tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post1594910984424802126..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: Cultural Genocide..... Where?Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-91520234406339941922016-02-09T21:10:44.878-05:002016-02-09T21:10:44.878-05:00let us not forget, the school boards had been sepa...let us not forget, the school boards had been separated by religion before and now it is divided by language. people who pay into the French school board which is automatically assumed unless otherwise requested pay very little but if you want to pay to the English board be prepared to pay hundreds more. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-60641274412945942982012-06-19T13:09:01.577-04:002012-06-19T13:09:01.577-04:00Hi,
I agree with Anonymous... I wouldn't wnat...Hi,<br /><br />I agree with Anonymous... I wouldn't wnat this to lower your credibility... here are the areas where it's was used incorectly:<br /><br />"Now I'm not going argue against the assertion by French language militants that they are the subject of cultural genocide, it's a nasty term that indicates racism and hate, by it's very definition"<br /><br />its very definition.<br /><br />"Bill 101 was conceived back in 1977 to make French the one and only official and working language in Quebec and one of it's many provisions"<br /><br />its many provisions<br /><br />"This of course sent French language militants into a linguistic rage. They were furious that the 'evil' Supreme Court thwarted the will of the Quebec people, and it's National Assembly"<br /><br />its National Assembly<br /><br />"The language law was passed thirty-three years ago and since then, Canada and the rest of the democratic western world has suffered from a catastrophic decline in it's birthrate"<br /><br />its birthrate<br /><br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-16247178173358433492010-03-18T13:32:21.380-04:002010-03-18T13:32:21.380-04:00Your blog is really interesting, and overall you&#...Your blog is really interesting, and overall you're a great writer, but I notice you use the contraction "it's" in place of the pronoun "its." Could you please do your best to stop doing that? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-47034011414776177642010-03-10T19:37:40.589-05:002010-03-10T19:37:40.589-05:00I would like to expand on my earlier comment in fa...I would like to expand on my earlier comment in favour of Swiss-style language laws being applied in Canada. As I said before the GREAT STRENGTH of this system is that trouble is immediately lopped off in advance because everybody KNOWS exactly where they stand. A Francophone in Quebec moves to Ontario or Manitoba? Then he can expect ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in way of French language services. A bit of history... 900,000 Francophones left Quebec from 1840 to 1930 to settle in the American New England states. Their now fully assimilated descendents number several millions. But America never had any "language problems" with these Quebecers arrival. Francophones who went to the USA KNEW FULL WELL they could not make any language fuss for the Americans. They KNEW they would have to accept life in an English-speaking environment. If they were NOT prepared to accept this then they would NOT move to the USA. In contrast when Francophones came to the other provinces in Canada they caused all sorts of trouble. Consider the whole Manitoban school issue in the 1890's. Look at all the problems the French caused in Ontario from the 1880's to WW1. This finally led to bill 17 in 1912 "outraging" Quebec. Had Canada adopted Swiss-style laws, Francophones from Quebec would not have been able to push the envelope and they would have been treated just like any other ethnic group, (Italians in Ontario, Poles in Manitoba, Ukrainians in Saskatchewan, etc). There would be no Franco-Manitoban or Franco-Ontarians today. As we have seen America would never have tolerated for one minute the nonsense Francophones caused in the other provinces. It was precisely because they didn't KNOW where the boundary was that they pushed the boundaries. Territorial unilingualism would have headed off all of these issues. Conversely Quebec would have been SOLIDLY French-speaking. The overseas arrivers who settled in Montreal would have to KNOW up front that French was the ONLY language in use there. No exceptions. If they were not content with this then they would have to settle in Halifax, Toronto, etc. The primacy of French in Quebec would be 100%. <br /><br /> As far as the cost of selling ones homes in Montreal I would point out that huge amounts of money are wasted on bilingualism. Nor does this count the many indirect costs. For example a Canadian clothing retailer cannot "piggyback" his order of shirts on the back of a huge American order because the labels must be bilingual. This requires a separate and more expensive run. Buy a big plasma TV? The instruction booklet must be twice as expensive to print because of bilingualism, etc. As Peter Brimelow noted "somebody has to pay for all those bilingual boxes of cornflakes".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-30627999448892916432010-03-09T21:39:57.263-05:002010-03-09T21:39:57.263-05:00After having virulently opposed sovereigntists, na...After having virulently opposed sovereigntists, national-statists, institutionalized unions for franco-favoritism, I have to tell you that to me bill 101 might have been a necessary ill at the time but not it's nothing more than an obsolete law in 2010 and I wonder why the liberal party, if it's the party of ethnic and anglo as Normand Sphincter (Lester) put it on today on 98,5FM doesn't get rid of it.Tym_Machinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815495714187962909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-48048212811645534092010-03-09T21:35:09.748-05:002010-03-09T21:35:09.748-05:00A reply to Hugo Shebbeare:
