tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post8312137681914171125..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: Quebec's Higher Education NightmareEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-69522151311034731522012-05-04T16:03:28.959-04:002012-05-04T16:03:28.959-04:00Aucune probleme, Yannick. We can always learn some...Aucune probleme, Yannick. We can always learn something new everyday.Roger Rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-78151475510428740252012-05-04T15:57:20.821-04:002012-05-04T15:57:20.821-04:00Copy and pasted from Wikipedia:
Canada has had a ...Copy and pasted from Wikipedia:<br /><br />Canada has had a thriving stage theatre scene since the late 1800s.[80] Theatre festivals draw many tourists in the summer months, especially the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, and the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The Famous People Players are only one of many touring companies that have also developed an international reputation. Canada also hosts one of the largest fringe festival the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. There are also 2 major theatre venues in Ottawa, the government-owned and sponsored National Arts Centre and the privately owned Great Canadian Theatre Company.Roger Rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-83948359516922329332012-05-04T15:48:27.119-04:002012-05-04T15:48:27.119-04:00Copy and pasted from Wikepedia:
By the 1990s, Can...Copy and pasted from Wikepedia:<br /><br />By the 1990s, Canadian literature was viewed as some of the world's best.[1]<br />Canadian authors have won international awards:<br />In 1992, Michael Ondaatje became the first Canadian to win the Booker Prize for The English Patient.<br />Margaret Atwood won the Booker in 2000 for The Blind Assassin and Yann Martel won it in 2002 for Life of Pi.<br />Alistair MacLeod won the 2001 IMPAC Award for No Great Mischief and Rawi Hage won it in 2008 for De Niro's Game.<br />Carol Shields's The Stone Diaries won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and in 1998 her novel Larry's Party won the Orange Prize.<br />Lawrence Hill's Book of Negroes won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Overall Best Book Award.Roger Rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-57788172400425323812012-05-04T12:07:12.497-04:002012-05-04T12:07:12.497-04:00"I can think of very few Canadian novels that..."I can think of very few Canadian novels that are renowned."<br /><br />What about the books written by Margaret Atwood?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-28647509326919333572012-05-04T08:32:33.307-04:002012-05-04T08:32:33.307-04:00I certainly hope so. He still gets comments, thoug...I certainly hope so. He still gets comments, though.TSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-78443982714084578362012-05-04T00:03:37.225-04:002012-05-04T00:03:37.225-04:00I know that at the University of Montreal in the 1...I know that at the University of Montreal in the 1960s, you had the option of writing your exams in French, English or Latin.The Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03505395670925907216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-80180039966368102022012-05-03T23:33:13.033-04:002012-05-03T23:33:13.033-04:00BlueWhiteRed wrote: "This Lynxpoint must be a...BlueWhiteRed wrote: "This Lynxpoint must be a saboteur. No one can write such idiocy. I mean claiming a French Canadian invented the telephone? Come on."<br /><br />I checked out Alexander Graham Bell's biography on Wikipedia, and although he was Scottish by birth, he immigrated to Canada. Wikipedia says that Bell travelled to Quebec City and Montreal, but I'm not sure if he actually lived there. His home may have been in Ontario. But for the sake of argument, let's say I missed something and AGB lived in Montreal. It would be great if the sovreignists could adopt Bell as their poster boy to show they are willing to accept immigrants to the country of Quebec who may not be French speaking and even more, may be native Anglophones and accept them as being as much a Quebecker as a pure line French-Canadian. But they won't and they can't, which is the <i>raison d'être</i> of this blog.Edward J. Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925008506185290162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-64833480807832047652012-05-03T22:42:09.065-04:002012-05-03T22:42:09.065-04:00Yannick,
One of the problem with that $2G is that...Yannick,<br /><br />One of the problem with that $2G is that Quebec receives proportionally more than any other provinces. That is on top of the equalization.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960771543572680283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-64286739679240278842012-05-03T22:23:52.978-04:002012-05-03T22:23:52.978-04:00I rather like this instead.I rather like <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/quebecs-university-students-are-in-for-a-shock/article2418431/" rel="nofollow">this</a> instead.Apparatchiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-10662854142408754032012-05-03T21:02:02.395-04:002012-05-03T21:02:02.395-04:00Maybe if the federal government would cut cultural...Maybe if the federal government would cut cultural subsidies of 2 billion dollars to Quebec, we could progress. Then people could get real jobs. Only the artists who could survive in the real world, would. As well, make sure you can't stay on welfare forever. That's what alot of artists do. When people know they have to work to get a real job, then this society will stop being so parasitic to the rest of Canada.Roger Rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-69246367198731614822012-05-03T20:58:36.147-04:002012-05-03T20:58:36.147-04:00they should be naked so it will be even more enter...they should be naked so it will be even more entertaining!