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THE REVOLUTION IN QUEBEC ly centred in greater Montreal. Writing On Wall
So we came to Montreal, burst- where it has a powerful voice in The • English-speaking "soli-
ing with such reMarks and ques- commerce, industry and finance. tude" saw the writing on the wall
tions as: Tell us about the Que- With the notable ,exception of and provided a ,sound under-
bec Problem. Must we really law, this community has found graduate training in arts and
learn to speak French when we it' possible to isolate itself in a science and professional train -
have no opportunity to prac- circle in which the speaking of ing in medicine, law, engineer-
tise it? I)o the Plains of Abra- French is unnecessary. This ing, ,agricultural science and re -
ham really still rankle'.' What situation has led 10 the cultiva- lated fields. The obvious result
does Quebec really want? Our tion of relationships with eiti- was that French Quebecers were
informant, ; who had recently zens of other provinces, often confined to the practice of pro-
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presented the McGill University; to the negleet of the French fessions utilisable mainly in their
brief to the Royal Commission;peaking population of Quebec.; own province and they threw
on Bilingualism and Bicultural-; This English minority is an ex up few, graduates prepared to
smiled sadly and assured tension of the enormous Can-; cross- swords with the rapidl.
Its that -Quebce Province was adian and, North American ma-, emerging world of science,1
quite well, thank you, and it iorities and until recently has, hence the lack of managers, own -
was only our lack_ of acquaint-; tended to behave as the repre- ers and technieians.
anceship- that caused us to be-Hentative If the majority Posil-; one of the -most obvious weak-
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lieve there was any deep malaise.; • ion; fxcept in the realm of local ' nesse:; of the dital confessional
Since the time available for ver- political life and government in ; system was its failure to en-
bal orientation was short, we which it has played vir ually n )' courage bilingualism through
.;; .. were given a VORy of this brief,; part. whatsoever. schools and universities. Each
from which the following is a! French - speaking Canadian's sThool could .only employ teach-
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distilliation;.
, I are 0 majority in one respect 'ers of its own religious faith and
i.s-dofin•ect-as.-the4-ot41-y-in-Quebee---es- -a-politicaltsehoolete-prevented-from-em-
ability to' express oneself in one,' and cultural region. The dan-! ploying competent teachers from
and be able, to understand the ger from the United States tolthe other language group, Of
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other. of Canada's‘two languages. English-speaking Canada is that i recent years important experi-
....,,,,. , Biculturalism is the adaptation of cultural absorption; for' ments have been undertaken to
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of national. federal, provincial,French Canada it is of culturalI reduce this restrictly situation;
. .public and private institutions destruction. 'the pity is they were not started
to reflect the existence, inter- ' k no time to apportion 1 earlier. Today l'Universite La -
blame for the propagation of
what have been called the "Two
Solitudes," suffice it to remark
that the 1875 revisibns of the
Education Act of 1869 resulted
in two autonomous committees,
each charged with the adminis-
tration of its own confessional
schools with the Roman Cath-
olic Bishops, for their part, tend-
ing to maintain higher education
at a level based on a simpler so-
bec was approximately one. mil- eiety—teachers, clergy, doctors
;•=t 'Hon, one-quarter of which was and lawyers. There is too the
English-speaking. Today the innate acceptance of feudalism
English-speaking population is by the Norman French which,
less than one million and about in the absence of incentive, due
one-fifth of the total. This 'Eng- to lack of education; tended to
lish,speaking minority is large- generate complacency.,
ests, ways of thinking. work pro-
cedures and understanding of
the two language groups. In
. spite of the denial recorded
above, there is of course a pro-
blem, and a very subtle one,
which can only be resolved by
0 ihe good -will and sympathetic
understanding of every Canad-
ian.
Up to the middle of the 19th
Century the population of Que-
Recitie Approve
A request from the Ooderich
Distriet Collegiate for approval
of a proposed addition received
the sanction of thet-West Wawa -
nosh Council on November 9.
The request which includes
the township's acceptance of a
share of the debenture debt was
approved following this, the
ways permitted students to write
examinations in either French
or English. Its law faculty has
much in common with the ,other
French-speaking universities and
in medicine too all three major
universities are fairly close, but
this is not yet so in engineering
or commerce. Nevertheless it
is manifest that the province is
playing ,an ;important part in its
encouragement of bilifigua4srri.
French Culture
French culture finds itself in
a state of siege, especially in
Canada but the case for bicul
turalism is based on the fact that
we Canadians have a unique
opportunity to achieve a higher
level of human excellence if,we
-have-the- itnagination...ancLpat,
icnce to admit a speck of each
culture to color our lives.
Adam Smith had this to say:
Each animal is still obliged to
support and defend itself, separ-
ately and independently and de-
rives no sort of advantage from
the variety of talerds with which
nature has distinguished its fel-
lows.
Among men, on the contrary,
the most dissimilar geniuses are
of use to one another; the dif-
ferent products of their respec-
tive talents, by the general dis-
positian to truck, barter and ex-
change, are brought as it
were, into a common stock,
where every man may purchase
whatever part of the product of
other men's talent he has oc-
,casion for.
