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 From: PerArdua@AdAstra.ca 
  
 Bill wrote: 
 > 
 > 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. . . 
 > 
 > 
 > Shit! Now we're getting somewhere. 
 > 
 > You finally concede that bilingualism was established by Trudeau!!! 
  
 Absolute bullshit.  Bilingualism was established by the 
 Constitution Act of 1867.  The Trudeau government simply took it 
 a step further than anyone had before. 
  
 > Great! So it was Trudeau that stabbed Canada's majority in the back 
 > by making French (his own language) 
  
 What rot!  Trudeau was a truly bilingual Canadian.  He had two 
 languages. 
  
  
  
 Carter 
  
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