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  9. Quebec doctors urge euthanasia debate

    in Provincial Politics in Canada

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    Not only is it time to discuss it seriously, but it is also time to legalize at least euthanesia and assisted suicide in certain, very clearly defined situations. And, of course, it must always be with the express desire and consent of the "victim". It is more dignified than seeing terminally ill people dying with a plastic bag over their head.

    When the time comes, I definitely want to have a choice.

  11. Le 13 septembre 1759, la Conquête and so on

    in Federal Politics in Canada

    Posted · Edited by seabee

    In 1759-60, the walls of Quebec City were earthen and didn't even follow the path now marked.

    The information I have is that the designs of the stone wals of the fortification were made by Gaspard Chaussegros de Léry around 1745 and completed around 1752-5.

    After 13 sept. 1759, the Brits under Townshend did not fire a single canon shot at it because a) he had too few large canons (the two brought by Wolfe were field canon, which could do, using grapeshot. do human damage, but even with full balls (6 pounders) would barely affect a fortification, and B) the batteries intended to receive the canons were not finished when on 17 sept. 1759, Québec"s governor De Ramezay, made a surprise offer of capitulation, which was accepted in spite that its main demands were barely acceptable by the Brits.

    After tje capitulation of 1759. then the one of 1760, and the Treaty of Paris of 1763, the Brits made a few improvements and changes to the fortification, but as far as I know nothing of major importance . It would not have been worth it, considering they had no serious reason to do so and spend a lot of money that was better spent on preventing a separatist revolution in their original 13 British colonies in America, which started brewing as early as 1763. in which England conceded that the colony of Canada, now renamed province of Québec, as a catholic "papist" colony. It was made worse by the royal proclamation which, among other things, gave, as promised, the Indians the control of the Ohio and the Mississipi valleys, which was what the colonials wanted in the first place and had fought for, now all for naught. English money was more needed to reinforce its army in the 13 colonies than to make improved fortifications for Québec, the city.

    As for Lord Dufferin's role, not only do I entirely agree, but just about everybody in Québec, the city and the province, is still grateful to him. He was a visionary man, who at a time when tourism was a new enterprise, a consequence of the growing train industry. he made excellent previsions of what would interest tourists at least a century later. He cannot, and is not portrayed in Québec as a "big bad english", quite the contrary.

    I would appreciate any information you could give me which could update this post.

  17. Is Canada heading into Civil War?

    in Federal Politics in Canada

    Posted · Edited by seabee

    Seabee, here's the Conservative MP's letter that your French article refers to.

    http://www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/2008/957.htm

    The letter asks gun owners to oppose the coalition. I fail to see what this has to do with civil war.

    How did you come to the conclusion that it is related to civil war?

    Thanks for giving an english text.

    I don't think this is an immediate appeal for civil war. But I'm a bit worried when "gun owners" are asked to gather for a cause, however inoffensive the cause be at first, because it could escalate in actually using guns. Or at least a few sympathisers might think so. And in a tense political climate, as what we are living now, one assassination attempt could be enough to trigger a civil war.

    I don't see a civil war on the horizon now. But seeing how tense it is, one better thread carefully.

    And I agree; it should be fought with pens.

  21. Learn French, Quebec orders immigrants

    in Provincial Politics in Canada

    Posted

    The law was ruled unconstitutional, and Quebec overrode the constitution.

    references, please.

    To be more precise:

    1. When did the SCC judge that the whole law was unconstitutional. (I know that there are many judgements that declared specific sections unconstitutional, and that the law was amended to comply. But they did not invallidate the whole law)

    2. When was the last time that the Québec government renew the use of the notwithstanding clause. This is important because, if I am not mistaken, when using this clause, it is valid only for five years, at which time it has to be renewed or the law abandonned and cancelled.

    Thanks in advance.

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