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In article <DI1u4x.Hw2@freenet.carleton.ca> ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Karen Gordon) writes:
>From: ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Karen Gordon)
>Subject: Separatists' words - listen to their plan....
>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 19:58:09 GMT

>The following are excerpts from the separatists' 'blue book' on the plan
>for a 'sovereign' Quebec....
>It is entitled "Quebec in a New World"  (really! - a New World!)

>                                  ________________

>These are Parizeau's words:
>"Thirty years ago, educational reform was the starting point of the Quiet
>Revolution.  But now we are facing the weaknesses of our education system:
>a growing school dropout rate, functional illiteracy and the collapse of
>vocational training at the secondary level.
>After investing so much energy and money to ensure that education would be
>accessible to all our young people, how can we explain such disappointing
>results?"
>_______________
>(Karen):  It couldn't have anything to do with the QUEBEC GOVERNMENT'S 
>administration of their school and language programs, could it?
>_______________

I fail to see your point.  One of the many things we have in common with the 
rest of the country is a failing education system.  It sounds to me like 
Parizeau has made a fair assessment of the problem, and stated it in a candid 
way that is rarely heard by politicians in the other provinces.

>Parizeau:
>"Regional development policies gave rise to the hope that Quebec's regions
>would become less dependent on natural resources, which were often too
>quickly depleted, and better able to stem the RURAL EXODUS that had drained
>them.  The regions would be resurrected, it seemed, but it was not long 
>before disenchantment set in.  Young people continued to leave, and unease
>became increasingly widespread."
>______________
>(Karen):  It couldn't have anything to do with the QUEBEC GOVERNMENT'S
>administration of their natural resources and as a result "young peoples'
>disenchantment" could it?  
>And no mention that these 'disenchanted young people' fled right out of the
>province to the 'rest of Canada'.
>______________

The RURAL EXODUS is something the entire western world is experiencing.  Are 
you suggesting that the Quebec government has done something to exacerbate the 
problem?  If so, what?  How have other provincial governments handled the 
issue better?  

What is the objective of a post such as this?  What are you actually trying to 
say?

Kevin Germann (kgermann@shl.com)