Posted by JPR on August 12, 2008, 10:55:48, in reply to "Re: La Belle Province"
Jean-Pierre Rheaume Montreal

Zeljko (the emphasis is mine, JPR) : Did the Anglophones (the Family Compact) not dominate Quebec for many decades? Or have I read the history of Quebec all wrong. For example, was Pierre Trudeau's father not a gas station owner because non-consumer business was effectively bared to Francophones? Areas such as banking & high finance. Was the battle over French language rights not a result of the dominance of English in Quebec, before the PQ passed their bills re French language rights, which also lead to official bilingualism act? JPR (from my previous post, putting now emphasis on "still") : "I don't know if the majority here still feels repressed. I think the "séparatistes" or "indépendantistes" (or whatever) want Québec to become a country because it's a normal thing for a nation. (Even Harper recognized we are a nation.)" So yes, you're right : we felt repressed (past tense). The cases you bring are things of the past... as the emphasised words show (all in past tense). I don't know if the majority here still feels repressed. That means I'm not so sure this is actual anymore. Maybe it is, but maybe not. True, we must take lessons from the past but also, we must turn our mind to the present and the futur. To say it still another way : It is my belief that more than 50 % of French speaking Québécois ("pure laine", or "de souche") would like Québec to be a country, not a province. But, as I see or feel it, they DO NOT want to retaliate for the bad things done to Québécois in the past ; rather, they think it would be the best thing to do now, and for many reasons (economy & culture, for example). But not beeing a specialist on this subject, I could not elaborate cleverly. As for me, all this is a matter of feeling, not knowledge. Besides, this is CHESStalk Speaking of feelings, some are shown below Jean-Pierre Rhéaume

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