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Article #241Re: help change a law that Canada doesn't have but Quebec insist on having.
From: Robert Pasquale
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:00
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France Dumont wrote: > > > > > Just found out why Quebec is most of the time excluded from > contest available in Canada. I have seen many contest where > it says: available to Canada except for Quebec. > > The reason is: > > Quebec insists on having a law that says that if there is to > be a contest available in Quebec that the companies have to > pay 3% of the price if the contest is not availabe for the > entire world and 0.5% of the price if the contest is available > to the entire world to the Regie des alcools des courses et des > jeux. They say that this law is there to protect us to make > sure that the winner will get the price, well what's the use if > because of this law companies exlude us from even entering the > contest?? This law is the reason why we people living in > Quebec are exluded from contest offered by Microsoft, Disney > and other companies. > > If the rest of Canada is able to live withouth this law why > can't we do the same??? Why should we be excluded from > entering a contest because Quebec insists on getting a piece > of the price from the companies??? > > If you do think that this law should be abolish please e-mail > me, call or write to Regie des alcools des courses et des jeux, > the president is Jocelyn K. Laflamme and the minister in charge > of lottery is Robert Perreault. > > -- > France Dumont > mailto:France@axess.com It's because we are distinct. -- "The perfect slave thinks he's free."
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