<br /><br />Et voilà!<br /><br />http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/dossiers/conflit-etudiant/201205/03/01-4521744-des-manifestants-tout-nus-bravent-la-pluie.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-17630879543722789272012-05-03T20:57:29.660-04:002012-05-03T20:57:29.660-04:00La Classe gives the government a counter proposal....La Classe gives the government a <a href="http://www.bloquonslahausse.com/" rel="nofollow">counter proposal</a>.<br /><br />1. Reduce / eliminate research activities in universities and channel the funds to teaching.<br /><br />2. Stop university's commercial advertisement.<br /><br />3. Freeze university's staff salary and hiring.<br /><br />4. Stop building satellite campuses as well as expanding the existing ones.<br /><br />5. Open discourse about free education, achievable by taxing financial institutions.<br /><br />My comment: <i>What the fcuk are they talking about?!</i>Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960771543572680283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-61026611512663697242012-05-03T20:41:11.459-04:002012-05-03T20:41:11.459-04:00TS,
Angry French Guy has not posted for a while. ...TS,<br /><br />Angry French Guy has not posted for a while. The site was even down for some time. He gives up his blog, perhaps?Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960771543572680283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-69807092022673784562012-05-03T20:32:54.547-04:002012-05-03T20:32:54.547-04:00oops, here's the link:
http://angryfrenchguy.c...oops, here's the link:<br />http://angryfrenchguy.com/2008/08/25/6-myths-about-mcgill-and-concordia/TSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-61356304624165442432012-05-03T20:31:59.138-04:002012-05-03T20:31:59.138-04:00whining*whining*Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121484801851789852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-48394818001221606012012-05-03T20:31:08.595-04:002012-05-03T20:31:08.595-04:00oh by the way, the separatists and the left wing q...oh by the way, the separatists and the left wing quebecers are garbage to our society, unfortunately, we can't get rid of this minority. They really make us look so bad...Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121484801851789852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-37966030685649634032012-05-03T20:28:29.510-04:002012-05-03T20:28:29.510-04:00Samsung galaxy s3 is out! why are you still winnin...Samsung galaxy s3 is out! why are you still winning for education fees in QC? I think it was solved, it will be raised and agreed by 99% of the people, only 1% left and those 1% need to show themselves on the street, they should be naked so it will be even more entertaining!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04121484801851789852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-24245682945633000952012-05-03T20:00:21.489-04:002012-05-03T20:00:21.489-04:00Since we're on the McGill subject, here's ...Since we're on the McGill subject, here's a post by AngryFrenchGuy which is soooo biased and misleading that I thought it was a joke. And then I read other posts and they were on the same vein. The latest post in the comment section, clears up the issue.TSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-40716065605939331582012-05-03T19:59:31.978-04:002012-05-03T19:59:31.978-04:00I would definitely support that, JW. Maybe the Fre...I would definitely support that, JW. Maybe the French one in the West Island can be converted into an anglophone CEGEP. That would be nice to see.Roger Rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-34816530378375204002012-05-03T19:57:27.283-04:002012-05-03T19:57:27.283-04:00@ Yannick
I think education is a special case. If...@ Yannick<br /><br />I think education is a special case. If a student gets an education and moves to another country, it doesn't benefit his country of origin, and actually may hurt it because the subsidy he received didn't end up helping the place that he studied.<br /><br />If you invest in roads, even if you leave, the investment is still there. Same thing with bringing down the debt. The money has been used to bad down the debt, so it has benefited society.<br /><br />@ A normal guy<br /><br />"There was a poll a couple of days ago in a newspaper ( J de M... I think )...when asked most quebeckers (~75%) were against the hike, but when asked who's fault is for this mess, almost 70% blamed the government...( i hope i remember the percentages exact )<br />I fail terribly to understand how "les quebecois" think... "<br /><br />70% of 'Les Quebecois', as in francophone Quebeckers, only speak French and are captive to the French media. We are talking about a very insular culture. If you look at the J de M and all of Pierre Karl Peladeau media, they basically support the students. Francophones get the news according to Peladeau, a closet separatist.<br /><br />"There is something wrong with Quebec society. Especially in the last 12 weeks I had the impression that all Quebec represents are hippies ans artists, anti-capitalists. Total anarchy."