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Disaffected

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28. Sure they have better things to do.

Reply to OneBlueDotS-Carolina (Reply #27)

Sat Sep 16, 2023, 05:28 PM

Sep 2023

Like continuing to screw Newfoundland & Labrador on the Churchill Falls power agreement for instance.

https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/churchill-falls.php

Or pandering to the tribal Quebecois language & cultural insecurities.

Meanwhile, rumblings of separation continue like a dormant volcano.

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So I am in Ontario this week visiting friends. Over in Quebec, the Qubcois seem to have lost . . . [View all] Stinky The Clown Sep 2023 OP

;-( elleng Sep 2023 #1

Sacre bleu! Sneederbunk Sep 2023 #2

I know a company that is moving out of Montreal Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #3

There was an exodus in the late 1970s to Ontario. I lived in Montreal in applegrove Sep 2023 #4

Bill 22, Bill 101, then Bill 178...now this OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #7

Thanks for adding some nuance, Applegrove. What's happening Hortensis Sep 2023 #15

You will not see a cite because Disaffected Sep 2023 #5

This is not new... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #8

And nowhere does it state Disaffected Sep 2023 #10

Sure, OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #11

Uh-huh. Disaffected Sep 2023 #13

Je enfin Quebecois, n/t OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #14

Then you should perhaps realize that Disaffected Sep 2023 #17

If you have over 25 employees, you operate in French. OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #18

Maybe we are getting into minutia but Disaffected Sep 2023 #21

See: francization committee, & programs OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #22

IMO, if accurate, it is an absurdity and would turn Quebec into a business back-water.. Disaffected Sep 2023 #26

Let's take Bombardier... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #27

Sure they have better things to do. Disaffected Sep 2023 #28

It's all business OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #29

This warrants a "sez who?" DFW Sep 2023 #9

Worked backwards as well. OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2023 #12

the French were ousted in 1763 by the British edhopper Sep 2023 #16

Sort of like (not as much?) sentiment for Catalonia to separate from Spain? Am sure to be corrected. UTUSN Sep 2023 #19

I think the seperatist element in Quebec edhopper Sep 2023 #20

Spanish in Spain vs Latin America Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #23

Have you ever tried to talk to a Cuban in Spanish? edhopper Sep 2023 #24

Yes, I'm a Spanish language native. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #25