"L’expérience acquise pour le maintien de la langue française en milieu minoritaire doit maintenant servir pour la survie des nombreuses langues autochtones qui sont présentement en péril. Les francophones et francophiles hors Québec se doivent de soutenir les autochtones dans leur démarche. C’est un lien naturel"As far as I know, the First Nations are the ones gaining increased sovereignties, gaining confidence, becoming a majority group in Saskatchewan while FHQs are now at "minuit moins cinq" in that province and FHQs are disappearing from the map in Western Canada under assimilation pressure. FHQs should really be the ones following their path and asking for their guidance. Perhaps Saul would much rather have the First Nations fully assimilated???
A letter of apology has been requested.
Note: told a bunch of francos
Stumble It!
In fact, he has been a tireless supporter of First Nations. If you read any of his books, but especially Reflections on a Siamese Twin or On Equilibrium you can see he continually makes the point that First Nation culture is fundamental to Canada.
Saul sees FHQ as flourishing. You see FHQ under seige. You may disagree on this point, but it is jump to say therefore Saul advocates assimilation of natives, when he clearly does not.
If you believe Saul has made a mistake, I suggest you engage him about what the true situtation of FHQ may be. I'm sure he would welcome the opportunity to learn.
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If you don't like these ideas, I've got others. --Marshall McLuhan
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"We are all in this together somehow, some more than others somehow"
As for natives and their problems, I have no opinion except to underline the fact that one of the most problematic "native" groups in Canada is a fraud. That is the Mohawk community, which entered Canada as immigrants with the British after 1759. They're less "native" to Canada than the Quebecois are, and ought to be shipped back to New York state where they belong.
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"We are all in this together somehow, some more than others somehow"