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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (16601)	4/7/2007 9:41:39 PM
From: gg cox	Respond to of 217931

<<The reason the Quebecois don't separate is that they don't want to end up like Zimbabwe, or Mexico>> I think you are correct Maurice, that respected Canadian passport is worth hanging onto as Jean Cherest pointed out. Creating a new currency for their new country and paying off their share of federal debt also a problem..who would defend them, communicate with them.. they are surronded by a sea of english speakers ??How would the new country of Quebec handle the natives in northern Quebec.. who would want to remaiin in Canada? The separatists, are a dying breed as the the recent provincial election showed...for now<g>..the new generation seems to know on which side their bread is buttered. businessedge.ca <<But a few are really galling, particularly the $4.1 billion that will be transferred to Quebec over the next two years as part of the government's plan to correct the so-called fiscal imbalance between Ottawa and the provinces. Quebec Liberal Leader Jean Charest really rubbed it in by promising in the final days of a provincial election campaign to spend $700 million of that money on a tax cut for Quebecers. Imagine that: Tax dollars raised in Ontario, Alberta and, to a lesser extent, British Columbia being used to finance a tax break for Canada's most indebted and coddled populace.<b/>....>>