Blue2 said:
-Dragmire- said:
Canada
The government currently voted into power was the only one with no plans for regulating ISPs pricing scheme.
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Mekado said:
Canada here, the only thing i dislike is the fact 75% of the english-Canadian people (and almost 100% of everybody else)i speak to seems to think
all Quebecers are hell-bent on leaving, so i guess the "racism" (langism ? francophobia anyways) against french-Canadians (no, we're not french, we're french-Canadians) I love my country and i love my province, they aren't mutually exclusive.
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Blue2 said:
In Canada, I don't know what I hate. I'm thinking the Government and the whole Quebec movement.
Didn't the Bloc only have something like 4% support in Quebec during the last election? You'd think that stereotype would go away after that.
While I don't like the fact that some French Canadians actually convinced the government to spend millions on bilingual signs in Ottawa(they had to replace each sign, they couldn't edit them), I blame that on loud people being bitchy.
Mekado, I'm sorry if I offended you, I don't hate Quebec (I been there before and loved it) and everyone (Know people who lived in Quebec who are nice).Please correct me if i am wrong but it's just that some people in Quebec complains about other parts of Canada that they wouldn't do in Quebec (Example would be -Dragmire-'s example, Thank you) and want to be it's own nation and keep Canadian benefits. Why people just be happy what they got?
I'm not offended, no worries i was just making a point hehe

About the signs in Ottawa i think the capital city of an officially bilingual country should have bilingual signs, though i wouldn't have any problems with smaller french lettering,modifying what's already there, there's no need to replace the whole city's signposts... I agree that some Quebecers are very over-the-top about nationalism/language/acting-like a spoiled brat but hey, they're the vocal minority now, the separatist movement haven't had any notable steam for 15years+ and at that time they had something to say, right now there's no reason to go.
You're also right about some people wanting Canadian unity benefits with a completely separate nation, this is a ridiculous notion.Quebec would be pretty self-sufficient but there would be some hard time ahead for multiple years anyways, and for what ? being a french nation instead of a bilingual one ? Getting away from big bag Canada who mistreated us ? well ok there was a few raw deals... most of them a few centuries ago, can we let go already ? we have it good right now, and the country respects us enough to keep it bilingual.Truth be told it's probably not for the few franco-manitobans or the few in Ontario or the maritimes.
So yeah, sorry for the rant... long story short, we have it good in the long run being an integral part of Canada (we were one of the first provinces after all) and in my opinion Canada has it good having us there, i'm sure they wish some "damn frogs" would shut up once in a while but hey, we still have some french ancestry...