Do you believe that Quebec should succede?

[Resurrexi]

Everyone calls them Amerindians in Quebec

Edited June 5, 2006 by StThomasMore

[Crusader_4]

Okay lets talk quebec.

Les Quebecos ne sont pas Canadiens. Ils sont Quebecois. They are distinct and have NEVER considered themselves turly the same as the rest of CAnada. Qubec is the most liberal area in all of North America even i would say more liberal then San Fransico and in some ways more liebral then the liberal havens of Holland and Europe.
This is because of the Quiet Revlotuion and in many ways of the Catholic churches political mistakes in Quebec. Quebec used to breed saints now it is lucky if it breeds enough children to replace its population. Ironically the areas that Catholicism is doing the best in the country are areas that are traditionally WASP such as Calgary (whose bishop questioned the salvation of the Prime Minister after endorsing Same Sex Marriage and stood firmly and vocally opposed to him while qubec remained silent ) and the rest of Alberta which has become a centre of Orthodoxy and in many ways the real Catholic centre of Canada. Quebec is a dead country it relys on Canada to survive without Canada it would implode...lets wake up here.

Edited June 5, 2006 by Crusader_4

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Crusader_4' post='996684' date='Jun 4 2006, 07:19 PM']
Okay lets talk quebec.

Les Quebecos ne sont pas Canadiens. Ils sont Quebecois. They are distinct and have NEVER considered themselves turly the same as the rest of CAnada. Qubec is the most liberal area in all of North America even i would say more liberal then San Fransico and in some ways more liebral then the liberal havens of Holland and Europe.
This is because of the Quiet Revlotuion and in many ways of the Catholic churches political mistakes in Quebec. Quebec used to breed saints now it is lucky if it breeds enough children to replace its population. Ironically the areas that Catholicism is doing the best in the country are areas that are traditionally WASP such as Calgary (whose bishop questioned the salvation of the Prime Minister after endorsing Same Sex Marriage and stood firmly and vocally opposed to him while qubec remained silent ) and the rest of Alberta which has become a centre of Orthodoxy and in many ways the real Catholic centre of Canada. Quebec is a dead country it relys on Canada to survive without Canada it would implode...lets wake up here.
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Sooooo... you have an opinion, then?

[Tata126]

When I went to Quebec, I noticed that most of the people I talked to said they were Catholic, but never went to Mass and didn't really know what the Church teaches, and sort of thought that all religions were equal, but still identified themselves as Catholic just because they were raised that way. That doesn't seem like very strong Catholicism. But, you know, that has nothing to do with whether Quebec should secede. Canadians are sort of an odd breed anyway. If Hillary becomes president, I might move to Canada just to be somewhere where if the government's run by liberals, at least it won't be powerful enough to affect me.

[jezic]

Thomas, i don't think that quebec deserves quite as much credit as you give if. If things were really that great with the people there, canada would not have many of the problems that it does. If they were all very conservative they would vote that way and their legal system would reflect that. If i recall correctly canada's laws are not that great. Quebec isn't the most populous of the territories, however it is probably 2nd.

[cappie]

The're still part of Canada ....there's still a country called Canada I thought it had become part of the US

Edited June 5, 2006 by cappie

[Mercy me]

I say let Quebec secede. That will cut the Maritimes off from the rest of the country which they are already. Then they can join the US as states. It works. Half of the US population thinks that Canada is a state anyway. :

[homeschoolmom]

Why in the world would we want the Maritime provinces?

[Sojourner]

My favorite province is Saskatchewan. My goal is to live there for 6 months (summer, or as close to summer as it gets in Canada) just so I can have a Saskatchewan mailing address.

[homeschoolmom]

Moose Jaw?

[Sojourner]

That would be perfect.

[dspen2005]

the province isn't solvent enough to be able to do this...

[jezic]

Wouldn't it also cut Canada into two quite large pieces with a big chunk missing in the middle? That would look funny on a map.

[Guest T-Bone]

[quote name='jezic' post='997272' date='Jun 5 2006, 07:28 AM']
Wouldn't it also cut Canada into two quite large pieces with a big chunk missing in the middle? That would look funny on a map.
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I agree. Aesthetics should play a major role in what areas belong to which countries.

[Maria]

[quote name='RandomProddy' post='996277' date='Jun 3 2006, 08:28 PM']
Hah, like they care. The only canadians in Europe during WWII were the english-speaking ones....
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I object!
What about the Royal 22nd (the 'Van Doos')? Georges Vanier, future govenor general of Canada, and father of Jean Vanier, fought in that regiment.

In other news, the french were the first to call themselves Canadian, not all quebecois want to separate, Quebec is one of the provinces that receives the most federal funding (so I can't really see it going alone), and it's more liberal than the rest of the country. As well, it would be mistaken to say that the rest of the country is WASP. As it is, the french Canadians in other provinces are feeling kind of left out. And that's not mentioning the other immigrant groups.

Besides, I'm Canadian as well as Québécoise. And I don't want anyone to have to make me choose between the two.

[Robbi]

[quote name='cappie' post='996843' date='Jun 4 2006, 09:17 PM']
The're still part of Canada ....there's still a country called Canada I thought it had become part of the US
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....I got that one Fr.Cappie :

Ive heard from some Americans thought Australia was part of Antarctica, and we got only a few hours of light some months of the year! ......

But then again I thought Quebec was only a city and not a State..... we live to far away from the rest of the world.....

[cappie]

[quote name='Robbi' post='997958' date='Jun 6 2006, 01:30 PM']
....I got that one Fr.Cappie :

Ive heard from some Americans thought Australia was part of Antarctica, and we got only a few hours of light some months of the year! ......

But then again I thought Quebec was only a city and not a State..... we live to far away from the rest of the world.....
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The biggest insult for an Aussie is to say Australia is part of New Zealand when we all know it's the other way around

[Robbi]

[quote name='cappie' post='998004' date='Jun 5 2006, 08:57 PM']
The biggest insult for an Aussie is to say Australia is part of New Zealand when we all know it's the other way around
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That reminds me of a joke I know....i wont repeat that here though

[ruso]

The supporters of independence of Quebec have lost up to now two consultations on the independence, the heart in Montreal but the money in Toronto, i suppose.

[Maria]

Robbi, Québec is a city (where the Eucharistic Congress will be held in 2008, the 400th anniversary of its founding), but the province that it is in is also called Québec. In French you'd say that you go "à Québec" when going to the city, and "en Québec" referring to the province.