ORG |||
- ||| Expertise/Experience: Computer Systems Engineering / Real Ale / |||
- ||| Politics in Education in Quebec |||
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