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Thanks. I don't speak a word of French.
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Dec 2001
time: 00:21
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A few thoughts about this.
1- I wouldn't put it past Chretien to try and hold on to power even after Feb. 2004. He's made promises before (remember the GST ?)
2- Martin's an idiot. He had already done half the work and would have beaten Chretien in a leadership race.
3- Anybody wanna bet that Tobin's making a comeback in the next few months ? Manley and Rock are so lame and Martin will be seen as the one who rebelled against Chretien.
4- This is Canada and a Lame Duck prime minister doesn't exist. He has the majority, he'll still do what he wants : who's gonna stop him.
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Richelieu
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Dec 2001
time: 00:21
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Anyone know if Martin will be brought back to the cabinet ?
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Loif
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Originally posted by November Adam
PET, Pierre Elliot Treadeau. aka that French Bastard, as referred to by many westerners. (The problem isn't that he's french, rather that he was a bastard!) |
**slaps self upside the head**
And I call myself a Canuck. I guess I didn't get it because I blocked the image of Trudeau out of my memory very efficiently. The haunting words "National Energy Program" are coming back to me now.
I do remember some things he did very fondly though, such as doing pirouettes behind Queen Elizabeth when he was supposed to be in awe of her. His sweeping statement ""The state has no business in the nation's bedrooms" was important also. Other than that - Pierre who? He wasn't popular in the west. But I digress...
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:21
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Originally posted by Frogger
The worst thing he did was call out the War Powers Act in October 1970. He had no justification, he had no need, he had no right. |
But the West loved him for that. Keep them damm frenchies in their place.
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:21
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Well the West got their just desserts. They did nothing to oppose the suspension of basic rights in Quebec. Then a few years later, the old autocratic decides to take a share of the oil revenues.
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Loif
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I took French in grade eight - I don't remember much of it at all to be honest. Most students do take French now, but will they actually use it? I think not. At least not out west. If we have to have a second language, why not Ukrainian? Why French? Because the majority of people who elect the PM are French, that's why.
Frogger, what the heck could the west have done when Trudeau did that? We don't count for much out here in the eyes of the PM. It's always been that way. We have no power at all in Ottawa. Sure enough though, they'll come and take our oil revenues away from us.
after edit: sorry, meant Tingkai, not Frogger.
Last edited by Loif on 23-08-2002 at 11:52
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Loif
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Right. Ontario and Quebec have the majority of the voting power. There is a large proportion of French speaking people in Ontario, don't you think? Obviously there is a different mindset regarding politics in the east than there is in the west.
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Dec 2001
time: 00:21
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quote:
Originally posted by Seeker
Why should ordinary, non-federally employed British Columbians be forced to study French?
It's not part of their social, cultural, or economic milieu (damn frenchies).
Why not Cantonese? Or some of the East Indian languages?
It's only because of Central Canadian arrogance and imperialism. |
It is part of their social, cultural, or economic milieu (damn frenchies). This is a bilingual country. French and English. Equal. Get it ?
Le pire dans ce genre d'arguments c'est que la plupart du temps je suis celui qui se fait traiter comme si je n'étais pas un vrai Canadien... par des gens qui, non seulement ne voient pas la nécessité d'apprendre le français, mais en plus tentent de faire en sorte qu'en dehors du Québec on ne parle qu'anglais...
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Loif
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So why is it then, when one visits Quebec that all signs are in French, not English? Everywhere else in the country signs are in French AND English. Do I sense a little bit of hypocriscy here?
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:21
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quote:
Originally posted by Loif
Frogger, what the heck could the west have done when Trudeau did that? We don't count for much out here in the eyes of the PM. It's always been that way. We have no power at all in Ottawa. Sure enough though, they'll come and take our oil revenues away from us.
after edit: sorry, meant Tingkai, not Frogger. |
It's like that old saying about when they came for the jews I did noting... (although obviously this is an extreme comparison).
When the War Measures Act was enacted, people outside of Quebec made no major objections. They let PET get away with it and they elected back into power. He then put in wage and price controls, and then after another election, the NEP.
Of course, people in Quebec were equally to blame for voting for Trudeau
To say the West couldn't do anything is a cop-out. Westerners can vote just like everyone else.
EDIT: My main point is that when PET enacted the War Measures Act, most people supported him. Quebecers who complained about their loss of liberty were seen as whiners.
The War Measures Act was a warning of what later followed, but the warning was ignored.
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