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==Government of Canada== | |||
From United Empire, to United Dominion, to United Canada. | |||
* The Constitutional File and the Unity File | Denying the very existence of the Québec nation and financing the vision of a Unitary Canada inside Québec since 1867... | ||
* Who Were the Fathers of Confederation? | |||
* Canadian Unity Council | * [http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/default.asp?Language=E&Page=consfile&Sub=Theconstitutionaldebate#Aftermath The Constitutional File and the Unity File] | ||
* Canadian Heritage | * [http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/aia/default.asp?Language=E&Page=federation&Sub=WhoWeretheFathersofConfe Who Were the Fathers of Confederation?] | ||
* The Centre for Research and Information on Canada | * [http://www.cucweb.ca/index_en.html Canadian Unity Council] | ||
* Canadian Unity | * [http://www.pch.gc.ca/index_e.cfm Canadian Heritage] | ||
* Great Canadian Questions | * [http://www.cric.ca/en_html/cric.html The Centre for Research and Information on Canada] | ||
* | * [http://www.uni.ca/ Canadian Unity] | ||
* [http://www.greatquestions.com/e/ Great Canadian Questions] | |||
* Operation Dialogue | * [http://www.canadians.org/ The Council of Canadians] | ||
* [http://www.operation-dialogue.com/index.html Operation Dialogue] | |||
==Québec Bashing== | ==Québec Bashing== | ||
Ignorance is Bliss? | Ignorance is Bliss? | ||
===Favorite targets=== | |||
* PQ Leaders René Lévesque, Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard, Bernard Landry | |||
* Free thinker and social democrat Yves Michaud | |||
* Conservative Catholic nationalist Lionel Groulx | |||
* Quebec's national symbols, its flag, its national holiday | |||
* Quebec's intitutions, its representative democracy, its language policy, its immigration policy, its economic policy | |||
* Quebec's worker movement, its unions, its solidarity | |||
===Techniques === | |||
== | Political warfare in its modern incarnation... | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Demonization|Demonization]] | |||
* [[Wikipedia:argument from repetition|argument from repetition]] (''argumentum ad nauseam'') | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Appeal to fear|Appeal to fear]] (''argumentum in terrorem'') | |||
* [[Wikipedia:false dilemma|false dilemma]] | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Straw man|Straw man]] | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Appeal to authority|Appeal to authority]] (''argumentum ad verecundiam'') | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Appeal to the majority|Appeal to the majority]] (''Argumentum ad populum'') | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Personal attack|Personal attack]] (''argumentum ad personam'') | |||
* [[Wikipedia:False analogy|False analogy]] | |||
* [[Wikipedia:False attribution|False attribution]] | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Faulty generalization|Faulty generalization]] | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Fallacy of the single cause|Fallacy of the single cause]] | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Red herring|Red herring]] | |||
* Etc. | |||
===Useful Patriots=== | |||
* Diane Francis | * Diane Francis | ||
* Howard Galganov | * Howard Galganov | ||
* Bill Johnson | * Bill Johnson | ||
* Mordecai Richler | |||
===Examples=== | |||
* [http://www.vigile.net/01-9/pinkerton.html Quebec Liberated Itself Into a Backwater] by James P. Pinkerton in Newsday, July 31, 2001 | |||
* [http://members.tripod.com/~angloquebecer/ Quebec Exposed] | |||
* [http://www.mrdowling.com/709-Quebec.html Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport] | |||
* [http://www.wednesday-night.com/SeparatistNotes.htm Wednesday-Night.com - Separatist Notes] | |||
* [http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/9820/main.html Fighting Quebec Separatism] | |||
* [http://www.vigile.net/99mai/decariessjb.html The St-Jean-Baptiste parade] | |||
* [http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/lobby/4652/ Canada is a Real Country!] | |||
* Quebecistan, Delisle, Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!, Jane Wong | |||
