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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 6 Apr 2001, p. 18

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'Me native people of Quebec would- nIt wanî 10 leave Canada. In northemn Quebec, where the inajority of the people are native. would have a legal righi not to leave Canada. Tbey could go rhrough the courts but ihat would take toci long. The Mohawks in Montreal wouldn'i leave Canada cither. So now the referendumn contes ont the wrong way -seize the norih of Quebec and the Mohawk's set/e the bridges. And the people (of Quebec) woufd assumte is ail a lederal plot (the rel- erendunîl." Soon the province would be in complete anarchy with bombings. graffiti and police guardîng the streets. "There woufd still be a confrontation 10 Ibis day," Mr. Dyer said. "Would Canada be a good place t0 invest, somewhere where the tuture is on hold itîdefinitely? Quebec is still promising a referendum. We could be staiing down the barrel of Ibis gun agaiti." Mr. Dyer aise, bld the students their tim- ing as a generation was "bad" because jobs are harder 10 come by today. "One hundred and tifty years ugo a group of countries, including Canada, bad a monopoly on the worîd's good jobs. When f left high school jobs grew on trees, but that stopped in the early 10 mid-'80s. Witb economic globulization, we no longer live in a closed economy." fn Canada the average person's pay is $15 per hour, compared 10 $2 an hour in Mexico and Ondia, he uaid. "Where are we going 10 put our next fac- tory - in Canada where we have lu puy -Woodt or vinyl uldino *Ux00 delivormi & lustallai *focludîu fluor, widos & uhîrgteu Need a Part-tiîme Studies Calendar? 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Canada cao do well in the global m:arket and bas an advantage because il*s an eîhni- cally diverse country, Mr. Dyer said. "In Japan there's only one culture avait- able. It pales in comparison 10 us because we have ail the cultures on the planet avait- able here. It doesn't guarantee aIl the jobs will be available ro us but il gives us a good advantage." New immigration occurs in Quebec on a i o per cent foreign busis and ito mandato- ry ail immigrants send their children to French speaking schools, be said. "The working language is French, but they don't cure wbo Louis Riel was because itus not their bistoty." When il comes down to il, Canadians do have a decent country, future and place to live, he said. "We're going 10 be fine." Knight Cap WNight is Wing Wight 2.54 WîIngs Choose from hundreds of credit and general interest courses to support your educational and leisure pursurts. Over 80% of courses are career oriented for your professional adivancement. 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