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Article #64Re: The Quebec Letter: Galganov
From: John Connolly
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 00:00
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Harry S. Margel Communications Inc. wrote: > > John Connolly wrote: > > > > David Nicholson wrote: > > > > > > rkish@ivory.trentu.ca ecrivait: > > > > > > >In article <5773mh$2i8@news.netonecom.net>, bbcat@netonecom.net (Catudal) writes: > > > > > > >>There are services available in French but you have to know where they're > > > >>at and even then you have to wait because the person in question isn't there > > > >>or is too busy. You go to a federal government office in Trois-Rivi๏ฟฝres for instance > > > >>where there are only a few hundred anglos and there is no problem finding > > > >>someone who speaks English. I know, I lived there and my wife didn't speak > > > >>any French at the time and was pleasantly surprised by the courteous attitude > > > >>of everyone she encountered. > > > >> > > > >Interesting that you should bring that up....Mme Beaudoin's new language > > > >legislation seeks to put an end to services like that, doesn't it? > > First of all, Beaudoin's policies only apply to services provided by the > Quebec government. They have nothing to do with federal government > services which you describe above. Secondly, english-speakers will > continue to receive services in their language at a much higher level in > Quebec than french-speakers receive from any other provincial government > elsewhere in Canada. > > > > M. Kish: > > > > > > La reponse est non. > > > > > > David > > > > People of good will have always had the upper hand in Quebec. Why 2 > > prime recipients of transfer payments -- Elijah Harper & Clyde Wells > > were allowed to scuttle a low cost initiative to redesign Confederation > > only a forensic sociologist could say. Rene Levesque put it best when > > he reprimanded errant party members with " dissention has run amongst > > us like a rat for 300 years." > > > > But English Canada can no longer count on this lack of focus. One plan > > to deflate the billowing egos of provincial 'leaders' might be to pick > > a time to jam their phones, faxes & email servers with an indication > > that many Canadians want a resolution to this endless bickering. > > -- > > First you say that people of goodwill have the upper hand, then you say > that english canada can no longer count on the lack of focus. That > doesn't sound like goodwill to me. > > What gives english canada the right to manipulate or keep quebec in a > state of perpetual childhood? > Then you even have the gaul to complain about this state of "endless > bickering". > No wonder they can't even talk to you. > > > John Connolly > > Image Control Corp. - Remanufactured & Generic Toner Cartridges > > (416) 694-7509 fax (416) 694-7929 > > Home Page http://www.image-control.com > > E-mail image@baldhead.com > > Refill kits for common or obscure InkJet Cartridges J'ai passe quinze ans en parlant avec toutes sortes de gens au Quebec. Et vous M. sait tout? -- John Connolly Image Control Corp. - Remanufactured & Generic Toner Cartridges (416) 694-7509 fax (416) 694-7929 Home Page http://www.image-control.com E-mail image@baldhead.com Refill kits for common or obscure InkJet Cartridges
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f504b,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidf504b,public X-Google-Thread: ff20b,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidff20b,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,ba328f3eb1f0422d X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public X-Google-Thread: 100c8e,bb5e338e8a6a4c70 X-Google-Attributes: gid100c8e,public X-Google-Thread: 114af9,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gid114af9,public X-Google-Thread: fb374,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidfb374,public X-Google-Thread: 1031e2,e2ccf550990c77fd X-Google-Attributes: gid1031e2,public X-Google-Thread: fe894,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidfe894,public From: John Connolly <image@baldhead.com> Subject: Re: The Quebec Letter: Galganov Date: 1996/11/29 Message-ID: <329F62C4.3159@baldhead.com> X-Deja-AN: 201468673 references: <322C2046.6072@odyssee.net> <50i67g$qkr@nntp.igs.net> <50n2t8$pdr@wpg-01.escape.ca> <511beg$8cg@ns.RezoNet.NET> <32968d2c.2053151@news.inetworld.net> <5773mh$2i8@news.netonecom.net> <E1GDq9.MsK@blaze.trentu.ca> <57j3ak$jpv@news1.io.org> <329DA4FD.488C@baldhead.com> <329E5EE2.7A32@interlog.com> to: "Harry S. Margel Communications Inc." <hmargel@interlog.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 organization: Image Control - Remanufactured & 2nd Sourced Toner Cartridges mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: qc.general,mtl.general,can.general,can.english,can.francais,can.politics,niagara.general,tor.general,soc.culture.quebec x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U)