I am Groot Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 22 hours ago, QuebecOverCanada said: No, we're proud now. Not too proud to continue to take handouts and whine for more every year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted December 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) Trending on the news: Quebec’s government wants to end mandatory oath to King Charles III The government of Quebec introduced legislation on Tuesday that would drop the 155-year-old requirement that members of the provincial legislature swear an oath to the king of Canada. To sit in the Assemblée nationale du Québec — the French-speaking province calls its legislature the National Assembly — lawmakers must swear two oaths. One is to the Quebec people. The other — a pledge that they “will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles III” — is required by the Constitution Act of 1867. Coalition Avenir Québec government holding a majority of the seats in the legislature, the bill to “abolish” that oath is expected to pass.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/06/canada-quebec-oath-king-charles/ Edited December 7, 2022 by Contrarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuebecOverCanada Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 And, it's done. The pledge of allegiance to a Monarch from a foreign nation ends for Québécois MPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuebecOverCanada Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) On 11/3/2022 at 3:33 PM, I am Groot said: Not too proud to continue to take handouts and whine for more every year. Western Canada's main infrastructures were, for many decades, sustained by Lower and Higher Canada, which included Québec. So are many subsidies to the oil industries to this day, including the construction of pipelines amongst other things. On the other hand, as a Federalist yourself, saying that Québec is only taking handouts and begging for it to stay in Canada is laughable. There's a contradiction there. Why would you keep us if we weren't profitable? You know that Québec isn't broke and is a net contributor to Canada, but just hate it for what it is. Edited December 10, 2022 by QuebecOverCanada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Groot Posted December 10, 2022 Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 15 hours ago, QuebecOverCanada said: Western Canada's main infrastructures were, for many decades, sustained by Lower and Higher Canada, which included Québec. So are many subsidies to the oil industries to this day, including the construction of pipelines amongst other things. Are you referring to the building of the railroads to tie Canada together? Because I'm not really sure that was done for the benefit of western Canada as it was for the benefit of central Canada. As for subsidies, those are given to all industries, most particularly those in Quebec. I don't believe things like pipelines would need subsidies if it weren't for the myriad time consuming and expensive bureaucratic red tape put in place largely by Quebec based politicians. 15 hours ago, QuebecOverCanada said: On the other hand, as a Federalist yourself, saying that Québec is only taking handouts and begging for it to stay in Canada is laughable. There's a contradiction there. Why would you keep us if we weren't profitable? You know that Québec isn't broke and is a net contributor to Canada, but just hate it for what it is. Quebec is a net loss for the rest of Canada. Every audit done by other than Quebec nationalists shows that economically, the rest of Canada would be far better off without Quebec. Further, there is a difference between subsidies and money sent to a part of Canada where there is little if any love, affection or patriotism from the inhabitants towards the federal state. Quebec is a part of Canada because it's profitable for them. The instant they felt they would be economically better off outside of Canada they will leave. There is simply no sense of belonging, affection for or interest in Canada in most Quebecers. Particularly the French ones. That is not true of Western Canada. Though Trudeau is doing his very best to make it so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbie Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 To be specific, the railway wasn't built for the benefit of western Canada as there was no Western Canada at the time. It was built as a condition of BC joining Canada. The provinces between BC & Ontario happened later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack9000 Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 Not biggest fan of Quebec but so what I wouldn't take one either the monarch is a joke lol and we should of left it long ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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