I don't think it i...A reply to Hugo Shebbeare:<br /><br />I don't think it is an issue of "tolerance" at all. I would say it is more an issue of good sense and practicallity. Say what you will but the Swiss have achieved that rare goal for linguistically diverse countries - language peace. There has been no FlQ, terrorism, October crisis in the alps. There are no separatist parties there unlike in "more tolerant" Canada. The French-Swiss are probably happier and more secure then the much more numerically larger Quebecers are. "Bilingualism" isn't really about "tolerance", modern political correctness notwithstanding. It is a fatally flawed policy that ignores the territorial realities of language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-51381753539158616712010-03-09T19:15:50.278-05:002010-03-09T19:15:50.278-05:00"You want to live in French? Then you move to..."You want to live in French? Then you move to a French area of the country. You want to live in German? Then you move to a German area (and so on,). "<br /><br />Sure, as long as someone makes up the difference in the funds you would require for a relocation as compensation. Try selling your home in Montreal and moving to another city in Canada and you'll be in for a surprise at how small your buying power is. Thirty years of 101 has turned the province into a backwater compared to what it once was or could've been. Either way, this won't stop the whining because it seems to be a pathological condition that stems from a deep seated political envy and insecurity.<br />The only option that makes sense to me is a referendum to unify the island of Montreal and its western suburbs with Ontario leaving the purists to their own devices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-62389502885266510692010-03-09T15:20:59.510-05:002010-03-09T15:20:59.510-05:00I was hoping Canada would be more tolerant, and th...I was hoping Canada would be more tolerant, and the extreme Swiss example should not be required, but with the rise of the Blue and Rednecks, seems inevitable.Hugo Shebbearehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542714678024399257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-71934202260885757102010-03-09T00:58:19.203-05:002010-03-09T00:58:19.203-05:00Perhaps Canada would be much better off if it adop...Perhaps Canada would be much better off if it adopted the language system in use in Switzerland. There the 'territorial principle' is applied very, very strictly. There are French, Italian, German and Romansh language zones. In each area that is the ONLY language in use for official purposes. You want to live in French? Then you move to a French area of the country. You want to live in German? Then you move to a German area (and so on,). There is a lot to be said for this system. It heads off trouble. Everybody KNOWS UP FRONT AND IN ADVANCE where they stand. In Canada nothing like this was ever done. So when Francophones from Quebec went to other provinces they caused all kinds of trouble. This would have been avoided if they had known the deal up front. Likewise Anglos in Quebec would have had too long ago have accepted a 'Bill 101+' situation in Quebec. With the primacy of French unshakeable in Quebec the Francophones there would have had little cause for insecuriy or fear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-53608769822405364362010-03-08T16:09:51.685-05:002010-03-08T16:09:51.685-05:00http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/hugo/archive...http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/hugo/archive/2010/02/15/first-public-hearing-against-quebec-s-pension-fund-manager-the-beginning-of-proof-multiple-laws-were-violated-before-sabia-took-over.aspx I agree with you Leo, it's the minorities, especially les Maudits Anglos who are being ethnically cleansed from the workplace, as has been tried on my person several times - when it happened at the CDPQ, I stood up and filed complaints. Thankfully the Working Standards Commission is behind me. These losers who speak of cultural genocide are extremists - French is here for 400 years already and will not disappear.Hugo Shebbearehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542714678024399257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-33735951657991118692010-03-08T13:42:54.716-05:002010-03-08T13:42:54.716-05:00Actually the gist of what the report says is broad...Actually the gist of what the report says is broadly true (although the 99% figure strikes me as absurd. Weren't the aboriginal people much more numerous then in percentage terms? What about the Anglo communities in the Maritimes?) But Canada as a whole has been growing steadily less French since it was created, very largely because of immigration. Why Francophones don't oppose immigration is one of the great mysteries of Canadian politics to me. Please consider. In 1867 Canada had one largely French-speaking province, one partly French-speaking province and TWO largely English-speaking provinces. Today Canada has EIGHT largely English-speaking provinces. It is TRUE that the Anglophone population in Quebec has declined. (Sad that Canada missed the potential opportunity in the 1840's to begin digesting Quebec and at least "Louisianaizing" it), but those Anglos and/or their descendents have simply moved to other English-speaking areas of Canada. The overall demographic weight of the Anglophone community in Canada was not affected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com