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From: derome@ai.toronto.edu (Philippe Derome)
Subject: Re: Notwithstanding clause -- truly a sad day for Canada
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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 89 10:19:20 EST

In article <463@telly.UUCP> evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes:
>I remember some kind of law that requires that children be taught in the
>French shool system. To be able to attend, say, Montreal's Protestant School
>Board, a child must have parents who can BOTH prove that their 'mother tongue'
>is English. As I recall, the intent of this law was to force Canadian
>immigrants settling in Quebec to go through French schooling (prior to the
>law, most had opted for English).
>
>I'm pretty sure this law is the reason why Montreal, which had a reputation
>for being the multi-cultural centre of Canada, has clearly lost that to
>Toronto in the last decade. The neighborhood of Duddy Kravitz has been all
>but wiped out.
Je crois que les opportunites economiques de Toronto ont ete un facteur
bien plus important.
 

 Philippe Derome