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Elections 2012: Quebecois could go for another split?

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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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bronconick said:
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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You must be naive to think Der Fuhrer Bettman would give a team to a Canadian city. :D
 
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bronconick said:
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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Western Quebec doesn't like it, either. It's only the east and the north that are vehemently Francophone.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
You must be naive to think Der Fuhrer Bettman would give a team to a Canadian city. :D
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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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bronconick said:
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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Jim Balsille says hello.

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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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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duper said:
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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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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LynahFan said:
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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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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duper said:
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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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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FlagDUDE08 said:
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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Everything I heard about the Maritimes in '95 was that they were committed to staying with Canada, but the logistics are definitely difficult - much more so now, as you point out.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Jim Balsille says hello.

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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Balsille didn't get a team because the NHL didn't like Jim Balsille. Not because of money.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Jim Balsille says hello.

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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Remember how sullen he was at that press conference... and bitter.
 
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If that racist skank Pauline Marois and her Pequistes win the election, English speaking residents and businesses will be outta there faster than anyone can imagine, leaving Quebec as a backwater state.

Pauline Marois, the leader of the Parti Quebecois, has discovered what is ailing Quebec.

It’s not Quebec’s unemployment rate, which is almost half a point higher than in the rest of Canada.

It’s not the student protests, which have turned into student riots, where a radical minority of the province has managed to shut down schools for political reasons, shredding the rule of law.

And it’s not even Quebec’s infamous corruption — corruption in politics, corruption in the construction industry.

No! To her, the problem is those maudit Anglais — the **** anglophones!

On Sunday, Marois said if elected — and polls suggest that just might happen *— she’s going to crack down on people who speak English.
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Those of us from the ROC (rest of Canada) say good riddance. :mad:

1,800 Canadians outside Quebec were asked whether they would vote to keep Quebec in Canada, or expel it, if a referendum on the subject were held today.

Much of the coverage of the results has focused on the fact that just 52% of respondents would vote to keep Quebec part of Canada; 26% would punt la belle province and 22% were unsure how they would vote. But to me, the key statistic was that a full 88% of those polled felt “all the provinces should be treated equally, even if it upsets Quebec and risks separation.”
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