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  • Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

    http://pressrepublican.com/0205_colu...uebec-election

    Quebec's election on September 4th pits a secessionist vs. English-style liberal. I still remember following the secession vote back in 1995, and wow was it close. If the incumbent does not win, we could see more debates along those lines.

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    Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

    What would you call the Canadiens if Quebec did separate?
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      Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

      Originally posted by MountieBoyOz View Post
      What would you call the Canadiens if Quebec did separate?
      What most hockey fans call them, the Habs?

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        Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

        It would be the fastest way for Quebec City to drop about 40 slots on the "expansion/transfer" list for an NHL team, especially since the common belief is that the island of Montreal would refuse to go with the rest of Quebec, leaving all current franchises in Canada.
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          Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

          Originally posted by bronconick View Post
          It would be the fastest way for Quebec City to drop about 40 slots on the "expansion/transfer" list for an NHL team, especially since the common belief is that the island of Montreal would refuse to go with the rest of Quebec, leaving all current franchises in Canada.
          You must be naive to think Der Fuhrer Bettman would give a team to a Canadian city.
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            Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

            Originally posted by bronconick View Post
            It would be the fastest way for Quebec City to drop about 40 slots on the "expansion/transfer" list for an NHL team, especially since the common belief is that the island of Montreal would refuse to go with the rest of Quebec, leaving all current franchises in Canada.
            Western Quebec doesn't like it, either. It's only the east and the north that are vehemently Francophone.

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              Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

              Originally posted by MountieBoyOz View Post
              You must be naive to think Der Fuhrer Bettman would give a team to a Canadian city.
              You should let the people of Winnipeg know they paid all that money for five years of tickets to watch OHL hockey.

              Or try to go ten minutes without saying something stupid. Either or.
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                Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

                Originally posted by bronconick View Post
                You should let the people of Winnipeg know they paid all that money for five years of tickets to watch OHL hockey.

                Or try to go ten minutes without saying something stupid. Either or.
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                Chipman and True North had cash. That's what eventually won out. If someone in Atlanta had the kind of coin, they'd still be the Thrashers. Mr. Bettman doesn't like admitting defeat when it comes to his Southern campaign a la Gen. McClellan.
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                  Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

                  I really don't follow this stuff, but I do wonder, where does the Quebec secession talk leave the Maritime Provinces?

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                    Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

                    Originally posted by duper View Post
                    I really don't follow this stuff, but I do wonder, where does the Quebec secession talk leave the Maritime Provinces?
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                      Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

                      Originally posted by joecct View Post
                      East of them
                      Very nice.

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                        Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

                        Originally posted by duper View Post
                        I really don't follow this stuff, but I do wonder, where does the Quebec secession talk leave the Maritime Provinces?
                        I was living in VT during the 1995 referendum. There were people at the time advocating that they would be states 51, 52, and 53....
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                          Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
                          I was living in VT during the 1995 referendum. There were people at the time advocating that they would be states 51, 52, and 53....
                          Woah now. Let's keep the Newfies in Canada please...
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                            Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

                            Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
                            I was living in VT during the 1995 referendum. There were people at the time advocating that they would be states 51, 52, and 53....
                            Probably now, Vermont would want to go with Quebec. :P I've heard some weird stuff during my time growing up on the west side of the lake.

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                              Re: Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

                              Originally posted by duper View Post
                              I really don't follow this stuff, but I do wonder, where does the Quebec secession talk leave the Maritime Provinces?
                              It does leave them isolated, but Lesotho's trapped by South Africa, so it won't be like it hasn't happened before. Not to mention, West Berlin inside East Germany. This is one of the downfalls to the 9/11 attacks, because New York and New England could very well be used in transportation (and no, we are NOT becoming part of Canada). Actually, at least this was the case in the 50's, there were a few exclusively Francophone areas of the Maritimes, so it wouldn't surprise me to see them go along. One thing that might become a problem, though, is Ottawa, as it's right on the border.

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