On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 5:44 PM, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > frank theriault wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:34 PM, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Not that it actually WANTs to be, truth be known. > >> I think they'd much rather be an off-shore principality. Or something. > >> P.J.'s statement stands without correction! :-D > > > > What I meant is that since Quebec is a part of Canada, to say that > > "Canada" has a problem with a part of itself doesn't make a lot of > > sense. > > Sure it does. > If Cleveland wanted to be a part of Canada instead of Ohio, or eveen > wanted to ba suburb of Toronto, it would be perfectly logical to say > Ohio has a real problem with Cleveland! > What's the difference? > > > > And, in fact, what's really been happening is a power struggle between > > the government of the Province of Quebec and Canada's Federal > > Government. > > Right. > And Canada (the Feds) don't have a problem with Quebec? Please... >
They don't. In fact the current Federal Government has the best relationship with the provinical government in decades. The problems would likely reoccur if a change in government happened though, the Liberals are NOT HAPPY with Conservative Policy regarding Quebec, especially since it's near-destroyed the Liberal lock on Quebec Federalist votes. > > > If one takes it that Quebec is the people that inhabit it (as opposed > > to whoever may governing from time to time) then it's shown > > consistently that it wants to remain in Canada. > > > > Back at the time of Confederation (1867) about 20 to 25% of the > > population did not want to join the Canadian Confederation. The > > percentage of ~hardcore~ separatists in Quebec has remained remarkably > > consistent ever since. > > > > If the pot is sweetened by using wishy-washy concepts such as > > "sovreignty association" (touted to be an autonomous Quebec that > > shares such things as currency and armed forces with what's left of > > Canada - as if The Rest of Canada would go along with that) then > > supporters of change can swell up to close to 50%. If the population > > is asked misleading questions that make it look like they're voting > > for negotiations rather than separation, the numbers swell. I lived > > in Quebec during the first referendum, and many "yes" (ie: yes to > > separation) voters that I knew didn't want separation, but only wanted > > to "send a message to Ottawa". They honestly thought that that > > referendum was only a mandate to start sovreignty negotiations with > > Ottawa, nothing more. > > > > But, when asked the simple question, "Do you want Quebec to separate > > completely from Canada", the numbers have rarely varied over the > > years. > > Still 25% to go, 75% would opt to stay? Yep, At least that much. > > > > Quebec doesn't want to separate. Never has. Never will. > > > > cheers, > > frank > > Do the MSM all know that? > > keith > When does the MSM ever get anything right? Separatist troubles makes for interesting news. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
