RM> I did some work a while back for Statistics Canada and had to talk
RM> to a lot of people in Northern Ontario very close to the Quebec
RM> border. My french is 'marginal' (at best) and I expected problems
RM> but most people were friendly and went out of their way to converse
RM> in whatever language we were using - usually a combo of the two...

Hmmm.  Sounds like Timmins.

RM> I suspect, as you say, that most Quebecers are the same and don't
RM> Really care all that much. I also think that most of Quebecs language
RM> laws are probably unconstitutional.. Like the girl who was expelled
RM> from school for speaking English in the halls BETWEEN classes..
RM> Tends to make you want to do the same back to them if you don't
RM> realise that 95% of the problems come from 5% of the people..  Rob

Yes, and it appears that the wackos have lost their voice over the past 
few years.  Good.  Maybe we can become sane again.  (Whoever would have 
thought Her Royal Majesty's Loyal Opposition would be a separatist 
party?)

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