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Re: “PQ would ban religious garb from the workplace” (Gazette, Aug. 15).In a province where preying on the fears and insecurities of francophones has become the norm, Pauline Marois’s campaign has reached a new low. She says she respects the rights of anglophones, but the rights of the majority to protect itself must also be respected. In other words, the rights of others really count for nothing other than platitudes.Now she wants to ensure that the values of secularism are realized province-wide. Her view of secularism seems to include everything except those things related to Catholicism, which she regards as cultural, not religious.Just like her nonsensical claim that she respects the rights of anglophones, her claim that “we are one of the most tolerant and open people on the planet” is equally nonsensical. Just because you say it does not make it so.Allan TannyMontrealIn what world does it make sense that turbans, kippahs and hijabs would be banned while crucifixes are allowed? What about the hamsa, the palm-shaped amulet worn by some Muslims, Christians and Jews? That seems nicely inclusive. A crucifix will be permitted, says Pauline Marois, if it is not too ostentatious. What about a non-ostentatious Star of David? Is a Hindu Om okay if it is smaller than said large crucifix? Can one wear a pendant with the Virgin Mary on it?Mme. Marois’s proposal opens an ugly can of worms. Either allow people to wear religious symbols or don’t; you cannot have it both ways.Virginia Fisher YaffeMontrealNever has an entire culture been oppressed and suppressed with such civility and under the guise of law as the Parti Québécois has done in Quebec over the past 40 years with the English language.Its election platform includes further restrictions on the rights of English-speakers and those wanting to speak English. Now it wishes to extend its xenophobic views beyond language and onto religious freedoms.If the word “English” were replaced with any other cultural denomination ― Christian, Muslim, Jewish, black, Latino, Asian ― there would be a global outcry. But we don’t discuss the rights of Jews or Muslims in Quebec. The PQ veils its intolerance with “secularism” and “tolerance” while we discuss the rights of English-speakers and the right to wear a crucifix, but not a hijab or Star of David.Racism by any other name smells just as bad.Warren LisakMontrealAs a bilingual Quebecer de souche, I deplore the PQ’s policy on language. However, I am much more concerned about the harm this policy would cause to unilingual French Quebecers than the potential harm to anglophones and allophones. Pauline Marois and her cohorts are out to create a French ghetto inhabited by six million unilingual French-speakers surrounded by 350 million North Americans whose first language is English. Imagine how restricted these Quebecers will be in their choice of career because of their inability to function outside Quebec. It’s the old “keep ’em on the farm” policy enforced by the Catholic Church until the end of the 1950s. We will be able to say that our great accomplishment of the last 70 years will have been to replace “les bondieuseries de l’église par les conneries du Parti Québecois.”How sad.Claude MercierBeaconsfieldBeing premier of Quebec puts one in the position of leading two provinces from one office. Old Quebec is a very different place than New Quebec. We used to say that Robert Bourassa’s success was due to his ability to “sit on the fence with both ears to the ground.” An ear to each Quebec! And note that more seats (with fewer votes) are won in Old Quebec (rural) than in New Quebec (cosmopolitan).My point is to ask fellow anglophone Quebecers to be more understanding of Jean Charest’s problem when he takes positions that are less categorical than we anglophones would like.David CulverWestmountRe: “Focus on weighty issues, not politicians’ weight” (Editorial, Aug. 15).According to a study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the Public Health Agency of Canada, “obesity cost the Canadian economy between $4.6 billion and $7.1 billion a year, with the costs split between direct health-care costs such as hospital care and pharmaceuticals, and indirect costs to productivity.”Dr. Gaétan Barrette has some valid suggestions for reforming Quebec’s health-care system. He is certainly an enthusiastic candidate and appears to be very competent. However, perhaps unfairly, we uphold certain standards for our leaders and expect them to set an example for the rest of us. As potential health minister, Dr. Barrette, a victim of obesity, clearly fails in this regard.Dr. Barrette may or may not become Quebec’s health minister, but while seeking to heal our system I suggest he at least make an attempt to heal himself.Cynthia JarjourSt. LambertWhen Yitzhak Rabin, a man who smoked four packs of cigarettes a day, was prime minister of Israel, he was also health minister. There are no conclusive epidemiological studies linking his smoking habit with a decline in the health of Israelis during his incumbency.And history shows it wasn’t the cigarettes that killed him.Howard M. GreenfieldMontreal​

