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From: lrbartram@watcgl.waterloo.edu (lyn bartram)
Newsgroups: can.francais
Subject: Re: Sault Sainte-Marie officiellement unilingue anglophone
Keywords: Sault Sainte-Marie Kapuskasing
Message-ID: <13282@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Date: 7 Feb 90 14:24:20 GMT
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In article <91145@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
>It was my impression that Bill 101 allowed public education in English only
>to the children of parents who received an English education in Quebec.
>Most people don't view that as any sort of guarantee of protection of
>English language minority rights...   (It is a sure fire way of scaring
>away large english corporations who might put offices or plants in Quebec,
>however)
>
	I have to reiterate this again and again.  I am an Anglo Quebecoise
(and i refuse to accept that these two are mutually exclusive).  As such,
i have guaranteed access to more services in English in Quebec than any
Francophone outside Quebec, with the possible exception of some in New
Brunswick (which is 40% French, but i digress).  My language rights that are
guaranteed include hospital, university and school services.  What most poeple
don't realize is that i also can get GOVERNMENT services in English, even 
though the official language of the province is French.  Given the
propensity to reactionary acts lately, perhaps these government services will
now be suspended in the spirit of the Soo and of Thunder Bay.
	Bill 178 is a symbolic abomination, and i am completely opposed to it.
But Bill 101 is another thing. I have no problem with it stating that the
official language of Quebec is French and that immigrants should expect to
attend school in the language of the region.  Note that there are exemptions 
for people who move to the province for a specific term, so that Americans
and English Canadians who are transferred for a limited period (say, several
years) can certainly be granted the right to attend an anglophone school.
	Those who use Bill 178 as a rallying cry for reciprocity should be
aware of the facts.