Globe and Mail : Chrétien considering gamble on referendum law
Let me tell you a story: During the last referendum campaign, I was studying in
Toronto. At the start of the debate, I had no questions about voting No. Because I was living out of province, I had to vote 2 weeks early and I wish that I hadn't because by the day of the vote I wasn't so sure of my decision. Okay, it's unlikely that I would ever vote for a pig as insolent and arrogant as Jacques Parizeau, but after two months of listening the The Rest of Canada's take on the sovereignty debate I had real questions about who I wanted to live with. Two months of moaning about "my" country being destroyed and, mean-spirited discussion of sticking it to Quebec and finally the brain-dead, self congratulatory
love-in without a word towards any of the legitimate greivances led to the sovereignty movement. It was like trying to talk to a child in the middle of a temper tantrum. I would still have voted no --I like to think Canada mostly works, most of the time, for most of the people-- but I went home on the night of the vote and, like many others, I will stay in Montreal if Quebec chooses to secede.
Le Devoir : La loi 101 est nécessaire, selon Alexa McDonough
"Mme McDonough estime qu'avec la prédominance de l'anglais en Amérique du Nord, «c'est évident qu'il faut avoir des lois pour protéger le français». Elle ajoute que la protection de la langue française est quelque chose de «très important, même pour le Canada». Elle dit être en accord avec les principes de la loi 101 et n'avoir aucune réserve sur son contenu actuel."
Has Ron Harris got a deal for you
"This is Darwin's natural selection at its very best. The highest bidder gets youth and beauty. ... It is not my intention to suggest we make a super society of only beautiful people. This site simply mirrors our current society, in that beauty always goes to the highest bidder."