I was born in Plattsburgh, N.Y.. And then my folks moved further north to upstate N.Y. on the St. Lawrence river. I just wanted to say that in all my journeys into Canada the people were always the kindest most helpful people you can find on this earth. My home is America but I would gladly lay down my life for Canada to protect her from harm also. Amen
They're so nice I don't know if I fully trust them I flew into Plattsburgh a month ago, cute little airport
I have a lot of friends everywhere in the world, but I can't even imagine living anywhere else. Most of us try to see the good in others, but for sure we have our share of assholes and bastards,mostly politicians and capitalists.
I and my friends were truly welcomed when we crossed Canada in 1970. I felt right at home. Quebec was somewhat different, but when we told them we were from Hawaii--for some reason we were then OK. (Cross was killed right after we left)------Anyway, I would like to come back some day.
The seventies was a bad scene for the separatists in Quebec. Violence never makes any situation better. Time has shown that in spite of the language and historical issues the majority of Quebec residents prefer to be a part of Canada. As in any country it's just a few that make life miserable for everyone else.
People in Canada are nice eh. I'm not sure if they're the nicest in the world, but much nicer than you find in the USA. There's still dicks in Canada, just not as many.
Even their bullies are semi nice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrJMfF7kHJ8"]Family Guy - Canadian High Schools - YouTube
I and my friends stayed in the National Guard hostel in Longeil-(sp?). While there I made friends with a girl that was helping run the hostel and she asked me if I wanted to go with her to meet some interesting people. I did, so we went to some area in Montreal and entered an apartment where a few people were sitting around. When I spoke english, they became extremely up tight, which made me a little nervous because of the guns on the wall and stacked around. Again--when those guys found out I was from Hawaii and just traveling---they were then friendly. Has that militant thought died out now? Don't hear much about the separatist movement much any more.
It has far from died out. In 1995 there was a referendum to ask whether Quebec should leave Canada. 'No' won with 50.58% of the vote, very close. There is also a separatist premier in power in Quebec right now.
Thanks, Egg. So if the vote went --say--51-49 to secede--or even 60-40 --would it happen?? Could it happen legally?? I remember some of the complaints, one of which was english was/is required to get employment, if I'm remembering correctly.
There was a lot of debate at the time about whether or not it would be allowed by the federal government (from what I've read, at the time of the referendum I would have been 8 years old). Basically, french-speaking Quebeckers see themselves as a completely different society, and don't believe that Ottawa has their best interests at heart when making decisions (a claim that is not without merit, in my opinion). The Maritime provinces complain about the same thing, and now that Alberta is rolling in the tar-sand money they have similar opinions. I think that a big part of the reason that the NDP (New Democratic Party) beat out the Liberals to sit as the opposition in the last federal election was because the NDP said that they would recognize Quebec's right to secede based on a 50% + 1 outcome of a referendum. The NDP took a lot of seats away from the Bloc Quebecois, who used to be the big separatist party.
Well, it would be interesting to say the least if it got to the point of being realized. Northern California and Southern Oregon have been calling themselves 'The State of Jefferson' for years (signs say as much and radio stations identify themselves as coming from T S of J.)because of the same reason the Maritimes and Quebec feel they don't get proper recognition. And I believe it's true because the population centers are in LA, San Francisco, the central valley and San Diego and therefore get what they want legislatively,as opposed to the sparsely populated area I mentioned. So I can see the complaints have validity in Canada as well.
It even happened somewhat within Quebec, because the majority of Montreal (the largest city and the one with the most English speaking people) voted to stay in Canada, but the rest of Quebec wanted to separate.
I have a friend from Canada. We've worked at the same company for a couple years. No one has ever said anything bad about him. He's cool, and funny.
