frank theriault wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:34 PM, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Not that it actually WANTs to be, truth be known. >> I think they'd much rather be an off-shore principality. Or something. >> P.J.'s statement stands without correction! :-D > > What I meant is that since Quebec is a part of Canada, to say that > "Canada" has a problem with a part of itself doesn't make a lot of > sense.
Sure it does. If Cleveland wanted to be a part of Canada instead of Ohio, or eveen wanted to ba suburb of Toronto, it would be perfectly logical to say Ohio has a real problem with Cleveland! What's the difference? > And, in fact, what's really been happening is a power struggle between > the government of the Province of Quebec and Canada's Federal > Government. Right. And Canada (the Feds) don't have a problem with Quebec? Please... > If one takes it that Quebec is the people that inhabit it (as opposed > to whoever may governing from time to time) then it's shown > consistently that it wants to remain in Canada. > > Back at the time of Confederation (1867) about 20 to 25% of the > population did not want to join the Canadian Confederation. The > percentage of ~hardcore~ separatists in Quebec has remained remarkably > consistent ever since. > > If the pot is sweetened by using wishy-washy concepts such as > "sovreignty association" (touted to be an autonomous Quebec that > shares such things as currency and armed forces with what's left of > Canada - as if The Rest of Canada would go along with that) then > supporters of change can swell up to close to 50%. If the population > is asked misleading questions that make it look like they're voting > for negotiations rather than separation, the numbers swell. I lived > in Quebec during the first referendum, and many "yes" (ie: yes to > separation) voters that I knew didn't want separation, but only wanted > to "send a message to Ottawa". They honestly thought that that > referendum was only a mandate to start sovreignty negotiations with > Ottawa, nothing more. > > But, when asked the simple question, "Do you want Quebec to separate > completely from Canada", the numbers have rarely varied over the > years. Still 25% to go, 75% would opt to stay? > Quebec doesn't want to separate. Never has. Never will. > > cheers, > frank Do the MSM all know that? keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
