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To be fair, considering the size of the goalies and their equipment, it is much easier to be a spectacular goalie now than it use to be. Shrinking their equipment and actually making them work to make more of the saves will not only improve the number of goals scored overall, but will also...

metoo: I don't travel the world expecting to be served in english. That wasn't the point, not in the slightest. I am not some arrogant fool that think the world revolves around my nose. I am not an ignorant american tourist (the worst in the world, based on what I have seen travelling the...

metoo, try calling any quebec governemnt office. First off, english is usually a "press9", and no matter WHAT button you press, you get someone answering the phone in french - and 99% of them don't speak a word of english, get irate is you keep trying to speak english. I have even had them...

metoo, actually, no... I didn't get soup, I left. The girl has a computer in front of her, she clicks one button and it reads the names of the soups off in english. I don't expect her to be a scholar, but I would expect at least either (a) a passable attempt, or (b) "sorry, I cannot speak...

Esquimo, it isn't a question of protect or not protect a language. That is up to individual people who choose to use or not use a language. Slang, local phrases, and influences from other languages are pretty normal in this connected world. Otherwise we would all be talking latin. I don't...

..and think nothing of it. I love Montreal, but I won't be unhappy to see some of these people in the rear view mirror. MATt

metoo, I have a funny story for you. It is truly sad in many ways, and shows how much the pendulum has swung. I went the other day to a Tim Horton's to get a coffee and a soup. I go through the drive thru. The girl answers, gives the usual "bonjour..." and I say "can I have a coffee and a...

Train, I am sure that the new leader will have less than 75% when they are elected to lead the party. But Landry HAD 100%... now he has 75%... where is the next stop on that route? He is smart enough to know that if his own party is not united behind him enough to give him a solid vote of...

Elvis, they want to open quebec to the world provided the world will work on their rules. They want people from all over the world to come to quebec, as long as they speak french. That isn't open, that is closed. That is a narrow view of the world, forcing other people to follow your beliefs...

Has anyone ever noticed that the older leaders of the PQ all speak EXCELLENT english, because they were educated outside of Canada? Parizeau has a very nice cultured british accent, and Yves Michaud has a great english speaking voice... Landry: Only Rene Levesque has all his education...

Train: 75% is good in an election, but it is bad when you are asking what the support is of your own troops. Picture a war where 25% of the soliders are fighting on their own, not for your war. Well, that is what it looks like. You need a number closer to 90% to truly be in charge. 25% is...

Dee, Mr Landry loves Quebec and dreams (night and day, I am sure) of the day Quebec will be it's own country. At 75% support in his own party, and with opinion polls showing that he isn't exactly top of the heap, I think he had no choice but to leave. To stay on as the head of a divided...

I personally hope the PQ is bright enough to elect someone who is agressively in support of seperation, who clearly states that right after the next PQ win a referendum would come within 90 days of election, and so on. That would solve many problems in Quebec. MATt

It is in the end one of the reasons quebec has gone from have to have not province. Successive governments of all stripes since the late 60's have spent billions of dollars creating a shadow federal system. There is overlap in so many areas, there is so much wasted effort fighting...

Nope. Immigration quebec is nothing you need to be concerned with... think of it as a useless duplication of effort so as to waste the most taxpayers money and to try to make the federal system look like it is not working. Quebec is full of these things, just ignore them. MATt

actually be very careful it is illegal in many places to send used panties by mail. read the law carefully before you go any further. MATt

not to forget that for a client, incall is legally the worst situation they can enter into. It is the only way you can be stopped by LE for being a found-in. There are also issues of personal security to be considered. MATt

omega, if you believe the OLF, french was seriously in danger this week because the new Best Buy that opened distributed some paphlets (premade from head office) that were not french. Welcome to Quebec, new retailer that will open nearly a donze stores this year, your opening day will be...

The funny part is post referndum economics is a very slippery thing. First and foremost, what becomes of the Canadian dollar the day after a yes vote? I would suspect world traders would be getting out of the $cad as fast as rats off a sinking ship (you can see my opinion of currency traders...

In the end, you post to be read, you post to be understood, and more than likley to entertain and inform your audience. If your intended audience is french, then post in french and good luck to you. If you intend to inform visitors or english locals, post in english. Post in either, and I...