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- From: steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steve Potter)
- Subject: Re: Welcome to Quebec/repressed liberties
- References: <726677019.AA04884@illusion.tpg.org>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.104828.25089@spxtech.qc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:48:28 GMT
- Organization: Securiplex Technologies Inc., Montreal, Canada
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- From article <726677019.AA04884@illusion.tpg.org>, by Yvon.Decelles@f420.n514.z17.illusion.tpg.org (Yvon Decelles):
- >
- > SP> There shouldn't be any need to go through this crap to get access to
- > SP> the schooling of ones choice in the first place!
- >
- > I can see the logic of making immigrant go to french school when
- > coming to live in QC, however, I think that if they previously had
- > english education then then should be allowed same as the anglo
- > resident in QC to send their kids to english school.
- >
-
- Well, you have come part way - and I do appreciate that.
-
- > SP> Who are you to judge?
- >
- > A francophone parent sending his child to an anglophone school.
- >
-
- You had a choice.
-
- > SP> Are you suggesting that problems for immigrants (and citizens who
- > SP> landed after 1977!!) are nothing to be concerned about? Perhaps because
- > SP> they are not "pure-wool" Quebecers? :-((((
- >
- > Not at all, What I am suggesting is that when immigant come here and
- > have no former education in english or in french it's prefectly
- > legitimate to force them to go to french school. I don't see any major
- > harm in that. If they don't like-it then they can always move to ONT or
- > other province who don't even provide french speaking people with basic
- > teaching in french.
- >
-
- I won't take issue with you now.
-
- You have come part way and that is what groups like ALLIANCE QUEBEC are
- trying to achieve at the moment. I will leave the issue of Freedom of
- choice until late spring. (Watch this space! :-) )
-
- bye for now.
-
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- ||| Steve Potter: steven@spxtech.qc.ca |||
- ||| Expertise/Experience: Computer Systems Engineering / Real Ale / |||
- ||| Politics in Education in Quebec |||
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- ||| Steve Potter: steven@spxtech.qc.ca |||
- ||| Expertise/Experience: Computer Systems Engineering / Real Ale / |||
- ||| Politics in Education in Quebec |||
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