<br /><br />Yes, Quebeckers think that they are culture central. There is a whole culture of artist subsidies. All of these artists would not have jobs if it weren't for subsidies. It is a false economy of approx 2 billion dollars in subsidies. I wish we would cut most of these subsidies to anti-capitalist artists. <br /><br />"All the society thinks is how to be more different , especially from rest of Canada. It's like a child's game..."<br /><br />Francophones have been indoctrinated from a very young age.<br /><br />"Instead of posing we better show the rest of Canada how we work more with more results ! What about that?"<br /><br />That would be logical. That is why the "Quebec nationalists" won't do it.<br /><br />"It's fucking disturbing, after 8 hours of work, and 2 in STM, to see "les indignés" with red squares on their chest, playing Ipads and carrying 24 packs of beer! I though it was quite provocative ! Should we pay more for that?"<br /><br />They probably hope so. The were actually going to have a nude protest. It shows what a bunch of hippies and artists they are. Now, I support the right of women to be nude in this protest, but it doesn't make me support their cause :)<br /><br />"It's like were all blind for God's sake..."<br /><br />Indoctrinated.<br /><br />"It's like everybody is looking for an excuse not to work !"<br /><br />That's Quebec Inc for ya.Roger Rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-64902408641206702032012-05-03T19:40:35.536-04:002012-05-03T19:40:35.536-04:00Dawson has always been way overcrowded from the da...Dawson has always been way overcrowded from the day it opened at the present site. Is it simply a matter of time before another English language CEGEP needs to be established. Perhaps one of the lesser used French language CEGEPS should be made into an English CEGEP?JWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-70876417563040740612012-05-03T19:34:55.349-04:002012-05-03T19:34:55.349-04:00I can't give the percentage of francophones ei...<i>I can't give the percentage of francophones either at Concordia, but there were A LOT of francophones, some speaking only rudimentary English. Also, a lot of Francophone teachers and TAs. One more interesting bit, one can submit his/her work in either Fr or En at Concordia - not sure about McGill.</i><br /><br />It is true, as 'Sauga said that because of Bill 101, students can submit assignments and exams in French if they wish to do so. I still think it is admirable for francophones to go to an English university even if their English isn't good. They still have to read and study all the books and notes for the classes.<br /><br />Just as an aside, I was reading in a french paper (I think La Presse) and it mentioned that Lucien Bouchard's two sons are going to McGill. LOLRoger Rabbitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-86142389160611094142012-05-03T18:19:48.010-04:002012-05-03T18:19:48.010-04:00McGill wouldn't have to relocate if the Island...McGill wouldn't have to relocate if the Island of Montreal elects to stay part of Canada, which it will.DrunkGuyReneLevesqueKillednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-14330774445510118592012-05-03T16:35:28.758-04:002012-05-03T16:35:28.758-04:00Here's an interesting letter to the editor tha...Here's an interesting letter to the editor that appeared in the National Post today:<br /><br />Time for another referendum<br /><br />Re: Former MP: It’s Time To Say Au Revoir To Quebec, letter to the editor, May 1.<br />It warms the cockles of my heart to see that Lee Morrison, who has served in federal Parliament, understands what has to happen in Quebec. But I’ll go him one better. There should be a referendum in the rest of Canada as to whether Quebec should be allowed to stay in Canada. Quebecers would not have a vote.<br />Quebec is a dead end for Canada. There is nothing there of any value to the nation. One of the best things about Quebec separating is that McGill University would be forced to leave the province. It is explicitly stated in its foundational documents that the school must be on Canadian territory. This was originally included to stop the school from moving to the U.S. but would apply equally to it being on Quebec soil if Quebec was no longer part of Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-75577493160417477412012-05-03T12:05:38.661-04:002012-05-03T12:05:38.661-04:00Anonymous at 08:01,
If you are a regular in this ...Anonymous at 08:01,<br /><br />If you are a regular in this blog, you know my positions and my reactions toward the trolls here.<br /><br />My objection is that there is no metric to measure which language is better than the other. What are the criteria to say that English is the best language in the world? IMO, linguistically each language has its positive and negative points. And surely someone who is born and raised with a particular language feels that that language is better than any other ones.<br /><br />If one is to say that English is the most known language in the world, I would say yes. The main language of commerce? Yes. The main language for communication? Yes. The most useful single language to have in a travel around the world? Most likely yes. The best? How does one measure it?<br /><br />And all the yes above I think is not because the "quality" of the language itself, but because of who is speaking and spreading it. From the early 19th century to World War II it is the British Empire and its colonies and possessions around the world and from World War II to present it is the United States and its super power and global influence.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960771543572680283noreply@blogger.com