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Originally posted by JewelFlip
I really hope that this is complete bull.
"They want as much as we can give them, and we're not going to give them as much as they want," Colin Robertson, the former Canadian diplomat who has been consulting with the Harper government on the issue, told The Canadian Press. "Homeland Security wanted access to all migration records and a whole bunch of other stuff. We said no," Robertson said.
Originally posted by Fox Molder
Nope, has nothing to do with language, I'm French Canadian and I will tell you that the day Canada recognizes Quebec as a founding nation if Canada in it's Constitution will be the day you will never hear about Quebec referendums ever again. Of course the French language is to be preserved and emphasized upon as a primary tongue but let's face it the politics that surround that whole issue goes against that theory.
Originally posted by Fox Molder
Where do you live MordernAcademia ? Origins in Acadia ?
Originally posted by Aeons
I am unconcerned about the concept of the NAU. Sorry. It fails to make my blood boil.
Trade and such will happen. Having a say in it, that I find preferable to the alternatives. And having my elected representatives doing so is one way I can do that.
Originally posted by exile1981
reply to post by ModernAcademia
Your both right, quebec wants to be recognized as a "nation" inside a "nation" so they can get federal hand outs use our currency, be dfended by the rest of us but would not have to follow the rest of the canadian laws. It's about language and discrimination by the french and needing the laws to overrule the constitution.
Of course there is the little issue of how the Quebec schools like to fake statistics in the text books to make it seem like Quebec supports the rest of Canada. Maclains magazine sued them a few years back for butting a chart from the magazine in a text book but swapping the alberta and Quebec lables on which province contributed what and which got the most hand outs.
Originally posted by lonegurkha
Come on guys this is old news.What do you think the free trade stuff was all about.So when you canadian guys come over here are you gonna shoot me......I've got beer.
Sorry dude, but the Irish and the Germans both make better beer.
Originally posted by lonegurkha
reply to post by Akragon
Naaaaa man I got canadian beer ....best beer in the world I don't drink our crap either what would be the point water comes out of the tap.
Originally posted by VI0811
reply to post by eArth33lr
OK, I read the story. The only problem is, the writer (from the link) gives no sources or basis for his information. Canada is just fine as is America, and their is no need for either side to conform to the other. For the writer to solely blame all behind the scenes activities on America, is a red flag itself. It shows me that people are just looking for someone to blame. We have all hard or this NAU. But, this is such a bad idea in all respects, it gains absolutely nothing in being implemented. Business or other. I have to say that this thing is not what it seems and grants further investigation. From my sources, they want to build ONE major freeway that will allow faster free trade and not affect the borders or the lives and differences of countries. This was the first PUBLIC story I read many many years ago on this NAU.
I will remain open though, and think this grants further investigation.