Path: utzoo!mnetor!philmtl!tremblay
From: tremblay@philmtl.philips.ca (Michel Tremblay)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Canada: one or two cultures?
Message-ID: <625@philmtl.philips.ca>
Date: 25 Jul 89 23:55:08 GMT
References: <615662921.9256@myrias.uucp> <568@UALTAVM.BITNET> <604@philmtl.philips.ca> <89Jul19.104948edt.18727@me.utoronto.ca> <609@philmtl.philips.ca> <1989Jul24.085326.28706@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <27944@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: tremblay@philmtl.philips.ca (Michel Tremblay)
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In article <27944@watmath.waterloo.edu> you write:
>  Until the sixties Quebecois culture was largely rural, introspective and
>completely dominated by the Catholic church. English presence in such areas
>as commerce or other extroverted activities was largely by default, as can

New-France was occupied!. In an occupied country (or territory) I have never 
seen the rulling class not taking over financially. So dont talk about
'English presence by default'. It does not make sense at all.

>be seen with the rapidity of its purging once the inhabitants shucked the
>church's restraints and decided to do so. 

I think you over emphasize the Church role. His main goal was to assert
survival of the French Culture on the continent; and they did. 

>  In short Quebec 'culture' is in its adolescent stage, demanding to be
>recognized as an adult, and given all the privileges of an adult.
>... 
>In short, it behooves the rest of the country to bear with them
>while they go through the maturing process and debate whether to leave home
>and strike out on their own, or stick around and milk mom and pop for all
>they can. Kids do grow up, and so do cultures and for the most part they
>grow up to be responsible and far less self-centered than one would ever
>guess from their teen years. The trick is to outlast this stage.

We are not kids asking permission, we are 'Constitutional prisonners' trying
to recover out freedom. 


>  However, having said all this, Quebec culture produces an awful lot of
>obnoxious bastards at the moment, doesn't it :-?
>
>Ross W. Wetmore                 | rwwetmore@water.NetNorth
>University of Waterloo          | rwwetmore@math.Uwaterloo.ca
>Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1       | {uunet, ubc-vision, utcsri}
>(519) 885-1211 ext 4719         |   !watmath!rwwetmore

Is this perception shared by most English(speaking)Canadians on the net? 
I am curious about that. 
Ross I think you over generalize. If you have grief 
against some individuals please be more specific and address your concern
directly to them. Hatred litterature shall go to /dev/null. 


Michel J. Tremblay,
tremblay@philmtl.philips.ca
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