tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post807475661534099205..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: Anglophobia a Cautionary Tale for Head OfficesEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-72265513384998880572011-12-22T10:41:28.918-05:002011-12-22T10:41:28.918-05:00"I remain in favour of Quebecers maintaining ..."I remain in favour of Quebecers maintaining the right to work in French."<br /><br />In a united Canada, there can be no French Canadian rights or English Canadian rights while the rest of us slip into the voids and cracks in between. There must only be the rights of all Canadian citizens and the freedom for them to live and work in any territory that flies the maple leaf. Anything else is just the hot air that escapes the weak kneed apologists of a system that creates second class citizens in this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-26189494059279417132011-12-22T10:27:44.561-05:002011-12-22T10:27:44.561-05:00'I remain in favour of Quebecers maintaining t...'I remain in favour of Quebecers maintaining the right to work in French. Gone are the days of the master and slave.'<br /><br />Really? When were these days of master and slave? You're slipping into demagoguery. Don't belittle the experience of millions on this continent that have had to actually experience the relationship of master and slave - Africans and Native Americans, so you can garner a little understanding from those that came here to exploit them in the first place. <br /><br />Why should French Quebecers be accorded a right that is denied to these two groups that shouldered the real burden of making a white north America? How dare you even equate the condition of the exploited to those that continue to exploit them? Humility may be hard to come by amongst the socialites of the Plateau and Outremont - try visiting a reserve for a change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-76298957636554410752011-12-15T16:54:26.372-05:002011-12-15T16:54:26.372-05:00"Sometimes it really feels like it is one-way..."Sometimes it really feels like it is one-way billingualism : the francophones are billingual, the anglophones complain about billingual road signs."<br /><br />There may be more bilingual Francophones in Canada because the majority of people in Canada and North America are English speaking, English is the language of international communication, and English is a much easier language to learn than French.<br /><br />However, significant numbers of Anglos in Quebec are bilingual while relatively few Quebecois speak English off the island of Montreal. <br /><br />There are bilingual road signs in many areas across Canada but none in Quebec. It is the French speaking language zealots who are complaining the most about other languages on signs and they are backed up by neo-fascist government appointed language police.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-71072713005065548222011-12-15T16:34:56.161-05:002011-12-15T16:34:56.161-05:00Who's complaining about bilingual road signs? ...Who's complaining about bilingual road signs? In Quebec they are unilingual French. The state banned the use of English on all road signs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-67181930359458076552011-12-15T13:36:19.135-05:002011-12-15T13:36:19.135-05:00@Anonymous 12:15
The Acadians in Nova Scotia and ...@Anonymous 12:15<br /><br />The Acadians in Nova Scotia and PEI have been almost entirely assimilated, only a few rural outposts of a disconcerting hill-billy feel survive to this day.<br /><br />It is true that Acadians have resisted assimilation in New Brunswick; I blame the proximity to Quebec.<br /><br />As for unilingual francophones : according to census 2006, outside quebec about 85% of francophones are billingual. Even in New Brunswick the figure is 70%. <br /><br />Sometimes it really feels like it is one-way billingualism : the francophones are billingual, the anglophones complain about billingual road signs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-51825284788091362572011-12-15T09:19:21.476-05:002011-12-15T09:19:21.476-05:00No doubt about it, language laws have hurt Montrea...No doubt about it, language laws have hurt Montreal economically, retarded her growth and pushed wealth elsewhere. Francophones have had the keys to the economy for the past 40 years (they have always held the keys to the Government) and haven't brought home the bacon, economically speaking. This isn't lost on us Allophones and Anglophones living in Montreal. Things must change and trust me they will. Montreal needs to be governed differently than the rest of Quebec. Other than the "pur lainers" among us, no one has this obsession