Vive Le Quebec libre
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Robin Philpot
«Le référendum volé»
Les Éditions des Intouchables, 2005
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Club de lecture
À l'endos du livre, l'éditeur présente le texte suivant.
Le dicton populaire veut que la vérité choque et on n'aura jamais si bien dit à propos de ce livre.
Canadien anglais d'origine, Robin Philpot a adopté le Québec il y a plus d'un quart de siècle. Quand il a demandé à des acteurs importants de la victoire du NON de lui parler de leur rôle lors du référendum de 1995, ceux-ci ne se sont pas doutés de ses convictions souverainistes. Tel un Michael Moore, il a obtenu les confidences étonnantes de Brian Tobin, concepteur et organisateur du mal nommé love-in du 27 octobre 1995, de l'ineffable Sheila Copps, qui souhaitait « écraser» les souverainistes, de John Rae, responsable des affaires politiques de Power Corporation et homme à tout faire de Jean Chrétien, de James Blanchard, ancien ambassadeur américain au Canada et de plusieurs autres. De leurs témoignages ressort un mot d'ordre: la fin justifie les moyens.
Ces fédéralistes sans scrupule n'ont pas hésité à bafouer la démocratie de façon éhontée. Ils ont contrevenu à la loi référendaire, dépassé largement la limite de dépenses permises du comité du NON, accéléré le processus de naturalisation d'immigrants, dont celle du présumé terroriste Al Rauf Al-Jiddi, et incité à peu près n'importe qui à voter. Le référendum de 1995 prouve hors de tout doute que le Canada, pays issu de l'Empire britannique, ne mérite pas sa réputation de pays démocratique. Le 30 octobre 1995, quelque 54 000 voix ont fait la différence entre le OUI et le NON. Si les tenants du NON et, surtout, l'État fédéral et des Canadiens de l'extérieur du Québec n'avaient pas triché, le OUI aurait gagné. Heureusement, ce n'est que partie remise. Il y aura un autre référendum. Mais que les forces du OUI se le tiennent pour dit, le Canada ne jouera pas davantage franc-jeu.
Robin Philpot habite au Québec depuis 1974. Il a été à l'emploi de diverses organisations publiques et privées en communications et en affaires internationales. Originaire de Thunder Bay, en Ontario, et diplômé en histoire et en lettres de l'Université de Toronto, il a vécu près de trois ans en Afrique francophone, avant de s'établir au Québec. Le référendum volé est son troisième ouvrage.
http://www.novabec.com/clubdelecture/livre005.htm
Robin Philpot
«Le référendum volé»
Les Éditions des Intouchables, 2005
INSCRIPTION
Club de lecture
À l'endos du livre, l'éditeur présente le texte suivant.
Le dicton populaire veut que la vérité choque et on n'aura jamais si bien dit à propos de ce livre.
Canadien anglais d'origine, Robin Philpot a adopté le Québec il y a plus d'un quart de siècle. Quand il a demandé à des acteurs importants de la victoire du NON de lui parler de leur rôle lors du référendum de 1995, ceux-ci ne se sont pas doutés de ses convictions souverainistes. Tel un Michael Moore, il a obtenu les confidences étonnantes de Brian Tobin, concepteur et organisateur du mal nommé love-in du 27 octobre 1995, de l'ineffable Sheila Copps, qui souhaitait « écraser» les souverainistes, de John Rae, responsable des affaires politiques de Power Corporation et homme à tout faire de Jean Chrétien, de James Blanchard, ancien ambassadeur américain au Canada et de plusieurs autres. De leurs témoignages ressort un mot d'ordre: la fin justifie les moyens.
Ces fédéralistes sans scrupule n'ont pas hésité à bafouer la démocratie de façon éhontée. Ils ont contrevenu à la loi référendaire, dépassé largement la limite de dépenses permises du comité du NON, accéléré le processus de naturalisation d'immigrants, dont celle du présumé terroriste Al Rauf Al-Jiddi, et incité à peu près n'importe qui à voter. Le référendum de 1995 prouve hors de tout doute que le Canada, pays issu de l'Empire britannique, ne mérite pas sa réputation de pays démocratique. Le 30 octobre 1995, quelque 54 000 voix ont fait la différence entre le OUI et le NON. Si les tenants du NON et, surtout, l'État fédéral et des Canadiens de l'extérieur du Québec n'avaient pas triché, le OUI aurait gagné. Heureusement, ce n'est que partie remise. Il y aura un autre référendum. Mais que les forces du OUI se le tiennent pour dit, le Canada ne jouera pas davantage franc-jeu.
Robin Philpot habite au Québec depuis 1974. Il a été à l'emploi de diverses organisations publiques et privées en communications et en affaires internationales. Originaire de Thunder Bay, en Ontario, et diplômé en histoire et en lettres de l'Université de Toronto, il a vécu près de trois ans en Afrique francophone, avant de s'établir au Québec. Le référendum volé est son troisième ouvrage.
http://www.novabec.com/clubdelecture/livre005.htm
<I will burn the image of the Queen of England as soon Québec reaches independece. >
Good for you I will burn the flag of Quebec while you do that.
<I blame the fucking UK and his fucking Queen.>
What about the Native popluation?
I blame the French and the English for invading our native lands.
Good for you I will burn the flag of Quebec while you do that.
<I blame the fucking UK and his fucking Queen.>
What about the Native popluation?
I blame the French and the English for invading our native lands.
" I blame the French and the English for invading our native lands. "
Are you Amerindian ?
Are you Amerindian ?
