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Celebrations (including those with a religious connotation) have their place in the public schools in a diverse society. I for one want Christmas pageants to be there, and be called Christmas pageants. And the Diwali festival (among others). Not to say that children be made to engage in religious rituals, of course, but they should be exposed to the rich diversity present in their school community.

Combined with the lament about the supposed loss of a Christian culture, the demand that newcomers "adapt" to prayer in school makes it clear that what is being talked about is not a generic "multi-faith prayer" (which has no place in a faith-neutral public school, anyway) but Christian prayer, at the exclusion of others. That's intolerence.

Canadian culture (of the English-speaking variety) is waning away... Must be all those Canadian-made TV programs full of white faces. Hockey Nights in Canada. Canadian beer. All those statutory holidays based on Christian traditions. The RCMP agents waering their traditional uniforms. If there is anything posing a threat to Canadian culture (of the English-speaking variety), it is not Lttle Mosque on the Prairie, souvlakis and soccer... It would be The Incredible Hulk, McDonald's and Monday Night Football.

Demanding that people from other faiths join in school prayer is intolerant, no matter how you put it. And BTW, I haven't accused AG of being a racist.

Wonder Bread They still paased the law, but the main point is... I am afraid that Leafless will have a hard time finding examples of laws banning languages other than English in the US.

Looks pretty clear to me.

You have no idea, we know that. And nice try attempting to deny that you spend your time clamouring for laws restricting the use of English. Sorry to burst your bubble, but French is a Canadian language, not a foreign one. BTW, ever heard of the French Language Act. You can (and will) rant againt it, but you cannot say it does not exist. Let's see. You are in favour of banning languages other than English. You have a problem with languages other than English being used in guyser's private workplace. You even have a problem with what languages people speak in the privacy of their home. It walks like a duck, it quacks like a duck, it smells like a duck... It's a duck. I did not know that the physical location of the server to a forum affected who is capable of accessing it. Actually, they have limited it, a lot, too much, but they have not banned it. While YOU are in favour of banning languages other than English. Like the one you would like to be placed oon languages other than English. It is because I've check out Quebec's language laws that I think they're a pile of m*nure and I see you propose the same kind of stuff. Language is... language Before trying to impose English on others, learn it.

You got me there. I sure cannot claim the intolerence is hidden when the message is "adopt white culture and accept Christian prayer in school if you want to become Canadian".

One example: Idaho passed a law in 2007 making English the State's sole official language. State government's communications and services are to be in English only except when required for health services, law enforcement, tourism promotion, and some education related purposes. Of course, the law doesn't ban any language, nor does it say anything about the internal languages of private workplaces.

Some American states have made English their official languages and have mandated that it be the main, of not the sole language of delivery of public service and the education system... So far, the only jurisdiction in North America that has paased legislation mandating the language of internal communications in private workplaces is.... Quebec. For someone who hates Quebec's language laws, Leafless looks pretty keen on adopting some of their worst features.

Most ordinary MPs would make more money, and with less hassle, insults, scrutiny and stress in their personal life if they had kept their previous job. That being said, perhaps the sessions should be shorter with less time between them.

Mind you, I am pretty sure people in Quebec who heard him say that had the good manners to wait until he was gone to start laughing.

The way I see it, what is totally unjustified is hiding one's intolerence behind the flag then claiming that our identity involves becoming American.

Condescending is actually the nicest form of response to the m*nure you post. You should know. You're the one clamouring for them, not me. Leaving a side the two absurd notions contained in this statement --- that French is a foreign language in Canada, and that private conversations in languages other than English interfere with English... Yet another proof that YOU, not I, are clamouring for language laws. I don't see many people running to your defense. And I don't see many politicians, commentators, or even ordinary citizens clamouring that we need to ban languages other than English. Proof enough.

And federal civil servants in Alberta, BC, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, PEI, Saskatchewan and Yukon get both Victoria Day and the first Monday of August. Federal civil servants in Newfoundland and the Northwest Territories get Victoria Day and another. And unlike what you previously claimed, Francophone civil servants DO NOT get to take either Victoria Day or Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day.

Sorry to burst the "Canadians = white Christian" non-sensical bubble, but... Canadian identity is not about what people wear on their head True Christians do not force others to pray with them We have freedom of religion in Canada And for the Americanization bit... This is not the United States, and American culture is not our culture. But at least that statement is pretty indicative that your whining has less to do with cultureand identity than with just plain fear of anything different..

The only danger coming from is the one associated with laughing to much. But don't believe that it is about people having too much of an accent to his liking. People have to hate as much as he does, be as homophobic as he is, share not only is religious but his perverted sense of it. He hasn't mentioned it yet, but I would be surprised one bit if he had a problem with people being of a different skin color. Pathetic and laughable.

Indeed. I think you are a joke, and you keep proving me right.

Don't worry. I will not call your display of crass ignorance a disgrace. I'll call it an embarrassment (to yourself) and a joke. Federal civil servants get 11 statotory holidays: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day (a provincial statottory holiday in all Provinces as well), Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, Christmas and the Day following Christmas... Yes, that's ten. The eleventh day is what ever is celabrated as a provincial civic holiday in the province where a given civil servant works (St.-Jean-Baptiste Day in Quebec, the first Monday in August in most other provinces). It is my understanding that ALL civil servants in the Ottawa and Gatineau area can choose between St-Jean_Baptiste Day and the Ontario civic holidays. Francophone civil servants elsewhere in the country get what ever day is a civic holiday in their province. No civil servant gets the option to choose between Victoria Day and any other day of the year (except those in some very specific fiels that require a staff presence every day of the year, border crossings come to mind).

Tiu know what? For a while I was just ignoring you, but I realize now I was denying myself a good source of comedic entertainment. Like the following and we know how much of a dirty word freedom it is to you Now, we know that your hatred goes hand in hand with delusion, but let's not be confused here. YOU are the one who would welcome laws banning languages other than your own. YOU are the one who even have issues with the language people choose to speak in their own home. YOU are the one who favour discrimination. And most importantly, the bunch of linguistic zealots you belong to is a minority in Ontario. Most English-speaking Ontarians have better things to do with their time.

As a citizen, I have a problem with the government deciding who will get some of their money back and who won't based on the whims of the religious right. Either every person in Canada who produces a movie that is not against the law is eligible to the same programs, or none is. Period.

The money I pay in taxes comes from me, and when some of it returns to me as a tax credit, it's my money. Feel free to be ignorant enough of simple maths and whine about how it is a "burden" to you, it won't change facts.

Hear Hear!

Joyeuse Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Indeed we are under foreign occupation. All those Chinese laundries, Greek restaurants, italian cafés Soon we will be forced to eat jamaican patties while being marched by turban-wearing soldiers to the mosque for prayers (in French). The end is near.