with language. As more and more Haitians and North Africans are airlifted into Quebec to bolster the economy/population, language will increasingly take a backseat to other more pressing issues. People immigrate here for economic reasons, not to save the last outpost of French colonialism in North America. Not by a long shot. <br />A couple of years ago a concerned Montrealer named Michel David put out there a proposal of governing Montreal as a city state within Quebec, free of language laws where the teaching of North America's big three languages would be promoted. I think he was onto something. I would vote for that. Xaviernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-17297373418553622862011-12-15T00:26:01.239-05:002011-12-15T00:26:01.239-05:00Apple IIGS: I'm about 15 years older than you...Apple IIGS: I'm about 15 years older than you are, I know several Davids, a couple of Ronnies and Larrys and Dianes too. No Joshes.<br /><br />Your arguments have merit, just like Hugo's. Ontario, and anywhere else for that matter, will welcome you with open arms.Mr. Sauganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-44863399725406456342011-12-15T00:15:09.218-05:002011-12-15T00:15:09.218-05:00"First of all the francophones outised quebec..."First of all the francophones outised quebec are well integrated into the anglophone majority, in fact most of them are now assimilited."<br /><br />There are plenty of unilingual Francophones outside Quebec. And the Acadians, for example, are not assimilated.<br /><br />"We were here first, but that doesnt mean that the anglos cant have their own nation."<br /><br />We have our own nation. It's called Canada. And Quebec is STILL a part of it.<br /><br />The aboriginals were actually here first - by thousands of years. The French only had a tiny colony in Quebec for a hundred and fifty years before they were defeated by the English. That's only a few generations. Big deal.<br /><br />"...have the exact amount of bilingual signs on commerce than us,"<br /><br />Where are all these bilingual signs in Quebec? I don't see many. There is hardly any English on signs with the exception of some national and international corporate trademarks. And the language police are harassing the companies with those signs.<br /><br />English on signs was completely banned until the United Nations cited Quebec for human rights violations, and there are still restrictions on it. There are no bans or restrictions on French on signs anywhere else in Canada.<br /><br />"...accept unilingual francophones to boss their state society..."<br /><br />Which unilingual Anglos are in charge of the Quebec government? Two employees at the Caisse de depot et placement? Oh, the horror! They're just a few remaining employees from a company that was bought out by the caisse. In Quebec, where 20% of the population is non-Francophone, less than 1% of them work for the provincial government. And I'm sure that 99.9 % of those who do are bilingual.<br /><br />If you're talking about the people recently appointed by Stephen Harper at the federal level...well good. We need to get rid of the Official Languages Act altogether and treat Francophones across Canada the way Anglophones are being treated in Quebec.<br /><br />"...without bitching that 50% of their immigrants live there without knowing english..."<br /><br />Many immigrants in Quebec are driven away from the Quebecois language and culture because they face discrimination and they know they will never be accepted by the pur lainers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-43121331661220111732011-12-15T00:03:57.618-05:002011-12-15T00:03:57.618-05:00"There are French schools across Canada. Ther..."There are French schools across Canada. There was opposition to French schools in the past by the Ontario and Manitoba governments, but they were overridden by the federal government. And it happened nearly a 100 years ago!"<br /><br />Il n'ya pas d'écoles françaises au Canada. Tu ne penses qu'ils sont français, mais c'est seulement une illusion faite par notre surpressors et maîtres de ROC.<br /><br />Il ya 100 ans que vous dites? Je vais aller à l'époque et changer cela!<br /><br />"How did they revise the history of Francophones? In which history books???"<br /><br />Le livre Grays Sports Almanac!<br /><br />"If you think that French will disappear within 4 years you are either on drugs or mentally disturbed or both."<br /><br />J'ai été là, je l'ai vu.Bloc de Doc ELMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-28161742314823092272011-12-14T23:22:50.578-05:002011-12-14T23:22:50.578-05:00@ Bloc de ROC,
