Leafless Posted October 16, 2005 Report Posted October 16, 2005 House Leader of Bloc Quebecois Michel Gauthier acknowledges the Constitution gives the federal government authority over the St.Lawrence but says he is fed up with policies that leave Quebecers with little control over economic development and enviromental protection of the seaway. He said Quebec could take control of the seaway by separating from Canada. "The heart of Quebec has been left in the hand of Ottawa,"he said. Development of the seaway in the middle of the 20th century benefitted Candian cities around the Great Lakes to the detriment of Montreal and other cities in Quebec, he complained. But Mr.Gauthier says "Newfoundland ahd the same fishery resources as Iceland and Iceland became a rich country and Newfoundland became a poor province. This was due he says as Iceland managed it's fish on it's own and in Newfoundland was managed by the gederal government * excerpts taken from the Ottawa Citizen-sun. |Oct.16, 2005. I think Mr. Gauthier fails to acknowledge the many things the federal government does to help Quebec and is very immature to scream separation at situations Quebec wants control. Quote
Riverwind Posted October 16, 2005 Report Posted October 16, 2005 He said Quebec could take control of the seaway by separating from Canada. "The heart of Quebec has been left in the hand of Ottawa,"he said.Yet another example of how the naivity and arrogance of Quebec separatists will lead us inevitably to violence if they ever manage to convince Quebequers to support sovereignty in a referendum. Quote To fly a plane, you need both a left wing and a right wing.
Leafless Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Posted October 16, 2005 I can't wait to see how the Liberals are going to repond to this one. The Bloc seems to be talking for nothing concerning separation as no one really knows how far Quebec would get with separation demands even if that was the route it chose. I don't know how the Bloc will address the fact that the St. Lawrence Seaway is an international waterway jointly developed by both the U.S. and Canada. I would like to see the reaction in the U.S. if Quebec ever decided to block off off the St. Lawrence for any reason. Quote
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