August1991 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Whatever happens, such societies will survive. Newfoundlanders have managed for several centuries. Quebec now has hydro-electric resources. Centuries later, both still have distinct accents that have survived to the present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted February 24 Author Report Share Posted February 24 I am convinced that as in 1730, or in 1930 - people in 2130 in Levis will speak with the same accent. Just as people in Bonavista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted February 24 Author Report Share Posted February 24 Iceland has some 300,000 people and it has survived for over 1000 years. Newfoundland has now some 700,000 people and has survived for about 600 years. Island people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspektiv Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 No. Nuke them. Tabarnak. Am totally kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankyMcFarland Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 (edited) On 2/24/2024 at 3:13 AM, August1991 said: Quebec now has hydro-electric resources. Some of which belong to Newfoundland and Labrador… I’m glad I’m only a Come From Away when I think about the Churchill Falls deal as otherwise green slime would be shooting out of my head on a regular basis. If Hydro Quebec had negotiated something so inequitable and nakedly colonial with a developing country it would have been shamed into walking away decades ago. Edited April 10 by SpankyMcFarland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted April 10 Author Report Share Posted April 10 17 minutes ago, SpankyMcFarland said: Some of which belong to Newfoundland and Labrador… ... I never liked this term "Newfoundland and Labrador". Newfoundland is not Labrador. Newfoundland is an island. Labrador is a coast. ==== I understand the political/federal/international ideas between the distinction. But to me, Newfoundland is an island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExFlyer Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 9 hours ago, August1991 said: I never liked this term "Newfoundland and Labrador". Newfoundland is not Labrador. Newfoundland is an island. Labrador is a coast. ==== I understand the political/federal/international ideas between the distinction. But to me, Newfoundland is an island. Yeah but the last thing Labrdorians (Labradites?) wanted is to be part of Quebec so they chose Newfoundland and Newfoundland chose them. Wise decision on both parts LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbie Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 So if we wish that govt acts like responsible business and Quebec and N&L aren't a good ROI we should sell them off. I'm sure Russia would be real interested. That would force the USA to bid even higher. You do post the weirdest things. What the hell is the point of this thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnFox Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 8 minutes ago, herbie said: So if we wish that govt acts like responsible business and Quebec and N&L aren't a good ROI we should sell them off. I'm sure Russia would be real interested. That would force the USA to bid even higher. You do post the weirdest things. What the hell is the point of this thread? No, we just let the west continue to increase their seat count without bumping quebecs or N/L's and eventually their votes won't count and we can exploit them appropriately. If they try to go on their own - 2000 percent tarrif on anything coming in or out and then we buy them back for pennies on the dollar when they collapse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted April 12 Author Report Share Posted April 12 (edited) On 4/10/2024 at 9:09 AM, ExFlyer said: Yeah but the last thing Labrdorians (Labradites?) wanted is to be part of Quebec so they chose Newfoundland and Newfoundland chose them. Wise decision on both parts LOL The British government in the 1920s (when Newfoundland was still outside Canada) decided that the division would be the headwaters. It decided that Labrador was not part of Canada. At the time, most people in Labrador were indigenous. Newfoundlanders fished on the coast. Moreover, most people in the lower north shore (Canada, Quebec) speak English with a Newfoundland accent. They live in places with French names. Blanc Sablon. ==== There are places in the world we know with two names: St-Pierre et Miquelon, Bosnia and Herzogovina, São Tomé and Príncipe etc. Newfoundland is a distinct place. Labrador is different. I have no problem with a provincial government of Newfoundland within a federal Canada. There is no such place as "Newfoundland & Labrador". Edited April 12 by August1991 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie93 Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 On 2/24/2024 at 2:07 AM, August1991 said: Island people. Newfies are tough in terms of enduring hardship gladly but not particularly aggressive more of a congenial bunch if you want Island people who will close with & destroy the enemies of the Crown without mercy nor quarter you recruit from Cape Breton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbie Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 Some Albertans might not like this, but the nation is a commonwealth. We try to spread things around, we don't want "hardship" areas. The same laws, the same benefits for everyone. Don't like it? The border's walking distance for most of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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