"Roc ne nous laisse pas envoy...@ Bloc de ROC,<br /><br />"Roc ne nous laisse pas envoyer nos enfants à l'école française."<br /><br />There are French schools across Canada. There was opposition to French schools in the past by the Ontario and Manitoba governments, but they were overridden by the federal government. And it happened nearly a 100 years ago!<br /><br />"ROC ne nous permet pas d'utiliser le français sur les panneaux."<br /><br />Well, that's an outright lie. You can put a sign up in French ANYWHERE in Canada without restrictions.<br /><br />"Entre 1885 et 1955 ROC révisé notre histoire française..."<br /><br />How did they revise the history of Francophones? In which history books???<br /><br />"Je crains en 2015 française va disparaître!"<br /><br />If you think that French will disappear within 4 years you are either on drugs or mentally disturbed or both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-66580432395814938082011-12-14T20:22:13.120-05:002011-12-14T20:22:13.120-05:00Roc ne nous laisse pas envoyer nos enfants à l'...Roc ne nous laisse pas envoyer nos enfants à l'école française. ROC ne nous permet pas d'utiliser le français sur les panneaux. Entre 1885 et 1955 ROC révisé notre histoire française, puis, en 1985, le PQ a baissé pour les libéraux. Je crains en 2015 française va disparaître!Bloc de ROCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-82444402083410002442011-12-14T19:02:11.537-05:002011-12-14T19:02:11.537-05:00"If you believe that it is OK for someone to ..."If you believe that it is OK for someone to live in this country (Canada) without integrating to its Anglophone majority, then you are an extremely intolerant person. See how easy it is to turn your argument on its head."<br /><br /><br />Ah! what a stupid argument. First of all the francophones outised quebec are well integrated into the anglophone majority, in fact most of them are now assimilited.<br /><br />The fact is that there multiples nations in this country, the anglo-canadian being biggest one. We were here first, but that doesnt mean that the anglos cant have their own nation. Its just that we are a nation too, therefore we dont have to integrate to the ROC and neither vice-versa.<br /><br />I believe that someone living in the ROC without knowing english is as stupid as someone living in quebec without knowing french. <br /><br /><br /><br />Oh, and when the ROC gonna be as bilingual as we are, when 42 % of english-canadians will know how to speak french (the same number than french-candians know english), have the exact amount of bilingual signs on commerce than us, finance 30% of its superior education system in french, accept unilingual francophones to boss their state society and accept without bitching that 50% of their immigrants live there without knowing english, then you will be allowed to give me lessons of tolerance for Quebec's anglos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-12265567610192670892011-12-14T18:55:54.791-05:002011-12-14T18:55:54.791-05:00First of all, Quebec is not a country or nation. I...First of all, Quebec is not a country or nation. It is a PROVINCE in Canada...nothing more, nothing less. That is fact, so let's stop talking about fantasy and fairy tales.<br /><br />Secondly, if you want to play that game, there are two official languages in the country you live in and they are English and French. Are you respecting that? Maybe you should be integrating into the Anglophone majority by your logic, because as you say, you're not respecting the soil of Canada. <br /><br />Of course only a Quebecois would believe erasing another culture, language and people (particularly ones who founded and built Quebec) is very noble cause. So noble in fact, you need government sanctioned language laws and inspectors to help erase it.<br /><br />The only thing that makes me a moron is arguing with people like you. Or continuing to live in the cesspool that people like yourself have turned Quebec into. <br /><br />Let's reword your statement above with a slight tweak. Tell me how it feels now? Still sounds noble?<br /><br />------<br />If you believe that it is OK for someone to live in Canada without integrating to its Anglophone majority, then you are an extremely intolerant person.<br />------Apple IIGSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-46818333536331256682011-12-14T18:45:04.217-05:002011-12-14T18:45:04.217-05:00"Perhaps that has something to do with the fa..."Perhaps that has something to do with the fact that Jews were not allowed into French Catholic schools for most of Quebec's history, so most of them attended English schools instead."<br /><br /><br /><br />You ever saw religious jews follow a catholic education with catholic priests ? I mean common.