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On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Opus wrote:

> JFL <jfl@presse-ouest.mb.ca> wrote:
(...)
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> |As European cultures, two peoples have equal rights in Canada: French
> |and English. These decisions about school in St-Vital/Winnipeg area, and
> |about a bilingual public service (partially bilingual telephone invoice)
> |are good news for Manitoba, but also for Canada.
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> This is not good news. Providing French service here will not help the
> country. I do not expect English service in Quebec. Language services
> should depend on what is needed, region by region. Switzerland has
> distinctly separate French and German sections. No German is found in
> the French section and vice versa. It works well for them. Swiss
> political stability is famous.

This isn't Switzerland.  There is English in Quebec, New Brunswick is a=20
bilingual province, and there are large communities of francophones all=20
over Canada. =20
(...)
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> |Not only Qu=E9bec has to show goodwill to have this country working
> |better, sir. Even Ukrainian and their descendants have to show goodwill
> |and comprehension to history of this country. Otherwise, it will be the
> |same stupid deadlock for decades to come. Even if Qu=E9bec leaves the
> |Confederation.
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> I believe the Swiss example is the best one for us, with some
> modifications. The people of Quebec probably do not care about French
> services in the West. They should have no reason to expect it anymore
> than I would expect English in Quebec. I fail to see the national
> significance of French services here.=20

Who is talking about the people from Quebec?  What about the=20
Franco-Manitobans?  I am not in any way belittling the Ukrainian language=
=20
or culture but the fact is that French is one of the official=20
languages...Ukrainian is not.