August1991

And, Merry Christmas.

Agreed. We the people of Canada live in a federal State - with two official federal languages. But we have no official culture. We Canadians live in a bilingual, multi-cultural, federal State. ==== "Culture" is a personal affair. Agreed, we Canadians have created a wondrous, uh, culture.

Herbie, Disagree. ======= Robosmith, I also disagree with you. You are wrong. You asked above how the 1896 election changed Canada. In 1896, federal Canada changed: with Sifton, people could immigrate.

Dunno. CBC will never be the BBC. But Radio-Canada extends among French-speaking people in Canada - even among francophones around the world.

In your view, Trudeau Snr was correct. We are a federal state with two official languages. But we have no official cultural.

Many foreigners want to live in Ontario - even Quebec. And it's cold here! ==== I have met foreigners in Norway who asked me how to move to Canada. I have never, ever, met someone who wants to move to Argentina, Nigeria, Russia. ======= Many, many years ago, I lived in London, UK. I learned English- sortof. I remember meeting an American woman and in a pub, a discussion with a man from Greece: Her phrase: "But everyone wants to live in America." The Greek man and I looked at each other. Clueless.

In English-Canada, the CBC is clueless. 1. Some young urban Canadians need help. 2. Many rural Canadians need help. Radio-Canada: 3. In Quebec, sorta works. 4. Outside Quebec, Radio-Canada is a life-line

I prefer Gala.

Army Guy, Years ago, I was in Aleppo. I remember looking for a restaurant in a similar way.

Army Guy, I was recently in Toronto, Downtown, Cheap hotel on Queen Street West. Hungry, I stepped out around 10pm looking for food. For 16$, I bought a - dunno what. I'm no Trudeau Jnr supporter - but Canada is a good place.

Robosmith. Are you an AI poster? For example, what do you think of Mulroney and Free Trade?

WTF? Have you ever wondered why when foreigners come and live in Canada, they are "immigrants". But when Canadians go and live abroad: they are "expats".

robosmith, What do you think of Biden? I think he's a guy who likes blondes - and he'll get re-elected in 2024.

Agreed, robosmith. Smart post!

I reckon that JFK was worse. Kennedy abused his status more than Trump did. === Clinton? White trash. Gotta love the guy. Biden? A wannabe.

Rather than allowing people to move West, Sifton wanted new people. Laurier agreed. Many people moved south - in New England, many have a French family name. Without Sifton and Laurier, Western Canada could have been a different country

IMHO, Clifford Sifton changed Canada. robosmith, you are wrong about Canada

Uh, good questions, Robosmith. Clarify.

On the contrary, In the past, many institutions/people opposed immigration

Like Donald Trump, Mark Carney has a HUGE ego

WWII? World War 2? For foolish reasons, the "world war" started in Summer 1814 - and it lasted until 1945. === Americans ended this nonsense in 1989.

Americans don't know about this. In 1896, we had a federal election. The federal Liberals were elected. And then, around the federal cabinet table, there was only one single guy with a francophone name: Laurier. All the others were Protestant, Anglo. including a guy named Sifton. ==== This federal 1896 election changed Canada .

Canada is a large place. Huge Current immigrants - since the 1970s or so - mostly want to live where we live. ==== Previous immigrants - the 1890s or so - lived in our large country.

This period of 1989-1991 in world history is remarkable. And unlike 1789, it has been largely peaceful.

Dunno. People like Churchill, Kennan and Nixon negotiated with them. People like Thatcher and Reagan had nothing to do with them. Kissinger argued that the Soviets were different from Russians: the Communists wanted to change the world.