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Originally posted by Billy Optimist:
All I was saying is that maybe, even its only on paper, that it angers some French people knowing that Canada is based on the British system of government.
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Quebec issues have nothing to do with Canada's government being based on British government (France's political system is a combo of Brit, Fr, and Amer). For starters Quebec has a different legal system based on the French legal system - Civil Law. While all other provinces have criminal law. Basically what they don't like is that everything is in english (which it isn't). Everything in Canada is bilingual, cereal boxes, shampoo, all government orgs. They have a special law in Quebec (Bill 101), that all signs must be in French and if there is going to be a sign in english, there has to be a french sign above it (and larger too!). They can't complain about the lack of French outside Quebec because those provinces weren't settled by the French. I barely speak any french eventhough I've had to take it since I was 5. No one speaks it in BC. (well not no one, but the general language is english). My personal view on the whole Quebec thing: they will never separate because the referendums will always be way too close and this issue will go on for hundreds of more years - hell it's just part of being Canadian
And on the size of our country - we my dad first moved to Vancouver (he's from England), my grandmother was telling him that her neighbours daughter lived in Toronto and if he knew her. You just to have to laugh. To put it in perspective, Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world - you'd think after the fall of the USSR we'd be biggest - but no Russia is still bigger than us
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[This message has been edited by Siobhan (edited March 06, 2001).]