<br /><br />You do realize that before the quiet revolution the french public school system was pratically non-existent.. right ? We had to rely on our catholic church to get a basic education.<br /><br />Anyways, i dont blame the jews for not having integrated to us in the past. From the end of the 18th century to the start of the 20th century, british-canadians were dominating the political and economical life in quebec. I understand that jews wanted to be on the "better side" to have more chance of sucesses.<br /><br />I blame a certain part of todays jewish community to refuse to ackowledge that they live in a francophone society and adapt to it. I also blame them of having a very intolerant opinion of us and justify it because of some antisemite incidents in the past. And frankly i dont believe it was worse here than anywhere else in the world as far as antisemitism is concerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-12415868383210931742011-12-14T18:40:37.450-05:002011-12-14T18:40:37.450-05:00"If you believe that it is OK for someone to ..."If you believe that it is OK for someone to live here without integrating to its francophone majority, then you are an extremely intolerant person."<br /><br />If you believe that it is OK for someone to live in this country (Canada) without integrating to its Anglophone majority, then you are an extremely intolerant person. See how easy it is to turn your argument on its head.<br /><br />"Then, respect, cooperation and tolerance will be greater between humans. Equality between humans, also mean respecting every humans culture."<br /><br />Francophones in Quebec show very little respect or tolerance for the Anglophone community and culture in the province. They are doing everything within their power to stamp out the presence of English, including passing racist language laws that have even been condemned by the United Nations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-66557808301027915312011-12-14T18:09:37.802-05:002011-12-14T18:09:37.802-05:00"ah. So my refusal to accept you as a dominan..."ah. So my refusal to accept you as a dominant race, and proclaim that I am an EQUAL HUMAN makes me a "racist"?<br /><br />Why not look at it this way. We are two human beings living in this part of planet Earth. Both you and I have a language, culture and history that we value, and have every right to embrace and share with others. Both of us respect that, and have absolutely no right to ever tell each other to stop embracing those things, they're what make us....us.<br /><br />I'm curious what you think of that? Does that scenario frighten you?"<br /><br /><br /><br />Oh yeah, where exactly did i say that we are a superior race? Nobody ever said that. We are not even a race you moron. Francophone quebecers, even "pur laines" are in fact mixed with indians, irish and scottish blood. These no blood test to be accepted as on of our own.<br /><br />If you believe, like me, that all humans are equals, then you should believe in the right of EVERY nations around the world to be respected on their own soil, even if they are not independant countries. Diversity is what make humanity great and strong and i believe the world will be a much better place when every nations on this planet will be allowed to flourish on their own territory. Then, respect, cooperation and tolerance will be greater between humans. Equality between humans, also mean respecting every humans culture.<br /><br />If you believe that it is OK for someone to live here without integrating to its francophone majority, then you are an extremely intolerant person. There is not greater racism than deny a whole people its legetimicy on their territory. <br /><br />The fact that you try to disguise your intolerant mentality as some kind of humanitarian progessisvness show what kind of deluded person you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-13664347805591703382011-12-14T18:08:29.514-05:002011-12-14T18:08:29.514-05:00"On a more serious note, the jewish community..."On a more serious note, the jewish community is probably the most thriving community in quebec. You have always been welcomed here since centuries, depite the fact that most of you never integrated to your francophone host society."<br /><br />Perhaps that has something to do with the fact that Jews were not allowed into French Catholic schools for most of Quebec's history, so most of them attended English schools instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-24708007775663953172011-12-14T17:38:23.036-05:002011-12-14T17:38:23.036-05:00Hah. So my refusal to accept you as a dominant rac...Hah. So my refusal to accept you as a dominant race, and proclaim that I am an EQUAL HUMAN makes me a "racist"?