Hey, remember Howard Galganov? He’s that anglo-rights crusader who was popular back in the 90s, ran for office a bunch of times (and lost) and eventually gave up on our province and moved to Ontario.
Well, Howard doesn’t let silly provincial boundaries stop him from opining, which he does now through his website. His latest diatribe talks about the declining anglophone population in Quebec, and he blames it on what’s clearly the most logical source: the anglophone media. (Except The Suburban and CIQC.)
His diatribe is long and venom-filled with overuse of the words “sell-out”, “racist” and other insults, so I’ll boil down his arguments:
- They wanted to be nice. Their refusal to let slip the dogs of war and stab at government with their pens was surely a missed opportunity.
- They didn’t support “anglo rights leaders”. Translation: They didn’t support me. As if the leaders deserve support regardless of whether their positions are sound.
- They’re like Jews who supported the Nazis. Nothing quite like a Holocaust simile to get a point across when everything else fails.
- Some say we should celebrate Bill 101’s anniversary. That’s simplifying the issue a bit. The Gazette’s opinion, for example, is that Bill 101 was a compromise that ensured linguistic peace. And even then, it also carried an opinion piece from Robert Libman saying it was devastating to the anglo community. CFCF’s Barry Wilson certainly hasn’t strayed from the anglo rights beat, and CBC doesn’t really have an opinion section.
- They called me “Angryphone”. That’s because you’re always angry.
- They equated me with francophone terrorists. Really? Has anyone called you a terrorist? You’re a radical on one side, just like Impératif Français are radicals on the other side. You may disagree with where the middle is supposed to be, but that’s something you have to live with.
- They didn’t sponsor rallies to raise money for lawsuits against the government. Is that really the role of the media? They raise money for literacy, but they tend to take a back seat to, you know, actually trying to change the law.
- They never said ethnocentric nationalism is wrong. I don’t see it that way. They routinely make the point of saying that the anglo and immigrant communities are important to Quebec. They were pretty united against the stupidity in Herouxville.
Galganov’s solution to the problem is simple and stupid: Have all the anglos and immigrants leave, shut down tourism and watch as their economy self-destructs.
Howard doesn’t seem to understand the problem. It’s not that Quebec doesn’t understand the value of its English-speaking citizens, though they do take us for granted. It’s that many anglophones are leaving the province because they can’t be bothered to learn some French.
In other words, the problem is people like Howard Galganov.
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Hey Ron
It’s ok, we still celebrate in the rain!!!!
HAPPY CANADA DAY RON!!!!!
Good thing others were so cordial to wish you a happy St-Jean, nice of you to return the cordialness! :)
VIVE LE CANADA!!!!
Dear. Mr. Brown
For one thing the russian people defeated nazi Germany 65 years ago and they were not kicked out of these countries the russian system collaspe and they had to leave because russian could not keep up the finance to maintain the troops in eastern Europe.
Gorbachev was the person who did this with his bad political decisions and the United States took advantage of him and not too long ago in an interview he said “I REGRET THE MANY MISTAKES I DID AND I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPEN.TO MY COUNTRY” . Now today Russia as rebuilt hitself as a major superpower and allied with China .
Also you say the United States rebuild Europe that is true but Germany made many major deals in the past few years with Russia to sell many of there products and the rest of European countries depend on russian oil, natural gas and many russian products to survive and trade and many european counries depend on russian investments and that is why many of these countries would rather not angry Russia. so please do not give me any of this american crap.
The United States is one of the most hated countries in the world and that is because of there interference in other countries political affairs and trying to impose there way of life on other countries. Also in early June of this year Russia and China signed the biggest trade deal in the history of the world worth $ 100 billion so please if we were smart we would be better doing business with China and Russia and that would be allot better for us as a country.
Dear t&t
I was once pro-canadian but one day a very long time ago I woke up and saw my first paycheque when I was 17 years of age and saw all the taxes taken off my pay and said to my father what in the hell is this? I had hardly anything left on my pay.
My father’s answer was welcome to Canada and to our great way of life that is called democracy and ever since that day I nerver, never cellebrate Canada Day and if you enjoy paying more for everything that goes up on this day then so be it.
CANADA SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a beautiful day here in Ottawa, and the sun is shining. HAPPY CANADA DAY.
Mr. Brown
It will raining this afternoon and I hope all night so enjoy your canada day and the increase in prices for bus service and so forth and it will be raining all week so thank God for that.
Also you are lucky you go to bed later while me and my wife we will be going to work by 0130 a.m. so please keep the noise down for us workers.
RON,
I can see that you really are a communist sympathizer. You only support countries that oppress and kill their own people. You even hate your own country: Canada.
HAPPY CANADA DAY, anyway.
Ron
You could always relocate to you beloved Quebec where Canada Day celebrations are much lower in key. The, you could enjoy le fete du St. Jean which obviously if more to your liking
Have a nice day off.
Mr. Brown
Talking about countries that kill what about the United States that send people to be tortured and killed in arab so call demoratic friendly countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt that does not allow proper human rights to it’s own people, Quamtanamo Cuba, and other former soviet countries that are torturing people who do not support the American way of life. Even Canada allowes planes that are on mark to land in Gander Newfouland to refuel so they can continue there trip to Gamtanamo Cuba we as canadians we are helping the americans we are part of all this so please keep your democratic crap to yourself.
IT IS TOO BAD IT DID NOT RAIN ON CANADA DAY I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP THOSE DAM FIREWORKS KEPT ME AND MY WIFE AWAKE AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO TO WORK TO SERVE YOU DAM PEOPLE.
Dear Westerner
The only dam rights I have is pay my taxes and eat and sleep if that is possible so please moving to Quebec would be acceptable only if it is a quiet place and No dam kids around and dogs then at least that would be perfect for me and my wife.
Dear Mr. Brown
All night both of us could not really sleep because the idiots around us used fire crackers all night to celebrate this countries birthday and to make noise.
Both of us called the police and then refered us to the noise bylaw office but they were flooded with calls so our sleep was reduce to nothing.
A co-worker could not sleep becasue one of his neighbours was using a chainsaw all day and he is a shift worker, people in this dam country do not give a dam about us and if many of you were to wake up and work our hours just maybe all of you would show us some dam respect.
Then shut up and leave.
RON,
American actions like this are part of the 20% bad. But the Soviets and the Chinese have much worse human-rights records than the Americans. In general, the Americans have done more than anyone to advance human-rights, and this is the 80% good.
The U.S. did not impose its way of life on the countries of Eastern Europe. The people of those countries chose democracy for themselves, and the Americans helped them to achieve it by standing up to the Soviets who were clearly oppressing these people.
Marc
God you are ignorant, me and my wife work like hell to survive on a daily basis and we pay taxes like hell to support all kinds of things that you enjoy on a daily basis thank to us because none of us do!.
So instead of showing your ignarance show us some dam respect that we deserve and that we earn through our sacrifice just like many of our my co-workers did for you while you were sleeping in you bed !!!!!!!.
Do you enjoy a clean store and customer service than instead of of being so dam arrogant say thank you and that is all we ask nothing more than that if not than keep your mouth shutt.
Marc
I work like hell seven days a week and to make sure you enter a clean store
so stop being such a jerk and say thank you and I get to work by 0130 a.m. everyday so be dam thank full that there are people like me and my wife who work and give a dam when you do not.
Ronald:
I have no clue what you’re talking about. But what I do know is this: apart from the childish school-yard insults you just hurled at me, you’re the one whining and crying like a big baby, yet I’m the jerk?!? HA! Do you REALLY believe that I pay no taxes and don’t work my ass off?
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