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- From: phallard@bmtlh209.BNR.CA (Philippe Allard)
- Subject: Re: Tolerance in Quebec (was Re: Political system 'axes')
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.193947.28704@bnrmtl.bnr.ca>
- Sender: news@bnrmtl.bnr.ca (USENET NEWS KJ)
- Reply-To: phallard@bmtlh209.BNR.CA (Philippe Allard)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <20JAN93.10484054.0076@VM1.MCGILL.CA> <1993Jan21.095755.18407@spxtech.qc.ca>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 19:39:47 GMT
- Lines: 47
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- In article <1993Jan21.095755.18407@spxtech.qc.ca>, steven@spxtech.qc.ca
- (Steve Potter) writes:
- |>From article <20JAN93.10484054.0076@VM1.MCGILL.CA>, by CZ94
- <CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA> Tom writes:-
- |>
- |>(Hello Tom. Nice to have you back with us.)
- |>
- |>>
- |>> [.....]
- |>>
- |>> The one exception to the general picture of Quebec as an open and
- |>> tolerant society is in the domain of language. Some aspects of
- |>> Bills 101 and 178 can be seen as intolerant (I'd really rather not
- |>> debate this at length right now). Even concerning language, most
- |>> Quebecers, both anglo and franco (and allo), are quite tolerant in
- |>> everyday life. In one-on-one conversations, most of us do our
- |>> best to communicate in whatever language is mutually convenient.
- |>
- |>Agreed. (Pretty much).
- |>
- |>> It's only when we start talking about abstract principles and
- |>> thinking of the "other" linguistic group as a faceless mass that
- |>> the discourse on language tends to become intolerant.
- |>>
- |>
- |>I am in contact with a number of anglophone families whose children have
- |>had, and are having, severe problems as a result of being forced to
- |>attend french schools in Quebec. That is NOT to say that there is anything
- |>wrong with french schools. I mean that these children have problems as a
- |>result of being placed in an environment that is totally foreign to them.
- |>I don't think the parents of these children would agree that intolerance
- |>in Quebec society is confined to discussion of abstract principles.
- |>
- |>--
- |> ///==================================================================\\\
- |> ||| Steve Potter: steven@spxtech.qc.ca |||
- |> ||| Expertise/Experience: Computer Systems Engineering / Real Ale / |||
- |> ||| Politics in Education in Quebec |||
-
- I am quite surprised to read that you know of many anglophone families
- whose children were forced to go to french school. In fact, you should know
- that, even if bill 101 forces most immigrants to go to french school,
- anybody whose parents (one or both) went to english school has himself the
- right to go to english school. In other words, under the current law, no
- anglophone is forced to go to french school.
-
- Philippe G. Allard
-