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Re: La belle province
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:05:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> No it isn't. Where? Cites please. The only law that I know that was
> discrimitory where language is concerned is, again, from one province.
> Something about signs containing only one language--by law.
Ya, I was wondering about that myself. Why is it that in all the other
provinces, signs are in two languages but in (at least in some parts of)
Quebec, they're only in one (french). I'm not talking about shop signs and
suchlike, I'm talking about road signs.
Isn't that a bit discriminatory? It's always confused me and I wonder about
it every time I go back to Canada. No one else in Canada can explain it either.
What does it mean? Does it mean that those that don't speak french are not
welcome to travel freely in Quebec? That was about the most benign
conclusion I could come to.
PERSONALLY (and as someone that supports the right of secession) I think the
rest of Canada should either insist that Quebec play by the same rules as
everyone else in Canada, or cut them loose and be rid of them.
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| (...) Actually I've never seen an English road sign in Quebec, but then again, I haven't been looking for one. (...) Like a woman, we're a mystery. (...) It means that, for most, you think a little harder before you hop in a car and drive to (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Where to begin... (...) K, let's start here--Every elected PM in my lifetime (and most PM's before that) came from *one* province--guess which one. Political oppression? Where? (...) You consider yourselves 'speaking for Quebec' and at the same time (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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