From: grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray)
Newsgroups: can.politics,soc.culture.canada
Subject: Re: Has Your Busy Schedule Kept You From This - Denis? was Re: How about this - Denis!?
Date: 21 Aug 92 14:55:03 GMT
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.


One of the frequent posters to this place has made repeated assertions
that Canada was founded on the domination of the French Canadian.
Why he has even made some comments on lazy immigrants coming to Quebec
living on welfare and not accepting French.

Well Denis, will you please respond as to the effect of the historical
events described below have on your myth of French Canadian oppression.
We have seen literally dozens of your posts claiming anglo-inotlerance
Perhaps if you could delete one of your forthcoing fantasies, you could
replace it with comments on the described demonstration of mutual tolerance
and respect between the two cultural groups in Canada.

Any comments Denis? Are we to assume that like Paul on the road to
Damascus, these words have struck you mute and dropped the scales
from your eyes?

                                    Tom Gray

In article <12627@grayt> grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray) writes:
|One frequent poster to this net seems to have a great deal of time in which
|to make posts proclaiming that Canada was based on the racist domination
|of the French Canadian. In one post he even stated that the anglo's in
|Canada regard themselves as a Master Race like the NAZI's and
|so of course could not accept French or Aboriginal cultures.
|
|However his busy schedule seems to have kept him from responding to
|the claims below. The actions of Canadians of both cultures in forcing
|the British to accept the Frecnh culture in the government seems to
|falsify your claims of a socoety based on domination, doesn't it Denis?
|
|Please take time from your busy schedule to reply. One less post documenting
|anglo-racism would be all that it would take.
|
|
|In article <12609@grayt> grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray) writes:
||I would like to see the reaction of one of the frequent posters to this
||board to this. You keep saying that the French culture within Canada
||was persecuted by Anglo dominators. These historical incidents are
||evidence that this was not so.
||
||So how about it - Denis - amy comments or do you agree that the
||French Canadian politicians of the XIXth century were influenential
||in shaping the government of Canada as a protector for the Frecnh
||culure?
||
||In article <12604@grayt> grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray) writes:
||}
||}This was the point of the rebellions of 1837-38. It was the desire of the
||}residents of Canada to be reflected within their local government.
||}To discount this in favour of some idea of British manipulation is
||}to discount the direction of Canadian history.
||}
||}The British ministries did wish to govern Canada according to British interests.
||}However the ministries which followed Durham's report would not have it.
||}The British wished to appoint councils to further their own interests.
||}The Canadian politicians insisted that these ministries have the
||}confidence of the legislature.
||}
||}As a particular example, the British govenor Sydenham attempted to
||}exclude French Canadians from the legisaltive council (cabinet).
||}This was unacceptable to Canadians and Frech reformeers entered the
||}council. Durham (and the British) attempted to exclude the French
||}Canadian people from their government. Canadians as a whole would not
||}accept this and forced the British to concede on this and to concede on
|responsible government.
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