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Les cuento que suelo participar en un foro de relojes.

Hoy puse en un post que se cumplía un año

que llegamos a Quebec y una persona me

contestó lo siguiente, realmente muy duro.

Me parece que ya no es para

tanto, pero lo mismo preocupa:



Well.. I was born and raised in Montreal.. but having

migrated to Calgary, you couldn't pay me enough to move

back to Quebec.. I have a little problem with such

things as the "language police" and being a

second-class citizen by virtue of being an "Anglo

tete-carre"..It may be better now, but after living

through one too many separation referenda (think

secession for all you US folks),

when I was offered the chance to transfer out,

didn't think for more than a whole second..



The "west is the best" IMHO, lived in Montreal,

and Toronto, they simply can't compare...



Having said that, from what I hear, Quebec is a

lot better than it was when I was there, I remember

mail boxes exploding, kidnappings, Pierre Laporte

being executed by a separatist group, the War Measures

Act (martial law in effect), not being able to get any

English services, or for that matter English

newspapers in my local corner store, having to fill

out forms to get somthing like a Canadian Tire or

Sears catalog in English, not being able to put an

English "for sale" sign on my truck. Its funny that

way, Quebec insists that Canada be bi-lingual for

them, but live there and iots another story. (I

actually received a citation from the "Office de la

langue francaise" or language police for that "for

sale" sign)..



What do I miss? the food... you just can't get a

"stime" or good smoked meat, or really good french

fries, outside Quebec, not to mention real poutines,

or creton...but I digress...



I'm happy for you and I'm really glad you find it

a great place to live.. wasn't always the case.. I've

attached a pic from Banff, one hour'sdrive from my

place. The same river in the pic (the Bow) flows past

my place, and is what I see from the living room

window..