XPost: calgary.general, can.general, can.politics 
 XPost: edm.general, hfx.general, mtl.general 
 XPost: tor.general, van.general, wpg.general 
 From: jzink@mts.net 
  
 I think that if bilingualism is to be applied in Canada it should be 
 applied equally in all provinces, not just everyone except Quebec. 
 . 
 They treat Anglos in Quebec as Second class citizens and you are forced 
   to have French only signs, most don't have the option to go to English 
 only schools in Quebec, etc. 
 Yet there is that option for all Canadians attend school in either 
 language in the rest of Canada. 
 The rest of Canada shouldn't have to bow down to one province as if they 
 are running the country. 
  
 Then they wonder why there is so much hatred for the French. 
 I'm sure that we can find a boat big enough to ship them all off to 
 France where they belong. 
  
  
  
  
  
 gapope@vcn.bc.ca wrote: 
 > Bill  wrote: 
 > B> You miss the point! Article 133 did not officialize anything. It 
 provided 
 > B> permission 
 > B> for both French and English to be used as was described in the article. 
 Th 
 > B> all.  But the real point is that French was "NOT" the official language 
 of 
 > B> Canada and the proof of that is the fact that it was never used as an 
 offi 
 > B> language for 115 years after the act of 1867 came into force. The 
 people w 
 > B> wrote the act new that Canada was an English/ Anglo country being run 
 in t 
 > B> English language. The phrase "bilingual" as it applies to French and 
 Engli 
 > B> not been invented until Trudeau started tinkering with the English 
 linguis 
 > B> heritage of Canadians. 
 > B> 
 > B> French only began to be used as an official language of Canada AFTER 
 Pierr 
 > B> Trudeau brought home his version of the Constitution act in 1982. 
 > 
 > Yeah, and. . . ? 
 > 
 > Trudeau was the duly elected P.M., one among many, who had one vote, 
 > representing one riding, and thus the bilingualism was established under 
 due 
 > parliamentary process. . . 
 > 
 > Where were you and your disputing of it back then? 
 > 
 > Because I care, 
 > 
 > <+]::-{(} ("Cyberpope," the Bishop of ROM!) 
 > (MSN chat available) 
 > 
 >         (Please quote with "gapope wrote...") 
 > -=- 
 > In essentials, unity; 
 > In non-essentials, liberty; 
 > in all things, charity.  -- Baxter quoting Augustine 
 > -=- 
 > 
 > PS This post specially encoded for verification purposes 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)