Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:49 pm
The problem being that WE (as in the rest of Canada) are not part of Quebec. It is not that Quebec is not a part of Canada. Quebec is a nation. With a sense of unity and purpose. And an identity. Canada is not. Canada is still struggling to become a nation, and to "find itself". Canada has fought to include Quebec, but Quebec does not want to be IN Canada, Quebec just wants it's natural resources. It's like is the glass half empty or half full? Unity to the rest of Canada means Quebec WITHIN Canada under the "umbrella" of a "national" government of some form. To Quebec, it is a matter of Canada becoming part of Quebec, and submitting to it's will. If it can not achieve that end, them it wants to be separate. Quebec is fully aware it already holds all of the cards in the "relationship" anyway, and has nothing to gain/lose other than the natural resources of a vast land mass. And the tax dollars of it's inhabitants. They already view themselves as a seperate entity/country. They send their own representatives to most all international forums. Go to one, and you will see Canada represented...and Quebec represented as well. Distinctly and separately. Quebec's ties to France and Europe are vastly superior to the rest of Canada. The have more money, power, and influence than the rest of Canada could possible even HOPE to aspire to short of a hundred years time. France is the tail that wags the E.U. dog, and French corporations own Quebec. Quebec is the tail that wags the dog in Canada and a good portion of America as well. It's people control Canada...it's government, it's corporations, and it's media. And in conjunction with their U.S. Democratic Party allies they own a majority of the American press/media/entertainment conglomerate as well. For example Al Gore, Joel Hyatt, Vivendi Universal, Power Corp. of Canada, but that's a different story so I'll not go down that road here. Quebec has it's own thing going in conjuntion with France and parts of Europe. We in the remainder of Canada are not necessary for their future development and progress, with the exception of our natural resources, and our human labor resource. So long as we continue to provide all they require to that end we have some sort of a "tenous" relationship at best. But they are looking to their own future, and their own prosperity. It's time we do the same. I think that if they want to separate that would not be a huge problem other than the inconvenience of their geopraphical location, they cut off access of a good third of Canada from the other two thirds physically. And what designs would they potentially have on that one-third of eastern Canada after it was isolated from the rest of Canada? Food for thought. Anyway, the god old days of the French Canadian "deep integration" into America are coming to a close as they have been getting wiser to those "creeping fingers"...things have been coming to the forefront lately that have been hidden for generations. Influential and powerful French people have had access and influence deep into America for over a hundred years throguh the open and untended back door of Quebec. Americans have been historically stupid, but it
s looking like those days are ending. As the "window of opportunity" seems to be closing, certain people will be getting a bit more desperate and a bit more intense in their activites here in Canada as they attempt to maintain their hold on power. Observe the La Francophonie activites, UNESCO, Martin's efforts to form new organizations as alternatives to old ones that are more favourable to francophonie interests. Especially around November of last year? The most power and influence on the entire North American Continent are French. France, or Quebec, or an alliance of the two. We are governed by it, and the Americans are heavily manipulated by it. We need to face facts here in Canada. We need to either give ourselves over to these French interests, and become Desmaraisland (like a Canadian Disneyland). Or begin generating some close alliances between the pieces of the future Canada that will be physically seperated from one another by Quebec. Either that, or there will emerge three distinct countries. Eastern Canada (which Quebec will eventually "absorb"), Quebec, and Western Canada (assuming Vancouver doesn't slit it's wrists at the thought of partnering with rural B.C. and Alberta). Or that Sask. and Manitoba could stomach Ontario. Or that Ontario could stomach Alberta. Christ a'mighty we have a problem don't we? SO instead of expending all of our time, effort, energy, and money on fighting a losing battle with Quebec who is going to go it's own way with as much of our "stuff' as it can take with it, maybe we need to get busy building unity and alliances amongst the groups/provinces/areas/cultures that are left. And maybe for once we could get the indigenous people in on the planning for OUR future. We can maybe then "find ourselves"...and a united Canada, something we can ALL participate in, and lay claim to...and take ownership of as ours...a free Canada undivided by hate. Quebec will be much happier as well, trust me. Lets finish fighting our own demons first, establish a strong base of unity before we start fighting imaginary demons outside our borders (like what the franco-media, franco-government, franco-corporatons want us to occupy ourselves with). Until we accomplish that we'll never be anything but sheeple waiting for our next fleecing...baaaa...baaaa...baa...
