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| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
Irish, English and Scots were all part of great britain and her territories at the time. Hardly multicultural. And the US was founded by the same people except that a group of them decided they wanted independence. Quebec is french by virtue of the leniency given to them by the british after conquest. Quebeckers should never lose sight of that fact. |
My point is the 4 founding groups all hated each other and though it might not seem it to you, their cultures at the time were different from each other. Whether they were under the same monarchy (by force, nonetheless) is irrelevant. They put differences aside and bonded together in order to fight the States. This in essence protected their multiculturalism because they knew that if they lost they'd all be denied that and forced to be American as the situation was in Louisiana as you said.
Canada was founded on multiculturalism was my point and back then the other groups here had no issues letting the French do what they want as long as it was in Quebec. This is well after they lost to the British. I guarantee you they did not want British monarchy visiting their province then, and obviously there are still some groups that do not want them visiting their province now. I really, really and really can not understand how people say that's bad. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and these people are expressing theirs.
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
Progress = Understanding and building on the foundations of society for the betterment of all. NOT throwing away tradition and history because certain segments of society are ingrateful for what that history has given them. |
I totally agree with you on progress, but this group isn't saying don't visit Canada, they're just saying don't visit Quebec. Tradition for them has nothing to do with the British monarchy so they aren't throwing that away when they say this.
I'm not from Quebec, don't speak French, and as many others I would rather monarchy not visit here either. To me things like the governor general and ties still remaining to Britain are ridiculous. Trudeau did a huge piece by severing many of these ties but we need another one of him to finish the job 100%. If that was said and done and monarchy wanted to visit Canada (with their money, not our taxes) then I'd be all for it. But until those ties are completely cut in my opinion these visits are a step away from progress. I really don't see why on this day any other country outside of Canada should have a legitimate power in our political system and it's an embarrassment that it's the current case.
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Once again, Quebecers don't generally give a shit what you guys think of them, so you can feel justified....everyone wins.
