...announce that Prince Edward Island is a nation also. Newfoundland is a nation. Alberta is a nation. Manitoba is a nation. Ontario is a nation. New Brunswick is a nation. Nova Scotia is a nation. British Columbia is a nation. Saskatchewan is a nation. And then there are the territories.
Heck, while I'm at it, I'm going to declare MYSELF a nation. The nation of "Steve". :thumb:
Watch the last episode of the Mercer Report for more on this. Freakin funny.
Is it on the internet?
edit* I just watched it. What Mercer said was very true....and funny.
here is the link it is in the Rant section. Actually all the clips are good this week. The western stuff is hilarious.
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Guys, I don't like this legislation either. However, I think to pretend that Quebec is essentially the same as the rest of the country is to oversimplify the issue. I do not agree with this whole "nation within a united Canada" thing, but to say that 'because Quebec is a nation, every other province is too' is to completely ignore the actual differences that DO exist between Quebec and the rest of Canada.
Honestly, I think the best move would have simply been to have defeated the BQ's original motion without any rebuttal. However, the Tories, I suppose, saw this as an opportunity to regain some support in Quebec. This will backfire, I think.
Are you (and separatists) ignoring that there is a difference between PEI and Ontario? Newfoundland and Alberta? Each province is unique, and that's one of the things that makes the nation of Canada so great!
I agree with you, Chris. See my since reworded response.
Posting at the same time as me... that's a neat trick Jeff!
Point taken.
Each province has its own heritage. The only difference with Québec is that almost half of them don't like being part of Canada. I respect the fact that they have a culture en français, but we have two official languages in this country for a reason - to recognize them!
I personally think this whole "Québec wanting to seperate" thing is rather foolish. Doubly so when the PM decides to call them a "Nation within Canada" (which to me just sounds like a province).
I don't get it. I really don't.
EDIT: (and it takes me a long time to type when I'm at work....
) You guys are so fast!
What the hell is a "nation" anyway? It's not defined in terms of Quebec. I don't know what the F*(K this legislation means. We know Quebec has its own culture. What's going to change now that the House passed a bill calling them a "nation"? Seriously, I wish somebody would come out and define "nation". It's clearly a move by Harper to get votes from Quebec and nothing more. Canada is a "nation". How can one of its provinces also be a "nation". I'd be laughing at Canada if I lived in another continent.
Since we don't have guns, this is our attempt at a civil war. :thumb:
Bosman Wrote:Since we don't have guns, this is our attempt at a civil war. :thumb:
Since the US basically caused a civil war in Iraq, maybe we feel we need to keep up with them and start a civil war in our own country.
tigerthelion Wrote:I'd be laughing at Canada if I lived in another continent.
Right, cuz this sort of thing doesn't happen anywhere else in the world. I understand what you're saying, but come on.
Nation, as used in this legislation, should be defined. "Nation" as used in political science, does not mean the same thing as "state." However, in everyday language, the two are used interchangeably. A nation is really a group of people with a common identity, and it often includes a common ancestry, though this isn't always the case. Which of the two, or some other definition, is used in this act, I just don't know. I'm sure it's intentionally ambiguous.
I was wondering if those of us in the blue states down here could detach from the rednecks err sorry red states and join you good people up north?