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 From: moc.liamg@motelbirret 
  
 "Bill"  wrote in message 
 news:41EC3ACC.F6B0BE69@sympatico.ca... 
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 > 
 > mot elbirret wrote: 
 > 
 >> "Bill"  wrote in message 
 >> news:41EC3629.BD76AE43@sympatico.ca... 
 >> > 
 >> > 
 >> > mot elbirret wrote: 
 >> > 
 >> >> "Peter Benyk"  wrote in message 
 >> >> news:ItWGd.12789$Ka6.89152@news1.mts.net... 
 >> >> > You just demonstrated your ignorance for everyone to see which was 
 >> >> > my 
 >> >> > point from the start that you are ignorant about bilingualism as are 
 >> >> > a 
 >> >> > lot 
 >> >> > of people. 
 >> >> > Manitoba is not officially bilingual. 
 >> >> > Quebec is supposed to be bilingual but you certainly can't tell from 
 >> >> > their 
 >> >> > treatment of English speaking Canadians there. 
 >> >> 
 >> >> speaking of ignorance... 
 >> >> 
 >> >> As an english Canadian in Quebec let me tell you we are treated just 
 >> >> fine. 
 >> >> 
 >> >> thanks for asking. 
 >> > 
 >> > Have any of the Quebec cities passed bilingual policies that mandate 
 >> > all 
 >> > their 
 >> > supervisors to be bilingual in order that staff members man work in 
 >> > either 
 >> > official language, similar to what is being done in the city of Ottawa? 
 >> 
 >> Bill, he implied we were badly treated here in Quebec. 
 >> 
 >> He's wrong. 
 >> 
 >> That's really the only part of his post i'm interested in. 
 >> 
 >> You can fight about official bilinguilism all you wish, but anglos aren't 
 >> badly treated in here. 
 > 
 > Do you have Ontario tags on your car? I guess not, so you 
 > would not notice that their cops will pick an Ontario car out 
 > of a string of quebec cars all traveling at the same speed 
 > and pull the ontario guy over. 
  
 Are we talking about how Ontarians are treated here? 
  
 Perhaps ones with chips on their shoulers get mistreated. 
  
 But you expect people who live in Quebec to have Ontario plates aparently.. 
 so maybe this is how "reasonable" people such as yourself are treated. 
 > 
 > Did you notice that your language had to be printed in a 
 > submissive way on all signs? 
  
 It's a language. nothing more, nothing else. It's a way of communicating. 
 It's not "submissive". One of my dogs is "submissive" 
  
 bigots like you on both sides turn it into a reason to hate. end of story 
 > 
 > Have any of the Quebec cities passed bilingual policies 
 > that mandate all  their supervisors to be bilingual in order 
 > that staff members man work in either official language. 
  
 What does that have to do with the way Anglos are treated in Quebec? Is 
 english your first language? 
 > 
 > Do the cities bother to print notices in english so that you 
 > as a tax payer knows what's going on. 
  
 Mine does, again, it's a language. I dare say no one has not found a 
 hospital 
 > 
 > If none of the above indignities don't bother you then 
 > perhaps you are not as Anglo as you profess, either 
 > that or we are going way to far out of our way to make 
 > life reasonable for the French in Ontario. 
 > 
  
 Now i'm not english? 
  
 There's no indignity to understanding I live among people who speak a 
 different language. When most of the population speaks french, it's 
 reasonable to have to learn some french to get by. 
  
 Even with that said, there's parts of the city where you could have a hard 
 time finding service in french. It's because there's not many french people 
 living there. I suspect franco's in montreal who don't speak english don't 
 spend much time on the west island, like my mother who speaks little french 
 avoids the east end. 
  
 Take your lies and hate mongering somewhere else. The only "anglos" who ever 
 complain about treatment in quebec are the ones who don't live here. 
  
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