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 From: bill.g@sympatico.ca 
  
 bidul wrote: 
  
 > "Bill"  a €crit dans le message de news: 
 > 41F28E2E.79A764B7@sympatico.ca... 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > bidule wrote: 
 > > 
 > >> And who prevent those people to work in english??? 
 > > 
 > > That's an interesting thought. I don't think there was 
 > > anything from preventing (the french I assume you 
 > > mean) from working for the government in English. I 
 > > have no statistics on the linguistic make up of the 
 > > federal government during the 115 years that we 
 > > speak of. 
 > > (as a side note) There is an amusing story in today's 
 > > paper about when they moved the government from 
 > > Quebec to Ottawa in 1865 with their 350 federal 
 > > employees and families. Apparently they all thought 
 > > themselves somewhat better then all the local yokels. 
 > 
 > In that time, half of Qu€bec city was....ENGLISH! 
 > > 
 > > The point is that French was never recognized as an 
 > > official language during that time, and the linguistic make 
 > > up of the federal government employees has no 
 > > bearing on the fact that French was not recognized as 
 > > an official language. 
 > > 
 > of course! French speaking employees were a tiny % of the whole bunch. It 
 > was a WASP affair. Now, it reflex more the Canadian reality. 
  
 What the real reality is: 
 Before Trudeau and 1982 the 6 million french needed to 
 learn English in order to work for the federal government. 
  
 After Trudeau and 1982 the 6 million french needed to 
 learn English in order to work for the federal government. 
  
 So nothing for the french changed. 
  
 > 
 > 
 > > The question you ask may have some merit but it has 
 > > nothing to do with the topic. 
 > > 
 > >> 
 > >> 
 > >> "Bill"  a €crit dans le message de news: 
 > >> 41F1A1F8.2FEEF864@sympatico.ca... 
 > >> > 
 > >> > 
 > >> > Marko wrote: 
 > >> > 
 > >> >> Bill wrote: 
 > >> >> 
 > >> >> > Just the facts, because I do not like seeing the majority of 
 > >> >> > Canadians 
 > >> >> > being 
 > >> >> > screwed just to push power, control, and money into one ethnic 
 group 
 > >> >> > in 
 > >> >> > Quebec. 
 > >> >> > 
 > >> >> 
 > >> >> that is how you define a fact? you are wearing blinders, there are 
 > >> >> french people and french schools in every province, even before the 
 > >> >> act 
 > >> >> you malign 
 > >> > 
 > >> > Stick your malign up your arse. That's no sort of an argument. 
 > >> > 
 > >> > There are all sorts of ethics in every province. So what? The French 
 > >> > schools (and all 
 > >> > this bilingualism BS, for that matter) only serve to fulfill an 
 > >> > artificial 
 > >> > demand 
 > >> > that Trudeau created for them. What about the 25 million non francos 
 in 
 > >> > this country? 
 > >> > They have a right to work in the language of Canada and that is 
 English 
 > >> > and it always 
 > >> > has been. 
 > >> > 
 > >> > 
 > >> >> 
 > >> >> 
 > >> >> -- 
 > >> >> Marko Jotic 
 > >> >> "Common sense is anything but common". 
 > >> >>  From the notebooks of Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein. 
 > >> >> Handmade knives, antique designs, exotic materials at 
 > >> >> http://www.knifeforging.com/ 
 > >> > 
 > > 
  
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