francophone school systems. Nice thing about these is that they do not
support the separatist agenda like many in Quebec do.
What get me is you go to Lethbridge Alberta, where there are far more
Ukranian speakers than francophones, but you can get service in french
at the local federal government offices. (BTW all the local
franophones in that town work with the Federal government).
larry
On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 12:49:21 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> yeah right :) come to think of it there are enough French speakers in
> Toronto to justify a separate school system, as well as in Sault Ste
> Marie for that matter :)
>
> Dana
>
> On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:37:37 -0400, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > eastern Canada bias again.
> >
> > (call of the western Canadian).
> >
> > larry
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 13:37:22 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > possible, though there is a healthy population in the Ottawa Valley.
> > >
> > > Dana
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:10:35 -0400
> > > Subject: Re: CBC News: Bush rushed into Iraq invasion: Clinton
> > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > Outside of Quebec, Manitoba has the largest french speaking population
> > > in Canada.
> > >
> > > larry
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 13:00:38 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > I don't have a clue about Manitoba, my experience being limited to
> > > > three or four car trips from hell with my family when I was a very
> > > > young child. I think we ate lunch in Winnipeg a couple of times.
> > > > Franco-Ontariens tend to be a bit diffident about separatism because
> > > > after all this would leave them culturally stranded. Last time I
> > > > lived in Canada I lived in Montreal and I really consider myself from
> > > > there.
> > > >
> > > > Dana
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:52:32 -0400
> > > > Subject: Re: CBC News: Bush rushed into Iraq invasion: Clinton
> > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > The PQ was never liked by the Franco-Manitobans. One of the bigger
> > > > representativeorganizations (Societe Franco-Manitoba) threw a big
> > > > party celebrating the failure of the last referendum.
> > > >
> > > > larry
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 12:38:40 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > hey now :) I do think he was kidding, actually :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Dana
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:30:04 -0400
> > > > > Subject: Re: CBC News: Bush rushed into Iraq invasion: Clinton
> > > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't really mind, at least the French are not Quebecois.
> > > > >
> > > > > Its obvious that he's never been to western Canada. Even the
> > > > > francophone western Canadians dislike the Quebecois. I used to hang
> > > > > out a lot in a bar in St. Boniface (a French Canadian town beside
> > > > > Winnipeg), the most popular dart board was a picture of Rene Lesveque.
> > > > >
> > > > > ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > larry
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 12:23:05 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > oh my. Jerry just accused Larry of being almost French.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ::runs for cover::
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dana
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:32:31 -0400
> > > > > > Subject: Re: CBC News: Bush rushed into Iraq invasion: Clinton
> > > > > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Larry, everyone knows that Canada is just a left-wing Democratic party
> > > > > > lapdog. My gosh, they are almost French!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jerry Johnson
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/06/04 12:25PM >>>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Excuse me how do you work that one out? Look at the location of where
> > > > > > he was speaking - Toronto Ontario CANADA. Look who was reporting on
> > > > > > the event - THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Democratic attack machine indeed. You really need to read the article
> > > > > > first and frothing at the mouth before responding.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > larry
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