Yes, yes (some corporate headquarters threatened to leave Quebec. It didn't happen) and no, because at the time the hard liners thought a referendum wouldn't be necessary to separate from Canada, that the election of a PQ government would be enough. So the hard liners from today are the moderates from yesterday. - _nay_
Yeah, I pointed Harper, but it's the whole parliamentary system that is (frank)ed. Was alright in 1876, is obsolete now. - _nay_
I don't entirely disagree but there at least the system does allow for things to progress and not get stuck in a swamp of political disagreement when a majority is in place.
Location: Not to point any fingers but Tyson Barrie has looked awful in the blue and white for the Leafs., QC Joined: 07.28.2006
Aug 30 @ 3:30 PM ET
Yes, yes (some corporate headquarters threatened to leave Quebec. It didn't happen) and no, because at the time the hard liners thought a referendum wouldn't be necessary to separate from Canada, that the election of a PQ government would be enough. So the hard liners from today are the moderates from yesterday. - _nay_
good call...
At the end of the 1960s, the independence movement in Quebec was in full swing due to a constitutional debate between the Ottawa and Quebec governments. Bill 101 was passed in 1977 and gave primacy to French as Quebec's (and Montreal's) only official language for government, the main language of business and culture, and enforced the exclusive use of French for public signage and business communication. Sovereignty was then addressed through the ballot box, with the Parti Québécois holding a referendum on the question in 1980. About 300,000 English-speaking Quebecers left Quebec in those decades. The extent of the transition was greater than the norm for major urban centres, with social and economic impacts, as a significant number of (mostly Anglophone) Montrealers, as well as businesses, migrated to other provinces (mostly Ontario, in the Toronto area), away from an uncertain political climate. The loss of many headquarters and the departure of a large anglophone business community is nevertheless believed to have lessened Montreal's economic and social importance.[7]
Location: "aaaargh my leg!!!" -Max Pacioretty Joined: 04.06.2011
Aug 30 @ 3:38 PM ET
good call...
At the end of the 1960s, the independence movement in Quebec was in full swing due to a constitutional debate between the Ottawa and Quebec governments. Bill 101 was passed in 1977 and gave primacy to French as Quebec's (and Montreal's) only official language for government, the main language of business and culture, and enforced the exclusive use of French for public signage and business communication. Sovereignty was then addressed through the ballot box, with the Parti Québécois holding a referendum on the question in 1980. About 300,000 English-speaking Quebecers left Quebec in those decades. The extent of the transition was greater than the norm for major urban centres, with social and economic impacts, as a significant number of (mostly Anglophone) Montrealers, as well as businesses, migrated to other provinces (mostly Ontario, in the Toronto area), away from an uncertain political climate. The loss of many headquarters and the departure of a large anglophone business community is nevertheless believed to have lessened Montreal's economic and social importance. - DoubleDown[7]
I blame the referendum for the traffic in and around Montreal as well as the terrible state our infrastructures are in. - Pecafan Fan
just a theory but Montreal may not have the resources to maintain infrastructure it built at a time when it was the Canadian Business Metropolis and economic center of the country at a time when it's struggling to remain relevant.
Location: Pacioretty, c'est mou comme d'la marde - Gilbert Delorme Joined: 01.20.2009
Aug 30 @ 3:43 PM ET
just a theory but Montreal may not have the resources to maintain infrastructure it built at a time when it was the Canadian Business Metropolis and economic center of the country at a time when it's struggling to remain relevant. - dt99999
Isn't, for example, the Champlain bridge of federal jurisdiction?