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Eat well, don't smoke, and a fuck was equal to a five-mile walk-----Elizabeth Jane Howard回复: 关注魁北克选举2012Re: “Anglophones should consider the PQ, Pauline Marois says” (Gazette, Aug. 10).It has been only two weeks and Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois is already pushing the Bill 101 button. It was not surprising that she is making these tougher language-law announcements in francophone regions outside of Montreal. Marois is playing the old Quebec political game of pitting the rest of Quebec against big bad bilingual Montreal. After all, federalist Montreal has been the roadblock on the separatist path to the New Jerusalem on the banks of the St. Lawrence.If the Quebec economy is growing it is because of the period of constitutional peace. That is something the PQ is willing to risk to reach its dream. The majority of Quebecers do not want to return to the religion of language fear.I recently returned from the Gaspé, were I met francophones who wanted to practice their English-language skills. It only confirmed that once again those preaching from the pulpit are out touch with those in the pews.Marois wants to close the limited access to English schools and CEGEPs, and remove bilingual status from hospitals, long-term-care centres and municipalities. While the English-speaking community might have heard this all before, we should be concerned by the meanness that the PQ wants to embed in Quebec society.If non-francophones are considering not voting on Sept. 4, then we are the authors of our own fate.Kevin Erskine-HenryGreenfield ParkI applaud Pauline Marois’s transparency in stating that she will not rule out a sovereignty referendum should the PQ come to power. That statement only confirms what everyone already knows. The very raison d’être of the Parti Québécois is sovereignty. If the party were elected, the only unknown would be the timing of a referendum.Despite this, Mme. Marois goes on to say that the PQ is an alternative even for federalists and that anglophones should vote for the party. She also claims to know anglophones well.I respectfully disagree. An independent Quebec is not an option for the majority of anglophones. Anglos are more willing to take their chances with a flawed Liberal government than risk losing their Canadian identity. So thank you for your honesty, Mme. Marois, but you might want to get to know anglophone voters a little better.Linda ThompsonSt. LazarePauline Marois is proposing preventing francophones and allophones from attending English CEGEPs.What’s next? Will she propose preventing francophones and allophones from visiting English-speaking physicians? Or English universities?Should the PQ get elected, PQ supporters perhaps might take a step back and realize that these ideas are ill-advised, out-of-date and oppressive, and fight against them.Lasting, positive change is rarely accomplished by restrictive laws. I strongly believe that it is only when francophones begin to speak out against such restrictive ideas that anything for either community will change and improve on the language front.Mandie AaronCte St. LucPauline Marois’s promise of a stricter Bill 101 is no surprise to anyone. She is attempting to appeal to all francophones in Quebec since they are the majority. It’s a law that preserves the French language at the expense of business and freedom of speech and language.Marois encouraging anglos to vote for the PQ is an absolute joke; her platform is to continue to restrict the use of our language and work toward separation from Canada.But I would like to point out some very good reasons why my francophone friends should not vote for the PQ either. The business aspect aside harsher laws would scare away business Marois is also proposing to restrict what and where they and their kids can learn in school.I strongly encourage all my francophone friends to vote Liberal or CAQ because, while each party has its own problems, such as corruption or being very new, they are not built on a platform of restrictions based on a draconian law that restricts the freedom of language and speech of all Quebec residents.Reid ThompsonMontrealHardly a day goes by when someone in The Gazette does not wonder about the true intentions of Franois Legault and his Coalition Avenir Québec.It would seem that this question could be answered by a thorough investigation of the political leanings of his star candidates and the others who are running under the CAQ banner.A leader cannot go in any direction without the support of at least half of his or her caucus.The voting public might be well-served to have such information.Russel WilliamsGeorgevilleFormer Equality Party leader Robert Libman has taken to the pages of The Gazette to advise anglos to strategically vote for the CAQ in the Sept. 4 election.The last time I took Mr. Libman’s advice, I voted for the Equality Party candidate in my riding. The candidate, Richard Holden, won the election in Westmount and stuck his middle finger in our faces by crossing the floor to sit as a Parti Québécois MNA. I learned my lesson in 1989 and will never again take his advice.（原来上当了，哈哈）Helen ShapiroMontreal​

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Eat well, don't smoke, and a fuck was equal to a five-mile walk-----Elizabeth Jane Howard回复: 关注魁北克选举2012荣获加拿大最腐败的省称号，看来没救了。

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Eat well, don't smoke, and a fuck was equal to a five-mile walk-----Elizabeth Jane Howard回复: 关注魁北克选举2012A survey of voter intentions conducted for The Gazette and CJAD places the Parti Québécois and the Liberals in a statistical dead heat, at 32 and 31 per cent, respectively.