The opportunity exists. Need-
ed are imagination, generosity of
spirit__ and ..patience... „Ronne
chance!
val and 1'Universite de Montreal
have seen a great expansion of
their capacities t train for ad-
vanced degrees in graduate
schools. To date the output of
these graduates, oriented to mo-
dern needs, has not made any
great impression on the face of
Canada, but their presence in
ever increasing numbers is as-
sured and permeation of the
country will increase.
As regards McGill, the French
themselves desire that it should
remain as the English-speaking
university, though it has always
attracted a number of French
'speaking professuff, and _stud-
ents and its regulatiobs have al -
third dcbatetin the request.
Ail councillors. were in attend-
ance' for the Novernber meeting
'but Reeve .Lorne Durnin was
.absent„ flue to an"accidentothe
previous day, 7'
After a lengthyidiscussion, it
was moved by Councillor Smyth
and seconded by .Councillor Er-
ringten that the municipality of
the" --teiiinship • of WeSt, Wawa -
nosh approves the addition to
the Goderich District' Collegiate
Institute • and will -assume its
share of the cost of tfie. n'eces-
sary debenture issue by the
Town 'of Gocjerich.
-.Shelve Request
A letter from the East Wawa -
nosh township school area board,
requesting the approval of :West
Wawanosh township to the issue.'
of debentures to cover the cost
of construction -of the proposed
East Wawanosh Central School,
was read, discussed and laid
aside until Reeve Lorne Durnin
was present, on a motion by
Councillors Smyth and Lyons.
Cost Increase
Bert Thompson, Clerk of East
Due to increased costs of ria;
terial and labor, the centennial
project of .the two townships,
a "Picnic pavilion" at the Wawa -
nosh Park, will cost more than
was originally estimated.
For this reason a secOnd agree-
ment, amending one dated Oc-
tober, 27, 1964, betweenthe two
townships, was read, to council,
showing the estimated cost of
the building now to. be $4,500.00,
to be shared equally by the two
townships, less the federal and
provinciai. centennial grants.
R was moved 'by Councillor
Smyth and seconded by Council-
lor Errington that the agreement
be accepted by the Cerpongtion
of the Township of West Walvja
nosh.
One application for wingman
for the township • grader was
opened and discussed, but was
not accepted.
The road accounts were passed
for payment on a motion by
Councillors Smyth and Lyons.
General Accounts
The following general ac-
counts were ordered paid on a
motion by Councillors, Lyons and
Errington:
Mary Pannabecker, mowing
crass at cenotaph, $20.00; On
tario Hydro, township•hall light-
ing-, - $647:- - myr ---Armfiteurig,'
st ips, $18.00; A. J. Reive, fox
boa ty, $4.00; Wm. R. Pardon,
fox minty, $4.00;, J. K. Scott,
assessor's salary, selecting jur-
Ors, M29.00; J. K. Scott, postal
supplies, $4.47. ,
° Road Accounts
Harvey Culbert, salary, $,217.-
35; Lorne Ie -s, checking gravel,
$63.50; Angus MacDonald, grad-
er operator, $253.57; Imperial
Oil Ltd., fuel and tax, $534.42;
Grant Chisholm, motor oil and
tax, $139.98; DRMCO td., gasket,
parts, accessories, $26.85; Harry
Colling,- loading and hauling,
$494.54; Robert Purves, gravel,
$70.65; Gordon Radford, reflect-
ors, prestone, tire I•epair, $75.73;
Webster .& MacKinnon, screw
driver, punch, $3.17; Signal -Stay,
snow removal ad, $5.60; Lucknow
Post Office, stamps, $5.00..,
council adjourned to meet
December 15.
There are 47,500 federal gov-
ernment empl iyees. in the Ot-
tawa area.
The sources of Canada'S 1964
$23,416,000,000 labor income
were. agriculture, forestry, fish-
ing, trapping and mining, $1,118
million; manufacturing, $6,579
-millitmramstrtrettarrr$11584-mil.-
lion; •utilities, transportation,
communication, . storage and
trade, $5,908 million; finance ser-
vices (including government),
$7,247 million; supplementary
labor income, $910 million.
krninai�n Meetng
-Toihshi1"p. Of l'Colborne
Between the Hours Of 8. p.m. and 9 pa,
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Nominations will be received .by the undersigned
FridaY, hltiv. 24, 1965, at the Township Hall, Carlow, betwee
the hours of 8:00 and 9:00 p.m, for the office of Reeve, fau
Councillorsr and two'School Area Trustees for a two-year term
After the close of nominations, a meeting of the rate
payers will be held to receive reports on Township affairs fo
the current year.
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If a Poll is required, the vote will be taken. pn Monday
Dec. 6, 1965, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 pan. a
the following places:
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No. 1 Poll. Benmiller
No. 2 Poll, Saltford
No. 3 Poll, Carlow
- Foresters Hall
— Residence, A. Hamilton
— Township Hall
.No;--ePollr-Lake- -Shore ---- -Residencee---Jas:---Hprton
B. C. STRAUGHAN,
Returning Office
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express your
.°warmest
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DEC. 4th
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2:
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Council Special tommittee Under Chairman J. H. Johnston
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