===Late denunciation=== | |||
* "Some Racist Slips about Quebec in English Canada Between 1995 and 1998" by Maryse Potvin in Canadian Ethnic Studies, volume XXXII, issue 2, 2000, pages 1-26 | |||
* [http://www.vigile.net/00-4/bashing.html Bashing Québec fashionable in anglo media], by Michel David, The Gazette, Friday 21 April 2000 | |||
* [http://www.vigile.net/ds-societe/docs2/02-6-26-conlogue-francophobie.html Oh Canada, Oh Quebec, Oh Richler], Globe & Mail, June 26, 2002 | |||
* ''The Black Book of English Canada'', by Normand Lester, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2002, 296 pages ISBN 077102259X | |||
* Jean Charest, Stephen Harper | |||
==Orangeism== | ==Orangeism== | ||
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* Canadian Orange Historical Site | * Canadian Orange Historical Site | ||
* Irish Secret Societies in Mid-Nineteenth Century Rural Quebec | * Irish Secret Societies in Mid-Nineteenth Century Rural Quebec | ||
* Orangeism - The Canadian Scene A Brief Historical Sketch | |||
* The Daily Orange: Quebec Secedes from Planet Earth * | * The Daily Orange: Quebec Secedes from Planet Earth * | ||
* = Putting aside the superiority complex issue and the grammatically incorrect French, we find this one quite funny. ;-) | * = Putting aside the superiority complex issue and the grammatically incorrect French, we find this one quite funny. ;-) | ||
Revision as of 23:30, 15 November 2006
Government of Canada
From United Empire, to United Dominion, to United Canada.
Denying the very existence of the Québec nation and financing the vision of a Unitary Canada inside Québec since 1867...
- The Constitutional File and the Unity File
- Who Were the Fathers of Confederation?
- Canadian Unity Council
- Canadian Heritage
- The Centre for Research and Information on Canada
- Canadian Unity
- Great Canadian Questions
- The Council of Canadians
- Operation Dialogue
Québec Bashing
Ignorance is Bliss?
Favorite targets
- PQ Leaders René Lévesque, Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard, Bernard Landry
- Free thinker and social democrat Yves Michaud
- Conservative Catholic nationalist Lionel Groulx
- Quebec's national symbols, its flag, its national holiday
- Quebec's intitutions, its representative democracy, its language policy, its immigration policy, its economic policy
- Quebec's worker movement, its unions, its solidarity
Techniques
Political warfare in its modern incarnation...
- Demonization
- argument from repetition (argumentum ad nauseam)
- Appeal to fear (argumentum in terrorem)
- false dilemma
- Straw man
- Appeal to authority (argumentum ad verecundiam)
- Appeal to the majority (Argumentum ad populum)
- Personal attack (argumentum ad personam)
- False analogy
- False attribution
- Faulty generalization
- Fallacy of the single cause
- Red herring
- Etc.
Useful Patriots
- Diane Francis
- Howard Galganov
- Bill Johnson
- Mordecai Richler
Examples
- Quebec Liberated Itself Into a Backwater by James P. Pinkerton in Newsday, July 31, 2001
- Quebec Exposed
- Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport
- Wednesday-Night.com - Separatist Notes
- Fighting Quebec Separatism
- The St-Jean-Baptiste parade
- Canada is a Real Country!
- Quebecistan, Delisle, Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!, Jane Wong
Late denunciation
- "Some Racist Slips about Quebec in English Canada Between 1995 and 1998" by Maryse Potvin in Canadian Ethnic Studies, volume XXXII, issue 2, 2000, pages 1-26
- Bashing Québec fashionable in anglo media, by Michel David, The Gazette, Friday 21 April 2000
- Oh Canada, Oh Quebec, Oh Richler, Globe & Mail, June 26, 2002
- The Black Book of English Canada, by Normand Lester, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2002, 296 pages ISBN 077102259X
- Jean Charest, Stephen Harper
Orangeism
Yes, that thing still exists...
- British America Orangeism
- Orangenet.org: Canada
- Canadian Orange Historical Site
- Irish Secret Societies in Mid-Nineteenth Century Rural Quebec
- Orangeism - The Canadian Scene A Brief Historical Sketch
- The Daily Orange: Quebec Secedes from Planet Earth *
- = Putting aside the superiority complex issue and the grammatically incorrect French, we find this one quite funny. ;-)