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Eat well, don't smoke, and a fuck was equal to a five-mile walk-----Elizabeth Jane Howard回复: 关注魁北克选举2012各个政党的许诺看不清，怎么上大图？

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Eat well, don't smoke, and a fuck was equal to a five-mile walk-----Elizabeth Jane Howard各个政党的许诺 看不清，怎么上大图？点击展开...点击看大图。谁注重长远可持续发展，谁想吃光，很清楚。

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回复: 关注魁北克选举2012那个宣扬法语的魁独女人我是坚决不选的

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回复: 关注魁北克选举2012估计最后是一个少数政府，自由党和魁人党都有可能执政。PQ的民意支持度一直领先，但其竞选策略太差了，说不定让CHAREST死里逃生，像2007年那样形成一个少数政府。MAROIS的语言政策是其一贯的策略，反正英裔和说英语的少数族裔从来就不是PQ的支持者，但其宗教立场却是得罪那些说法语的北非阿拉伯移民的，原本这些人应该是PQ的支持者，现在老太太这么一弄有点像是自废武功。点击展开...麻花今天说了上台后即使是少数政府也要硬推独立了。

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回复: 关注魁北克选举2012麻花今天说了上台后即使是少数政府也要硬推独立了。点击展开...那是嘴硬，其实谁都知道，现在公投根本不可能通过，看看去年联邦大选BLOC是怎么惨败的。

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回复: 关注魁北克选举201218号周日晚上8点电视辩论注意收看，法语高沫茜高沫莎的可以看CBC的直播有同声翻译。

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回复: 关注魁北克选举201218号周日晚上8点电视辩论注意收看，法语高沫茜高沫莎的可以看CBC的直播有同声翻译。点击展开...我也等看完了再说。一直追踪Gazette上的动态。

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Eat well, don't smoke, and a fuck was equal to a five-mile walk-----Elizabeth Jane Howard回复: 关注魁北克选举2012神经病，她要花10亿加元给魁北克市申办冬季奥运会！看看蒙特利尔办了1976年奥运会，前帐一直还了30年才还清，整个城市基础建设不得不停下，破破烂烂。靠，这帮败家子！

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Eat well, don't smoke, and a fuck was equal to a five-mile walk-----Elizabeth Jane Howard回复: 关注魁北克选举2012MONTREAL - If Friday morning’s debate was a sign of things to come, the battle for Montreal will be fought bitterly between the Liberals and the Coalition Avenir Québec.Representatives of the two parties repeatedly sniped at each other in a debate about economic issues hosted by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal.CAQ’s La Prairie candidate Stéphane Le Bouyonnec said the Liberals have abandoned Montreal and have been bad for the economy.“Your party slogan in the last campaign was ‘two steady hands at the wheel.’ Well, your hands are on the wheel, but you’re asleep,” Le Bouyonnec told the Liberal candidate for Chteauguay, Pierre Moreau, the outgoing transport minister.“Well, you want to drive the car off the cliff,” Moreau quipped.Le Bouyonnec said a CAQ government would conduct a major cleanup of Montreal infrastructures and services. It would reduce the number of elected officials by more than half to 50, and reorganize local agencies, such as the Agence métropolitaine de transport, which manages suburban train lines. He said the Liberals have reduced Montreal to “patchwork” by implementing the demerger process. “All Montrealers recognize that the city is dysfunctional,” he said.Moreau said his party wouldn’t revisit the city’s political structure. The Parti Québécois’s Diane De Courcy said it’s not up to the provincial government to dictate Montreal’s political structure, but said if local officials reach consensus on a better regional government, a PQ government would consider it. Moreau defended the Liberal government’s achievements, saying it has been able to get many projects off the ground that were stalled for decades, like the McGill University Hospital Centre, the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, and rebuilding of the Turcot Interchange.“We should have been investing in infrastructure in the ‘90s,” Moreau said. “But the PQ government back then spent all its money on consultations for another referendum.”Michel Leblanc, the president of the Board of Trade said he was pleased with the debate. However, while the Liberals have committed to reduce the level of immigrants to 50,000 per year (from a high of 54,000), and the CAQ has committed to 45,000, the board would like to see immigration increased even more.“We need more immigrants who correspond to the needs of the business community,” he said. “And we need good strategies to integrate them. There are places where this is done much better.”Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Liberal+candidates+snipe+each+other+Board+Trade+debate/7108327/story.html#ixzz23rkkDZaE​

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Eat well, don't smoke, and a fuck was equal to a five-mile walk-----Elizabeth Jane Howard回复: 关注魁北克选举2012PLQ腐败，PQ神经，CAQ来历不明，这次省选确实不好选，等待下次NDP出现吧

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回复: 关注魁北克选举2012魁人党只会捍卫法裔的利益，相当地排外。你们即使会说两句法语也不可能是拿破仑的后代 。帮这老太太干什么？说自由党腐败，总比选个政党上台把自己赶出魁省强吧？ 选举的另一个意义是不一定要推谁上台而是让某些人上不了台。

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回复: 关注魁北克选举2012估计是少数政府。那就是什么事情都干不成。浪费钞票 过一年半载再重投一次才行

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