RCMP taking seriously letter threatening FLQ attacks on part of Montreal
Thu Jan 18, 4:59 PM
MONTREAL (CP) - The RCMP says it's taking very seriously a recent threatening letter signed by the FLQ, a Quebec terrorist group active in the 1960s and 1970s.
RCMP spokesman Luc Bessette says the letter threatens to attack public places and rail lines in the western, largely English-speaking part of Montreal between mid-February and mid-March. Bessette also says it threatens businesses that don't conform to Quebec's French-language sign law.
He says copies of the letter, dated Jan. 15, were sent to Quebec Premier Jean Charest and French President Jacques Chirac.
But the RCMP official stresses that so far there's no indication those responsible for the letter can carry out their threats.
This is the second letter of its kind which has been received since mid-November and signed: FLQ, Camille-Laurin Cell.
Oh for cryin out loud. Didn't we do this already? I know I didn't exactly as I was still in the womb, but still.
GET. THE. HELL. OVER. IT.
Quebec is a FRENCH Province. Quebec will always be a French Province. That can never, will never and (I'm saying this as an English person) it should never change.
It doesn't matter that there's a whole hell of a lot of English folk here. We adapt. We always have. Those of us that aren't uppity or lazy, at least. You know what? Most of us don't even mind. Speaking both languages assures us jobs, help and dates even... I'm sure there's more stuff, but you follow me so far... so we're all good.
If an anglophone born here, who speaks both languages moves elsewhere... say, Ontario for instance... they have a golden ticket, so to speak, with regards to employment. Spending half your life having to communicate in 2 languages... French more predominately, obviously... only helps... never hinders.
Those few English who complain about having to learn French can move for all I care... or perhaps... buy a clue and shut up already.
I feel the same way about separatists too though. I'd even sell them a clue 1/2 off.
Great rant, Newt! As a francophone, I don't think I would have dared say so myself -- although I did come close to it http://nonrighteousness.blogspot.com/2007/01/we-built-this-city-en.html. ;)
ReplyDeleteI think the debate here is often completely twisted. According to the statistics, much more English-speaking Quebeckers are bilingual than their French-speaking counterparts -- but somehow, a lot of people still think it's the opposite.
Right now I'm thinking that if “real people” were to speak up about the day-to-day language experience in Québec, it would be much less destructive than the big ideals carried around by political parties.
Thanks ;-)
ReplyDeleteThose real people don't get heard though. Just the nuts in power.
The news makes us all look like raving separatists or english dingbats incapable of realizing that we live in a French Province.
Definitely twisted.
:-(