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- From: steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steve Potter)
- Subject: Re: Tolerance in Quebec (was Re: Political system 'axes')
- References: <22JAN93.17285848.0114@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.114934.13724@spxtech.qc.ca>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:49:34 GMT
- Organization: Securiplex Technologies Inc., Montreal, Canada
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- In article <1993Jan22.193947.28704@bnrmtl.bnr.ca> phallard@bmtlh209.BNR.CA (Philippe Allard) writes:
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- >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.
- >
-
- WRONG!
-
- Somewhere between 10,000 and 13,000 English mother tongue children are
- currently denied access to English schooling in Quebec - because of
- certain unnessecarily restrictive provisions of Bill 101.
-
- A large part of my battle is overcoming ignorance on the subject. This
- ignorance is not restricted to the general public. There are a number of
- high ranking politicians and civil servants who are terribly misinformed.
-
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