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Re: Good News for Manitoba in La Liberté

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From: Norman R. Gall
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:00
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Isabelle Boudreau <umboudre@CC.UManitoba.CA> wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Opus wrote:

> > I believe the Swiss example is the best one for us, with some
> > modifications. [...] I fail to see the national significance of French
> > services here.

> Who is talking about the people from Quebec?  What about the
> Franco-Manitobans?  [... T]he fact is that French is one of the official
> languages...Ukrainian is not.

However, this begs the question (technical logical sense) as to whether
French *should* be an official language outside of Quebec. I think that
this was more in line with what Opus was saying.  No one disputes what
the facts are - just what *should* be the case.

Norm Gall
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From: gall@umanitoba.ca (Norman R. Gall)
Subject: Re: Good News for Manitoba in La Liberté
Date: 1997/02/12
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