<br /><br />Why not look at it this way. We are two human beings living in this part of planet Earth. Both you and I have a language, culture and history that we value, and have every right to embrace and share with others. Both of us respect that, and have absolutely no right to ever tell each other to stop embracing those things, they're what make us....us.<br /><br />I'm curious what you think of that? Does that scenario frighten you?Apple IIGSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-29181935314599934172011-12-14T17:16:40.203-05:002011-12-14T17:16:40.203-05:00"I'm so sick of hearing Francaphones are ..."I'm so sick of hearing Francaphones are the masters, they are right heirs to this land, it's history, etc, etc. You have no more claim or rights over Quebec than anyone else born here. Get over it. Stop isolating yourselves from the rest of the world."<br /><br /><br /><br />Oh fuck you, im so sick of hearing ingrates RACISTS morons like you who cant respect the fact that they live in the only french-speaking part of north america.<br /><br />And yes, we have the right to own this territory, just like the natives have a right too on their lands. We are there since 400 years, and our forefathers built this place ( while building an alliance with the indians, contrarely to the anglos bullies on forced them into reserves). <br /><br />Just because our ancestors lost a war 250 years does not mean that we cant claim this place as our own. Anyways, everybody, including you, is welcome here as long as you respect the fact that you live in a francophone society.<br /><br />In rome, do as the romans, if you are too intolerant to respect that, you got all the rest of north america for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-69765147076068774672011-12-14T16:29:22.117-05:002011-12-14T16:29:22.117-05:00The best ingredient for violent uprisings and even...The best ingredient for violent uprisings and eventual ethnic cleanings is to laugh at the warning signs and say "that could never happen here!". That is what happened before the holocaust. Before Bosnia. And before Rwanda. Ignorance and inaction leads to tragic outcome, and Quebec is the perfect breeding ground for such a toxic stew. Generations of children brainwashed, unchallenged xenophobia and hate (from the government no less!), poor economic climate, largely under-educated population, specific ethnic groups labeled the scapegoats (Jew, Anglophones and ethnics) and continual telling and teaching that ONE race/culture is superior to all others. Where is that going to lead?<br /><br />I suppose the what happened in Hampstead recently, with the police escorting and SUPPORTING the mob...that is nothing to worry about. The police actually said the French Charter gave them the right to assault the Jewish community....it was within their right! It's like the police supporting a KKK rally, whom are driving burning crosses through a Black neighborhood. In this case they were flying those separatist flags and honking horns.<br /><br />Another story recently, the city of Montreal is forcing a 30 year old synagog in Outremount to shutdown, because several Quebecois in the area dislike that it exists (apparently there are sudden zoning laws at play, how convenient). Or the coordinated smashing of windows of several synagogs and Jewish in the west island overnight about a year back. The racist comments and cartoons I've seen published in French newspapers against Jews recently, which have gone unchallenged. Not to mention firebombing of Jewish schools. <br /><br />Nice that Quebec doesn't have a police hate crimes unit, the only district in North America not to have one. Not that it matters, Montreal police have refused to label the firebombings of Jewish schools and smashing of synagog windows as hate crimes. I'm not kidding.<br /><br /><br />"depite the fact that most of you never integrated to your francophone host society."<br /><br /><br />Francophone host society? You are not our hosts, we are not guests here. I'm sure it offends you to know Anglophones and Jews have as much claim to Quebec and living here as the so-called Quebecois. No one should bow before Francophones or see them as the owners and hosts of Quebec....they are just equal citizens, who happen to live in the same geographic area. We all have history, culture and language to be proud of, but no one's is superior than the other.