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- From: scooper6@mach1.wlu.ca (stephen cooper 9209 U)
- Subject: Re: Tolerance in Quebec (was Re: Political system 'axes')
- References: <22JAN93.17285848.0114@VM1.MCGILL.CA> <1993Jan24.114934.13724@spxtech.qc.ca>
- Message-ID: <C1DMEt.8Jq@mach1.wlu.ca>
- Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
- Distribution: can
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:01:41 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.114934.13724@spxtech.qc.ca> steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steve Potter) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.193947.28704@bnrmtl.bnr.ca> phallard@bmtlh209.BNR.CA (Philippe Allard) writes:
- >
- >>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.
-
- You must be an immigrant then. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms states
- that parents who were educated in English in Canada have the right to send
- their children to English school. However, Americans and British immigrants
- moving to Quebec have to send their kids to school in French.
-
- One thing I want to know is, why did you move to Quebec? Was it for a job?
- --
- Steve Cooper | Internet: scooper6@mach1.wlu.ca
- Waterloo, Ontario | If you actually think I speak for Wilfrid Laurier
- Canada!! | University, well... I don't even want to think about it.
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