English Canada should vote on Quebec getting out. The Canadian dream is 5 million Quebecers swimming back to France with a relative under each arm
quebec get lost
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Only the seperatists. The rest are a'ight.
Wow. Two anti Quebec threads in a row. How many are you planning on starting, btw?
I'm pro-Quebec independence, so is all of my family, friends and most blue collar workers, artists and intellectuals here. If you believe any different it's a sign your media coverage on the matter is slightly distorted. I'm glad to receive an invitation to get lost, no offence taken, and would be more than happy to oblige. The problem is the same old schizophreniac QC federalists. If you want to get it over soon, vote liberal, a little later, vote conservative. Try to be more visible, think of ways to get media coverage, set up a Quebec flag burning event or have a town declare itself english-only, there are others ways too, depending on your creativity, the important thing is to get media coverage. Of course french-language federalist media here will down play it but if good folks like you keep it up we'll both get our wish. By the way I'm of Scottish descent and also support Scottish independence. I would also vote for Quebec to give honorary citizenship to every Tibetan, in a show of solidarity to their cause, which is even more more hopeless than Feds here wants us to believe ours is.
That takes talent. I can't swim a pool lap with a relative under my arm. I vote that they form the next Canadian Olympic swimming team.
That would be nice eh...Hmmm, I wonder if the price of goods would go down with out having to pay for all that extra printing and all?
I googled a little, because I personally don't know WHY they want to separate.
Here is a down-to-earth list of 10 items to considers and ponder over:
Top 10 reasons why Quebec should leave Canada
Highlights are mine!!;-)
I'd say, let them go!! They have a right to be free and pursue their self-realisation drive!
Why has this topic come up just now? Is something brewing again?
Here is a down-to-earth list of 10 items to considers and ponder over:
Top 10 reasons why Quebec should leave Canada
- En lisant les messages de cette "Top ten reasons why Quebec should leave Canada", je trouve simplement dix arguments de plus pour lesquels le Quebec devrait quitter le Canada. Merci d'encourager si eloquemment la cause souvereniste par votre intolerance si stupidement affichee.
- Quebec is already like a foreign country with its own language, culture and civil law. The French in Quebec do not like the English. Even those French who will vote "no" in the referendum are not true federalists. They are motivated only by economic considerations or fear of change.
- The separatist movement in Quebec is too strong to ignore. The only way that they will be put to rest is to allow them the opportunity to try their experiment of independence. Once out, Canada must treat them as fairly as we would any other nation - which means fair to Canadians as well!!! As other comments have mentioned comparisons to the wayward child negotiations should be conducted with 'tough love'. There should be no shared currency, passport, etc., no free rides in regards to the National Debt, no larger land grants other than the original Lower Canada one. In effect, Quebec should have to pay it's own way. Independence is great but it does have a cost. Once on their own, Quebecers would no doubt find that their politicians have been playing head games with them just like our federal politicians play head games with Canadians. Lots of promises with no substance only fewer jobs and services combined with ever increasing taxes. The worst case scenario is that the Quebec independence experiment would work - in which case maybe we could join them!!!
- This country is now bilingual due to a large French population in Quebec. This endeavor was also supposed to strengthen and French language and Quebec heritage in the Canadian lifestyle. Quebec maintains special laws and acts to restrict the use of English in their province while we spent millions on French language training, bilingual government access and bilingual packaging for industry. If any other province were to create a law to restrict French in their respective province, all hell would break loose.
- Then they could be a nuclear test site for France
- Economically speaking, two entities means more local (provincial) efficiency. A separated Quebec would merely defend the interests of the province of the same name while a new RDC government would manage business in due course for its own citizens.
- It is only fair that if Quebec gets to vote to separate, we get to vote to have anything to do with them after they separate. We all know what the result of such a referendum would be. In fact, I think that such a announcement would help the NO side, because most people in Quebec know what the result would be and would therefore be a lot more careful with their vote. I think that the Yes side is counting on (and it seems to be working to some extend) convincing the people of Quebec that they can intimidate (or blackmail or whatever you want to call it) the government of Canada into negotiating with them such deals, using their part of the national debt as a bargaining chip. They would continue to do that until they would get a deal good for them, not good for the rest of Canada, that's obvious. However a democratic Referendum by the rest of Canada on these matters would surely stop their train.
- It is the young and very old who want to have their own country. Eventually, the young will be a majority and the yes side will win. It will never end and they will leave eventually so they might as well go now....
- I have to agree with the number 1 reason. Quebec will never be happy as part of Canada and we will always have this independence movement hanging over our heads. Every four or five years our dollar will continue to take a beating, our unity will be questioned and the cycle will start again. I say let them go and lets get on with building a real country.
- Quebec is part of Canada and although should be recognized for their culture (which they are already...they now get more privileges then most provinces already). If Canada is to be a country then we all must act like one and stop the infighting. We should all abide by the same rules and regulations and act as a team.
Highlights are mine!!;-)
I'd say, let them go!! They have a right to be free and pursue their self-realisation drive!
Why has this topic come up just now? Is something brewing again?
Republicans should be rejoicing at the thought of the Frenchies seceding from Canada. After all, they went to war in Iraq supposedly to promote democracy and self determination. Now I suppose that all Republican wannabees on this forum will demand that Bush invade Ottawa and guarantee freedom for all French Canadians.;-)
Er, gopher, a Republican President invaded the South to stop it from breaking away.
You'd think an American would know his own history!
You'd think an American would know his own history!
That was before Bush came into office and changed the USA viewpoint.;-)
So why don't the forum's Republicans demand an invasion??
So why don't the forum's Republicans demand an invasion??
Because they're not moronic extremists like some people.
I guess anyone could ask you why you haven't dawned a C4 vest and joined your fellow Jihadists in glory too.
And then we send the Royall 22nd to Afghanistan.......and keep them there while we have a lovely little territorial civil war with thousands of dead.
THINK ABOUT THAT!
Because that is what happens when parts of countries make unilateral declarations of independence.
EVERY time.
In Kosovo, BTW, we fought their war for them back in the 90s.
``moronic extremists``
An apt term for anyone who is stupid enough to support Bush's war. Luckily, there are very few nowadays.
An apt term for anyone who is stupid enough to support Bush's war. Luckily, there are very few nowadays.
Just to put a stop to all the whining from it. Sure, I'll vote for Quebec to leave. We'd have to kick their clutching hands off our wallets to do so tho:lol: