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 From: bidul@videtron.com 
  
 "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. 
  
 > 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. 
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 >> > 
 > 
  
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