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- From: steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steve Potter)
- Subject: Re: Tolerance in Quebec (was Re: Political system 'axes')
- References: <1993Jan22.180639.23952@seachg.uucp>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.115638.13735@spxtech.qc.ca>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:56:38 GMT
- Organization: Securiplex Technologies Inc., Montreal, Canada
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- From article <1993Jan22.180639.23952@seachg.uucp>, by chrisb@seachg.uucp (Chris Blask):
- >
- > [.....]
- >
- > I get the impression from following the issue for the last fifteen years
- > that it is largely political bullshit, that while the average Quebecer is
- > rightly concerned about the integrity of his/her culture, most of them
- > agree that the sign law is silly, and that many of the restrictions are
- > ridiculous ....
- >
- > Unfortunately, the media only reports interesting and striking events and
- > issues, so the impression of someone outside the province is that 'those
- > French people want everything, and they won't let anyone speak English.'
- > which is also b.s. Not the media's fault, really, but the disinformation
- > needs to be dealt with.
-
- One more time? > There are more than 10,000 English speaking children who
- are denied access to publicly funded English schools in Quebec!
-
- That isn't disinformation. That is a serious denial of fundamental
- human rights and freedoms.
-
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- ||| Steve Potter: steven@spxtech.qc.ca |||
- ||| Expertise/Experience: Computer Systems Engineering / Real Ale / |||
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