“One Journal columnist scoffed, mentioning there are more than 50 bilingual health institutions in Quebec, a majority of doctors speak English, and noting English-language schools, CEGEPs, universities and so on. He then of course juxtaposed that against services available for francophones outside Quebec, implying they would give anything to have the privileges of this province’s anglos.”
I love how he points that out, but fails to address it further.
“To pit anglos against francophone minorities outside Quebec is also duplicitous and ironic. In court cases such as the landmark 1990 Mahé vs. Alberta case — which established school-board rights for official-language minorities — Quebec’s anglophone community has intervened, defending the rights of francophones in the rest of Canada to services in their language, while Quebec governments turned their backs.”
People don’t intervene in courts for solidarity, they intervene because the outcome of a decision will affect their legal rights. Alberta has intervened in Quebec cases and vice-versa, and not because those two provinces love each other, but because they want to advocate for their fields of jurisdiction.
“Quebec anglophones live here and should be entitled to institutions and services proportional to their demographic importance. Those who suggest they should be grateful for what they have, and just shut up, clearly do not see “les autres” as full-fledged Quebecers.”
Cool so when can we have the same numbers of universities and hospitals in Ontario?
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“One Journal columnist scoffed, mentioning there are more than 50 bilingual health institutions in Quebec, a majority of doctors speak English, and noting English-language schools, CEGEPs, universities and so on. He then of course juxtaposed that against services available for francophones outside Quebec, implying they would give anything to have the privileges of this province’s anglos.”
I love how he points that out, but fails to address it further.
“To pit anglos against francophone minorities outside Quebec is also duplicitous and ironic. In court cases such as the landmark 1990 Mahé vs. Alberta case — which established school-board rights for official-language minorities — Quebec’s anglophone community has intervened, defending the rights of francophones in the rest of Canada to services in their language, while Quebec governments turned their backs.”
People don’t intervene in courts for solidarity, they intervene because the outcome of a decision will affect their legal rights. Alberta has intervened in Quebec cases and vice-versa, and not because those two provinces love each other, but because they want to advocate for their fields of jurisdiction.
“Quebec anglophones live here and should be entitled to institutions and services proportional to their demographic importance. Those who suggest they should be grateful for what they have, and just shut up, clearly do not see “les autres” as full-fledged Quebecers.”
Cool so when can we have the same numbers of universities and hospitals in Ontario?
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