| So, it's taken almost 2 years to become vindicated! We scooped Enroute!
See the attached notes...
Pat
<<< KAOSWS::$1$DUA3:[NOTES$LIBRARY]CANADA.NOTE;1 >>>
-< True North Strong & Free >-
================================================================================
Note 206.1 Immigration from Quebec? 1 of 24
KAOM25::RUSHTON "Render the day oblivious." 15 lines 18-JUL-1989 09:38
-< Immigration or emigration?? >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: .0 -< Immigration from Quebec? >-
It's relatively easy to emigrate from Qu�bec but NOT immigrate from
it. Of course, one could just as easily immigrate TO Qu�bec but
NOT emigrate to it. So whaddaya mean, eh? Emigration from Qu�bec
or immigration to Qu�bec?
The significance of 1990 is not with Free Trade with the US, but
the start of construction in that year of the Grand Canal between
Qu�bec and Ontario, and the repatriation of Labrador to Qu�bec and
that portion of Qu�bec that borders Eastern Ontario south of the
Ottawa River to Ontario. It is only with the completion of the
Grand Canal that the significance of 1990 will be apparent!
Pat
<<< KAOSWS::$1$DUA3:[NOTES$LIBRARY]CANADA.NOTE;1 >>>
-< True North Strong & Free >-
================================================================================
Note 206.4 Immigration from Quebec? 4 of 24
KAOM25::RUSHTON "Render the day oblivious." 32 lines 18-JUL-1989 12:03
-< Ste. Bobbi d'Ottawa?? >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A relatively unknown and recent proposal from the National Assembly in
Qu�bec has some rather sinister connotations, particularly for Albertans
and residents of certain towns in Qu�bec.
During the Duplessis era, the Qu�bec government began a program of
'francifying' English names for towns and villages, such as:
Masham became Ste. Cecile de Masham
Prescott " St. Isidore de Prescott
Kostka " St. Stanislas de Kostka
Ormstown " St. Malachie d'Ormstown
Toronto " St. Hercumere de Toronto
As you can see, at that time there was a profound religious influence
in the province; however, that has changed drastically in modern
times to the extent that the present Qu�bec government wishes to
secularize the religious prefixes to the English place names. All
saints' names will be replaced with the word 'Maudit' or the phrase
'Merde de', such as:
Ste. Cecile de Masham becomes Maudit Masham
St. Isidore de Prescott " Merde de Prescott
St. Stanislas de Kostka " Maudit Kostka
St. Malachie d'Ormstown " Merde d'Ormstown
St. Hercumere de Toronto " Maudit Toronto
All of these changes are to coincide with the construction of the
Grand Canal, the James Bay Watershed Diversion Project and the
repatriation of Lac Memphamegog to Ireland.
Pat
<<< KAOSWS::$1$DUA3:[NOTES$LIBRARY]CANADA.NOTE;1 >>>
-< True North Strong & Free >-
================================================================================
Note 206.9 Immigration from Quebec? 9 of 24
KAOM25::RUSHTON "Render the day oblivious." 21 lines 19-JUL-1989 09:16
-< Not a stupid question >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
< Note 206.8 by DSTEG::LAWLER "Kaixo!" >
<<What's this I saw about the re-patriation of Labrador to Quebec?
al:
Not so stupid a question. The re-patriation of lands that
were formally part of 'Nouvelle France' is part of the 1987
agreement of First Ministers to circumvent the obstacles in
the Meech Lake Accord. Certain tracts of land now in the
possession of bordering provinces will be relinquished to
Qu�bec, starting in 1990. Lands that are bordered by natural
water courses will remain in Qu�bec while others, such as that
portion of West Qu�bec that extends beyond the St. Lawrence
and Ottawa Rivers into Eastern Ontario, will be re-patriated to
Ontario.
This is all part of a larger scheme encompassing the construction
of the Grand Canal, the James Bay Watershed Diversion Project and
the designation of Alberta as a bilingual province.
Pat
|