<br /><br />I'm so sick of hearing Francaphones are the masters, they are right heirs to this land, it's history, etc, etc. You have no more claim or rights over Quebec than anyone else born here. Get over it. Stop isolating yourselves from the rest of the world.Apple IIGSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-1822337203894743692011-12-14T15:21:50.395-05:002011-12-14T15:21:50.395-05:00"My grandmother, from Lithuania, also experie..."My grandmother, from Lithuania, also experienced pogroms as a child. Soldiers ransacked her house, looking for people to murder...I remember hearing stories about how she had to hide in a stove to avoid detection to survive. Ironically she came to Canada (Quebec) to start a new life and escape the prosecution. What irony that I can see parallels seeding in Quebec"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oh please!<br /><br />Yeah, we all know that jews in quebec are getting killed on a daily basis.<br /><br />On a more serious note, the jewish community is probably the most thriving community in quebec. You have always been welcomed here since centuries, depite the fact that most of you never integrated to your francophone host society.<br /><br />But despite that, a lot of quebec's jews ( not all) seems to hate us and always remind us about a few antisemite incidents in our past. Of course you never talk about all the antimetism that was coming from anglo-canada at the same time (does "none is too many" remind you anything ?)<br /><br />I got a question for you, why you guys never talk about Louis-Joseph Papineau, the 19th century french-canadian nationalist leader ? After all, he was the one who defended Aaron Hart, the jewish politician who was elected by the francophone population of Trois-rivieres and couldnt seat at the assembly because jews could not vote at that time.<br /><br />Because of Papineau, jews have been allowed to vote in the british empire. But of course, you guys always prefer to talk about Lionel Groulx because he wrote one or two bad things about jews.<br /><br />Frankly, i'm quite tired of your ingratitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-2783393004083576102011-12-14T14:51:41.396-05:002011-12-14T14:51:41.396-05:00@ Mr. Sauga...
Your life almost seems like a mirr...@ Mr. Sauga...<br /><br />Your life almost seems like a mirror of my own. A little more than a year after my father died, my mother decided it was too painful to keep the house (where they lived together for 35 years) and now in the process of selling it. She's already moved into the city, I imagine this house will be gone by early in the new year.<br /><br />I was about 2 and half when we moved in, and it being the only house I've ever known, it's probably the last thing in this province I feel a sense of solid attachment to (well, my remaining two family members too of course).<br /><br />My grandmother, from Lithuania, also experienced pogroms as a child. Soldiers ransacked her house, looking for people to murder...I remember hearing stories about how she had to hide in a stove to avoid detection to survive. Ironically she came to Canada (Quebec) to start a new life and escape the prosecution. What irony that I can see parallels seeding in Quebec.<br /><br />I would have been just starting junior high school when you left Quebec. I probably didn't start thinking about how I wanted leave the province until the early 90's, and reaching the peak of that desire to leave in 1995. I suppose the anchor keeping me here has been the house from my childhood, my family and friends. At one point even a job I really enjoyed, which by no surprise I lost when the company pulled out of Quebec for political reasons (gotta love that feeling of instability working for most employers in this province). I hope to get myself out of here soon, maybe these final losses will be my catalyst for leaving and letting go.<br /><br />Incidentally, on a side topic. Do the names Ronnie, Larry, Diane, Josh or David ring a bell? Just some of the older kids in the neighborhood that would have been about your age. I wonder if you didn't know any of them growing up or in school. Probably not, but when you mentioned Kennedy Park a while back, I couldn't help but wonder. :)Apple IIGSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-54408106014260171582011-12-14T04:40:16.663-05:002011-12-14T04:40:16.663-05:00...looking again at Apple IIGS`s last commentary, ......looking again at Apple IIGS`s last commentary, I noticed he applauds Hugo S.`s efforts with as much fervor and zeal as I do.<br /><br />Every point Hugo has made in this blog, and many others, is absolutely valid and completely cogent. If he and I debated on the subject of staying in Quebec to fight the good fight vs my decision at the tender age of 16 to eventually leave, I`d have one hell of a battle finding gaps in his argument. Rare is the time he and I have butted heads on the topic of Quebec. His ardent defense of his views and battles are hard as iron and good as gold.