Does Quebec need a new political movement that does not attack minority language rights? Are they playing the survival of language and cultural card again? It is something to behold how the French Government in France has rounded up and deported Gypsies back to Romania. Do the political elites in the Bloc and Parti Quebecois share a blanket desire to remove non-French speaking players from Quebec?
Do the Separatists prefer we restrict or eliminate European hockey players from the only Quebec team because they don't speak French? A past Toronto Leafs Harold E. Ballard owner was also hostile in regards to Europeans players. Our PM is an avid Hockey fan. In Barrie he participated with Don Cherry to help raise two hundred thousand for charity.
Quebec's official Opposition leader, Pauline Marois, said this week that the Habs have become a promotional tool for Canadian federalism.
She said she wished the team had more francophone stars she could cheer for. One of her P.Q. caucus members went even farther: Pierre Curzi said recently that the Habs are actively plotting against Quebec separatism — and that the exclusion of French-speaking players was part of that plot.
In making that argument, the PQ was picking up on a common complaint in recent years that the legendary team once dubbed the Flying Frenchmen — has almost no French-speaking players anymore.
So what, the NHL has changed for the better. The addition of more people from different cultures speaking different languages is not a federal plot: it is good business. The owners have a larger pool of talent to select players and that will help keep costs down and profits up. Professional hockey should not become a taxpayer charity.
So what, the NHL has changed for the better. The addition of more people from different cultures speaking different languages is not a federal plot: it is good business. The owners have a larger pool of talent to select players and that will help keep costs down and profits up. Professional hockey should not become a taxpayer charity.
It is of NO surprise Separatists do not want a strong united country that includes Quebec. In good economic times opposition movements, political parties are unable to exploit the fear and prejudices of wedge politics easily.
Canada has done very well in comparison to other advanced economies. during this Global Recession. We are not out of it as job losses and protectionism is growing in the United States and many European countries. Separatists would argue for language and cultural purity. History has many examples of those kinds of visions. Let's hope voters become informed and dismiss these failed politicians that regularly resort to culture or language as a tool.
 |
| Jesse Owens 1936 Olympics |
...multiculturalism has been perceived in Quebec as a policy whose effect is to trivialize Quebec’s assertion of its own identity by treating the Québécois as one among many ethnic groups, it is also a policy suited to Canada’s new face.
This is a glimpse into the ideology of Quebec separatists, they prioritize their own sovereignty interests before the well-being of the united country.
Do you think our media does enough to highlight the bigotry and push back the assertion of Xenophobic elites based in Quebec? Where is the condemnation from any of the coalition?
I can't see Russia from my porch but I can certainly hear those crickets in Liberal ville.
This is a glimpse into the ideology of Quebec separatists, they prioritize their own sovereignty interests before the well-being of the united country.
Do you think our media does enough to highlight the bigotry and push back the assertion of Xenophobic elites based in Quebec? Where is the condemnation from any of the coalition?
I can't see Russia from my porch but I can certainly hear those crickets in Liberal ville.
