Newsgroups: can.general
Path: utzoo!telly!eci386!clewis
From: clewis@eci386.uucp (Chris Lewis)
Subject: Re: Canada: one, two (or many) cultures?
Message-ID: <1989Jul28.174313.20305@eci386.uucp>
Reply-To: clewis@eci386.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Organization: R. H. Lathwell Associates: Elegant Communications, Inc.
References: <3190@uwovax.uwo.ca> <1989Jul27.092203.16418@xenitec.uucp> <28025@watmath.waterloo.edu> <1728@eric.mpr.ca>
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 89 17:43:13 GMT
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In article <1728@eric.mpr.ca> durham@handel.UUCP (Paul Durham) writes:

>OH, you mean _Canadians_ of Ukrainian and Italian origin ! Well, Canada has
>two official languages, French and English, a fact which is known to every 
>immigrant. That is, it is the responsibility of immigrants to fit in to
>one of the official language groups, although of course they are perfectly
>free to speak, eat, worship etc. as they please. 

Except in Quebec.  With or without Meech.

[You carefully omitted more obvious exceptions like "be educated", and 
"do business" didn't you?]

>The right of French-Canadians to their own language and institutions has
>been officially recognized since 1763. 

(Arguably) Applying only in Quebec (w.r.t. institutions).

Regardless, nothing in the BNA allowed or required French-Canadians in
Quebec to suppress all other cultures.

>To compare the French-Canadian
>nation ( and I use this word without any connotation of sovereignty ) with
>immigrant groups shows a lack of understanding which is all too common
>among English-Canadians.

Funny, the same attitude is common in many of the immigrant groups too.

Why it should matter one fly's ass where your G^nth-grand-parents were 
born or what tribe/race/minority/linguistic group they belonged to is 
still beyond me.
-- 
Chris Lewis, R.H. Lathwell & Associates: Elegant Communications Inc.
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