From: garpal@shaw.ca   
      
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   Hello Mark,   
       I was astonished to hear about this! And I disagree with the decision!   
       But I disagree with it not because it is Quebec but because it is a   
   Canadian province ­ just another Canadian province.   
       Let me explain:   
       My Dad was in the RCAF and we traveled to many different bases across   
   Canada. As a young person I found that there were terms that were different   
   in each base that we were sent to. All the time I had to learn different   
   colloquialisms. I had to learn to play different games. I had to learn how   
   to make fun of certain things that were always different from the last base   
   that I stayed at. But I did it ­ I had no choice.   
       In the process of my traveling with my Dad, I learned many things. For   
   instance I learned the new terms, the colloquialisms. I learned to play new   
   games and I learned how to make fun of things that I did not in the previous   
   base. I found out that all across Canada there are differences!   
       My point being: All single parts of Canada are nations...towns here and   
   there are nations because of their differences from the rest of Canada. But   
   they are strong in their own way. That is our strength! Diversification   
   makes Canada strong.   
       To single out any province as a separate Nation, to me, is disrespectful   
   to all Canadians.   
       Je parle le Francais. Oui!   I learned French (really learned it) in   
   France when my Dad was sent there. They too have their colloquialisms,   
   jokes, games etc. just like in Canada. They are different just like it is   
   different in every town across Canada.   
       Tell me, Mark, how this came about, and just what is the long term focus   
   of this decision to make Quebec a nation within a Nation?   
   Gary Davis   
   Fort Langley, BC   
   604-888-1929   
      
      
   >There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little   
   worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is   
   this man¹s lawful prey² -John Ruskin 1819 ­ 1900<   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   Hello Mark,
   
       I was astonished to hear about this! And I disagree   
   with the decision! 
   
       But I disagree with it not because it is Quebec but   
   because it is a Canadian province – just another Canadian   
   province.
   
       Let me explain:
   
       My Dad was in the RCAF and we traveled to many   
   different bases across Canada. As a young person I found that there were terms   
   that were different in each base that we were sent to. All the time I had to   
   learn different    
   colloquialisms. I had to learn to play different games. I had to learn how to   
   make fun of certain things that were always different from the last base that   
   I stayed at. But I did it – I had no choice.
   
       In the process of my traveling with my Dad, I learned   
   many things. For instance I learned the new terms, the colloquialisms. I   
   learned to play new games and I learned how to make fun of things that I did   
   not in the previous base.    
   I found out that all across Canada there are differences!
   
       My point being: All single parts of Canada are   
   nations...towns here and there are nations because of their differences from   
   the rest of Canada. But they are strong in their own way. That is our   
   strength! Diversification makes    
   Canada strong.
   
       To single out any province as a separate Nation, to   
   me, is disrespectful to all Canadians. 
   
       Je parle le Francais. Oui!   I learned   
   French (really learned it) in France when my Dad was sent there. They too have   
   their colloquialisms, jokes, games etc. just like in Canada. They are   
   different just like it is    
   different in every town across Canada. 
   
       Tell me, Mark, how this came about, and just what is   
   the long term focus of this decision to make Quebec a nation within a   
   Nation?
   
   Gary Davis
   
   Fort Langley, BC
   
   604-888-1929
   
      
   
       
   
   >There is scarcely anything in the world that some   
   man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who   
   buys on price alone is this man’s lawful prey” -John Ruskin 1819   
   – 1900<
   
   
   
      
      
      
      
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