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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
I still love the city and its history, I have lots of friends from there and love to go there to shop, but my wife and I are always striken by how rude people are when they say Bonjour and we say hello back. It's insane.
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Well, again, I have witnessed your particular incidence, but perhaps I can offer some insight. Calgary is a very friendly city -- people say hello to strangers, smile, ask how they are doing, etc. Montreal is not. Its a difference in culture. I can see how people here would seem rude if your used to the culture in Calgary. But its not a grudge or something specificly towards anglos.
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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
and the other points are to say that to think that language is such an important issue when QC's finances are in such a mess its sad that nobody cares about the futures that are being ripped away from future generations.
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Well, like I said, its your opinion that the future is being ripped away. Not everyone feels that way. There is no one true, correct economic or political system. People here, for the most part, are happy the current socio-econmic climate and do not feel that their future is being "ripped away".
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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
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That's just the BQ playing politics in a minority government. Its the exact same thing the NDP did to the Liberals when the Liberal had a minority. The Liberals were forced to add a lot of social welfare programs into the budget in order for the NDP to support them. All political parties will leverage their political standing to get what they promised to their consituents. They wouldn't be a very good political party if they didn't.