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Article #27744Re: News Release: Delwin Vriend Supreme Court Decision
From: Patrick Lepine
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 00:00
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In article <352A37E6.A2A84CF9@netcom.com>, Gordon@netcom.com wrote: >I would suggest that the difference with invoking the clause and calling >an election is different. It is saying to the people: " we have done >what we believe is the correct thing to do. You as the people of >Alberta, tell us if we made the correct decision". I don't think this >ever happened in Quebec, so there was no full public debate. > If you don't think this ever happened in Quebec you are very wrong. Every part of language legislation is dissected so minutely that the debate in Alberta about Vriend looks like only a couple of people care. There is definitely a consensus about everything in the language laws. Of course, a consensus is not to be confused with unanimity. Patrick Lepine KMFDM/APPLM/NPFTM Le Quebec nous opprime, Vive le Montreal libre. Save the mad cow, But get her off our money. Look what racial purity did For the chihuahua. Add nospam to send e-mail
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1ea,bcf571f59d59f073 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1ea,public X-Google-Thread: fb626,bcf571f59d59f073 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb626,public X-Google-Thread: 112f74,bcf571f59d59f073 X-Google-Attributes: gid112f74,public X-Google-Thread: fb374,bcf571f59d59f073 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb374,public From: infpowtm@icrossroads.net (Patrick Lepine) Subject: Re: News Release: Delwin Vriend Supreme Court Decision Date: 1998/04/08 Message-ID: <352b2995.0@skyview.icrossroads.com> X-Deja-AN: 341986005 References: <Pine.A41.3.95.980402125511.30972D-100000@fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> <gall-0204981606260001@usrts2m2.uwinnipeg.ca> <35290197.394E90FF@netcom.com> <gall-0604981414550001@usrts1m10.uwinnipeg.ca> <3529AAC5.F853C3A6@netcom.com> <gall-0704980102330001@usrts1m7.uwinnipeg.ca> <352A37E6.A2A84CF9@netcom.com> Organization: InterNET CROSSROADS Ltd. NNTP USER Newsgroups: ab.general,can.legal,ab.politics,can.politics