Why is everyone in this thread posting anonymously?
Why am I posting anonymously myself?
Why am I posting anonymously myself?
The next time I will take a good picture of the face of an Anglo-Canadian at the same time that he's seeing the results of a winning referendum.
Cannot wait for that
Cannot wait for that
<I will burn the image of the Queen of England as soon Québec reaches independece. >
Is there a current Canadian Law that prevents you from burning the Queen's image now?
Is there a current Canadian Law that prevents you from burning the Queen's image now?
Given all that, it's worth examining the tea leaves of 1995 yet again for fresh lessons. Three recent books, published only in French and barely noticed outside Quebec, offer handy guidance.
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/politics/article.jsp?content=20051031_114371_114371
To say the least, the same can't be said for Robin Philpot's Le référendum volé (The Stolen Referendum). Philpot was born in Thunder Bay, Ont., and his first language is English, but he has been an articulate advocate of Quebec sovereignty for many years. Philpot believes Canada stole the 1995 federalist victory. Federalists who wade through Le référendum volé will find a screed written by a man who believes Canada contemptible. Yet there's also in Philpot an element of Michael Moore's cleverness. Philpot interviewed several leading federalists -- Sheila Copps, Brian Tobin, John Rae -- in English, coaxing them into admissions they would never have made if they had realized their interviewer was a separatist.
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/politics/article.jsp?content=20051031_114371_114371
To say the least, the same can't be said for Robin Philpot's Le référendum volé (The Stolen Referendum). Philpot was born in Thunder Bay, Ont., and his first language is English, but he has been an articulate advocate of Quebec sovereignty for many years. Philpot believes Canada stole the 1995 federalist victory. Federalists who wade through Le référendum volé will find a screed written by a man who believes Canada contemptible. Yet there's also in Philpot an element of Michael Moore's cleverness. Philpot interviewed several leading federalists -- Sheila Copps, Brian Tobin, John Rae -- in English, coaxing them into admissions they would never have made if they had realized their interviewer was a separatist.
What do you do when a box of intriguing but dated documents suggesting federal government shenanigans in the 1995 referendum falls into your lap? If you're Normand Lester, best known for a trilogy of "black books" depicting English Canada as a hotbed of racism and franco-phobia, you crank up the photocopier and do your damnedest to get a book published before election day.
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=200aceaa-d3bc-46cc-9e9f-951a1bd50913
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=200aceaa-d3bc-46cc-9e9f-951a1bd50913
Mr. Chrétien, as well as his lieutenant Gagliano, confirmed as much during their appearances in the Commission. After the shock of the near-victory of the “Oui” in the 1995 referendum, they had to “save Canada” and “the end justified the means”. This is how Chrétien and the Liberal Party tried to “save Canada” after having “stolen” the 1995 referendum. This time around, it could be that Quebeckers - 54% of whom currently support the idea of independence (1) - decide not to give a “last chance” to Canadian federalism. At any rate, 75% of Quebeckers agree “Jean Chrétien and the Liberal Party of Canada betrayed us after the 1995 referendum”(2).
http://www.ufp.qc.ca/article1536.html
http://www.ufp.qc.ca/article1536.html
Public anger
In the newly-released testimony, Mr Brault alleges that kickback contributions totalling nearly $1m were made to the Liberal Party by the Quebec advertising companies.
He also alleges Liberal Party workers were put on Groupaction's payroll and that the advertising firm became a virtual wing of the Liberal Party in Quebec.
Mr Brault says he took orders from very senior figures in Mr Chretien's government.
Both the current and former Canadian prime ministers testified before the public inquiry in February.
Mr Chretien defended the programme as a patriotic attempt to defend Canada's interests in Quebec. He said if mistakes were made, those responsible should be brought to justice.
Although the current Prime Minister Paul Martin was finance minister at the time, he told the inquiry he knew very little about its operations.
He is not linked by the testimony so far, and he has personally pledged to get to the bottom of the corruption scandal.
Public anger over the scandal is believed to have been partially responsible for reducing the Liberal Party's majority to a minority in an election last year.
But it remains to be seen whether Canadians have an appetite for being forced to go to the polls again over the issue.
Opposition parties say they will gauge public opinion before deciding whether to call for an election.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4422711.stm
In the newly-released testimony, Mr Brault alleges that kickback contributions totalling nearly $1m were made to the Liberal Party by the Quebec advertising companies.
He also alleges Liberal Party workers were put on Groupaction's payroll and that the advertising firm became a virtual wing of the Liberal Party in Quebec.
Mr Brault says he took orders from very senior figures in Mr Chretien's government.
Both the current and former Canadian prime ministers testified before the public inquiry in February.
Mr Chretien defended the programme as a patriotic attempt to defend Canada's interests in Quebec. He said if mistakes were made, those responsible should be brought to justice.
Although the current Prime Minister Paul Martin was finance minister at the time, he told the inquiry he knew very little about its operations.
He is not linked by the testimony so far, and he has personally pledged to get to the bottom of the corruption scandal.
Public anger over the scandal is believed to have been partially responsible for reducing the Liberal Party's majority to a minority in an election last year.
But it remains to be seen whether Canadians have an appetite for being forced to go to the polls again over the issue.
Opposition parties say they will gauge public opinion before deciding whether to call for an election.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4422711.stm
<Are you Amerindian ?
He's Brittish for sure >
Look here read it again
'I blame the French and the English for invading our native lands. '
He's Brittish for sure >
Look here read it again
'I blame the French and the English for invading our native lands. '