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teddogCan anyone explain how the motion of Quebec as a nation inside Canada is going to work? On the surface, I'm slightly offended and confused. However, I might be reading it wrong.
As far as I can figure it out, the motion is making the Québécois a nation of people within Canada and not all of Quebec. See, the only difference I see is language. Many school kids learn about Quebec culture in French class and I already knew a lot of the stuff mentioned during these lessons because I grew up with them! I have a Quebec heritage dating back several generations even though my family is Anglophone. Because I can barely speak French, I am outside of this new nation, even though the culture is very similar.
And what about the other different cultures in this great land? The Acadians strike me as a big example. The east coast sure isn't like the west coast and there's lots of unqiue cultures inbetween. Heck, Thunder Bay was worlds away from Southern Ontario, yet if you tried to claim that each different culture inside Canada could be seen as its own nation, someone is going to call you on entitlement issues.
Which is my problem with this new motion. The Bloc is obsessed with proving how different they are. If they weren't from Quebec, they wouldn't be able to get away with it.
/bitter Canadian
Although, I will admit that the government is starting to get it right with our dealings with China. According to the Globe and Mail, Harper told Chinese officials that "he would not sacrifice human rights on the altar of the 'almighty dollar'". Hopefully, they'll act on this claim.
As far as I can figure it out, the motion is making the Québécois a nation of people within Canada and not all of Quebec. See, the only difference I see is language. Many school kids learn about Quebec culture in French class and I already knew a lot of the stuff mentioned during these lessons because I grew up with them! I have a Quebec heritage dating back several generations even though my family is Anglophone. Because I can barely speak French, I am outside of this new nation, even though the culture is very similar.
And what about the other different cultures in this great land? The Acadians strike me as a big example. The east coast sure isn't like the west coast and there's lots of unqiue cultures inbetween. Heck, Thunder Bay was worlds away from Southern Ontario, yet if you tried to claim that each different culture inside Canada could be seen as its own nation, someone is going to call you on entitlement issues.
Which is my problem with this new motion. The Bloc is obsessed with proving how different they are. If they weren't from Quebec, they wouldn't be able to get away with it.
/bitter Canadian
Although, I will admit that the government is starting to get it right with our dealings with China. According to the Globe and Mail, Harper told Chinese officials that "he would not sacrifice human rights on the altar of the 'almighty dollar'". Hopefully, they'll act on this claim.
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Date: 2006-11-27 01:13 pm (UTC)Canadian Nationalism in itself is odd. Because of my leanings on Quebec, I am often labeled a Nationalist. I'd perfer to call myself a patriot, but the Patriot Act made that term dirty here.
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Date: 2006-11-27 09:37 pm (UTC)That bit sucks about patriot becoming a dirty word, though I haven't heard the word much around here either unless in was in the context of the War for Independence studies. Though its not because of everyone despising the act. At least, I don't think it's because of the marketing naming of the act, as even the people who still support it don't use the word even in situations that it would make sense to do so.