<br /><br />Some of my lessons in life took me time to learn there are times we simply have to agree to disagree; besides, with age comes the maturity of acquiescing when there is no point in arguing any further. We make choices. We regret some, while others we embrace until our dying days, and we move forward.As an afterthought, Mr. Sauganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-5499602041694885842011-12-14T04:09:38.201-05:002011-12-14T04:09:38.201-05:00...to Apple IIGS: Yes, we were very likely neighbo......to Apple IIGS: Yes, we were very likely neighbours, and my much belated condolences on your father`s passing under those disturbing circumstances. My father sold our Chomedey home of 30 years about 14 months after my mother passed away. He went to live in the city with other family.<br /><br />I can`t say I didn`t figure that day would come, but that Chomedey house was the only one I remember from my childhood, having moved in around my third birthday. I was already living in Toronto for seven years, but that house still gave me the feeling of security and planted roots even if six hours of pavement separated me from it.<br /><br />It`s truly a pity though that I left Quebec for circumstances similar to why my grandparents immigrated there...for political stability and peace. Granted, I was never a victim of pogroms like my grandparents were, especially my maternal grandparents, and my paternal grandparents would have faced certain slaughter by the Poles in Radom, Poland had they not left about ten years before THAT uprising. I nevertheless was made to feel like I was something lesser than others within the confines of Quebec and the federal governments, one after another, had and still have no political will to do anything about it.<br /><br />Like you Apple, I don`t feel it was worth staying behind to fight. I left Quebec to try and build myself a life without endless political obstruction rather than have to fight for it. Unlike Hugo, I feel the best revenge is to pay my taxes where the money is better spent on infrastructure, pristine parks and better equipped hospitals and schools than in a place where I`m looked down upon collectively by a society that wrecklessly spends its money on unpalatable things like language and so-called culture (backward political priorities really).<br /><br />My son has some learning challenges, but thanks to teacher`s aids and other programs within his public and high school, he`s managing splendidly. He`s thriving, and I think their program has put a light in his eyes that would never, never have been there had he been in the inferior system that is now the Quebec public school. Their input has been worth every damn tax dollar I have paid to the Government of Ontario and I don`t regret my moving here one iota back in 1984--not one!Mr. Sauganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-65147858723783933922011-12-14T01:28:39.454-05:002011-12-14T01:28:39.454-05:00@ Mr. Sauga and the rest...
If a magic genie spon...@ Mr. Sauga and the rest...<br /><br />If a magic genie spontaneously snapped into existence and asked what my fondest wish to be granted is. Absolutely, and no joking here, it would be: TO GET OUT OF QUEBEC, IMMEDIATELY.<br /><br />The one positive spin is my greatest wish in life isn't a fantasy, I can make it real!<br /><br />I was born, grew up and lived all my life in Quebec, but there is nothing left here for me now. Most of my family has left the province, my father has passed away (oh, did I mention he was denied a potential life-saving cancer study because the medical staff had to delay his treatment *4* months for it to be translated into French? He died while waiting, thank you once again Quebec). And my mother is now in the process of selling the house I grew up in in Chomedey. I haven't lived there in years, but I've always thought of it as home...has been since the early 70's. Funny to think that she's the second to last one to leave, most of the families on the street I knew left the province years ago! (I often wonder if Mr. Sauga wasn't one of them, or a neighbor from around the block). :)<br /><br />I do applaud Hugo for staying and fighting, someone has to stand up to them as long as there are Anglophones left behind. As for myself, I'm tired of wasting time and energy on such nonsense. I've tried ignoring it, but even when I'm not looking to rock the boat I get hit in the face with Quebec crap. It's sad I should have to leave my home, but when I wake up everyday feeling unhappy because of where I'm living, then it's time to change that. I don't care where I go, as long as it's not Quebec.<br /><br />Looking at Toronto as a destination, or at least a launch pad.Apple IIGSnoreply@blogger.com