Canada Day funding

[Bro]

The province of Quebec gets 70% of Canadian taxpayers money allotted for Canada Day celebrations.

Most of that 70% is apparently spent on the June 24th

St.Jean Baptiste celebration.

Is this a slap in the face by the fdereal liberals and Quebec PQ's that you can feel,or do you need a jab a little further south?

[maplesyrup]

The province of Quebec gets 70% of Canadian taxpayers money allotted for Canada Day celebrations.

Most of that 70% is apparently spent on the June 24th

St.Jean Baptiste celebration.

Is this a slap in the face by the fdereal liberals and Quebec PQ's that you can feel,or do you need a jab a little further south?

More Alberta Report research, eh!

Please quote your source and the URL for these outlandish comments!

[Bro]

I don't have time to do research for you.If there are any legitimate news reporters left in this country,it will be in whatever newspaper they happen to be employed with.

Enjoy your reading!

P.S.,why would you think this is not possible,and so very quickly dismiss it as an untruth?

[seabee]

The article, by Jack Aubry, appeared in today's Ottawa Citizen,

Ottawa citizen

if the link is still active.

[Bro]

Did you get that ms.,and if you do read it,will you totally dismiss it,or will you claim it is factual and grossly unfair?Your concern for all

Canadian taxpayers and Canada lovers in general will be judged by your response.

[maplesyrup]

- from the article

In the past, heritage officials have said Quebec dominates the funding because the Quebec government refuses to fund Canada Day celebrations.

And we all know don't we, that whatever CanWest Global says is gospel, don't we? Give us a break!

Instead of being a fundamentalist reader, why don't you try and figure out why CanWest Global are on this kick.

[Bro]

- from the article

In the past, heritage officials have said Quebec dominates the funding because the Quebec government refuses to fund Canada Day celebrations.

So to support June 24th QUEBEC celebrations PAID BY THE REST OF CANADIAN TAXPAYERS is allright in your books.Are you a closet:a]separitist b]liberal c]I don't pay taxes Canadian or d]I just like to argue with things that make sense.No multiple choice,a,b,c,or d only response please.

[August1991]

Here's how to apply for money.

Financial assistance is provided to support Celebrate Canada! activities during the Celebrate Canada! period from June 21 to July 1, (including National Aboriginal Day, on June 21, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on June 24, Canadian Multiculturalism Day on June 27 and culminating with Canada Day on July 1). Priority may be given to activities held on the specific 4 dates of Celebrate Canada!. Funding cannot be guaranteed. Funding application forms are available from the Celebrate Canada Committee in your province or territory.

Note the dates you can celebrate.

[Bro]

Complete and utter contempt for Canada as a nation.

Taxpayer money should be funding only CANADA DAY,JULY 1ST celebrations.Are we continuing to nation build,or nation divide?Any other celebration should be funded inwardly,not using funds for Canada Day paid for by taxpayers who want Canada to remain a strong,free,and undivided country.

[seabee]

Today's Montreal Gazette's opinion on the subject:

Propaganda war

Notice that there were substantial cuts to the Fête Nationale (formerly Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day) celebrations, not increases.

[playfullfellow]

How come they don't have some of the Scandinavian holidays on there since they were the first to discover Canada?

[The Terrible Sweal]

How could they 'discover' it 'first' when the sagas themselves record that they met aboriginals already here?

[Bakunin]

No this is not true, the st jean batiste or what we call now our fête national, is financed by the quebec government and the cities who participate, The canada day, is financed by the federal only i think and the budget the federal give to quebec represent 70% of the canada day federal budget. the 70% goes for the Canada day in quebec, not quebec national day. Its similar to the sponsorship and flag stuff, its the federal propaganda to "promote" canada with money. But the funiest thing is that the canada day in quebec is problably the place where it celebrate the less... For sample, we celebrate quebec national day in my town but not canada day.

[Black Dog]

I'd just like to point out the Canadian government has been taking in (and spending) about $160 billion a year since 1996. That makes the $7.25-million Celebrate Canada budget a drop in a large bucket.

That said, I don't see the point of spending anything on celebrating Canada Day in Quebec or anywhere else.

[Bakunin]

The funiest thing is that the canada day is the day apartment bail expire evrywhere in quebec so its a holiday where the quebecers are occupied moving there stuff from there old apartment to there new one...

[Bro]

That said, I don't see the point of spending anything on celebrating Canada Day

Where would you like to spend money?

If you can't spend money to celebrate Canada,then where should we spend it?

Or is this one issue where we should all get a tax refund instead of celebrating this country's national day of pride,however lacking it is at this point in our evolution.

[Bakunin]

Just for fun , here is what canada day look like in quebec lol... i just want to note that those people are hard sovreignist, the green white and red flag is the patriot flag wich is mostly used by the mlnq, a group of hard sovreignist ->"psychopath". they are waiting the parade.

http://www.librepresse.com/fete001.jpg

http://www.librepresse.com/fete007.jpg