Comments on: Breaking the silence

By: Valerie P

Valerie P — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:09:00 +0000

Douglas, you clearly have anger issues, maybe you should see a psychiatrist.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:30:05 +0000

I studied at McGill University in the 1970s. Two of my teachers were from Taiwan; both were employed as lecturers and had a good and very good standard of living. If there was prejudice towards them, it was not apparent to me at the time.

By: JJ Abraham

JJ Abraham — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:33:00 +0000

Non-White are marginalized in Canada. Jan Wong had the guts to expose the truth that Canada does not have employment equality among the races.

By: Ben Champ

Ben Champ — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:52:12 +0000

You canâ€™t negate a journalist, who enlightens others to the plight of the second class citizens in Quebec, all those affected by the language laws. There is alienation; negation and now intimidation for those who dare to speak the truth. I believe she has a point that should be investigated further. The shootings in Quebec all involved visible immigrants, non-pure laine Quebecois. It is worthy to study why these immigrants felt so disengaged from society to commit such violent crimes. The language laws create divisions between those who have rights verse those who do not have rights. If you have a person who is mentally vulnerable, those feelings of alienation or estrangement from society will be magnified in a society, which embraces their own language and culture, while negating immigrants, their culture, their language and expect these new comers to shed their skin to embrace their new Quebec culture. Shunning visible minorities, immigrants and limiting their opportunities for education, employment, advancement in the Quebec society for years on end only alienates these immigrants. Immigrants would embrace the Quebec culture if the society was more inclusive and the laws less divisive. The Quebec shootings mentioned by this journalist note the extreme cases with a loose association to the language laws. So it is questionable. Yet, she does shed light on the fact that there may be a negative influence on Quebec society due to these language laws. Quebec has the highest suicide rate of entire North America and an extremely high rate of secondary school drop outs. These language laws are certainly not creating a society where some of the vulnerable population does not receive the support they require to achieve a sense of community, to succeed at school or to be supported by an employer due to Quebecâ€™s ethnocentric ideology within a diverse democratic Canada.

By: Douglas Sather

Douglas Sather — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:21:31 +0000

I was there when Kimveer Gill went crazy in Dawson, and when Denis Cote shot him he threw up for ten minutes. It is arrogant to live in another ( Her third) to tell us what to think.
BOYCOTT THIS WITCH,forever. Notice no one ever gave her another job after.

By: Douglas Sather

Douglas Sather — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:19:35 +0000

This lying woman interpolated from her prejudices. Long live the free press. They FIRE IDIOTS LIKE HER. No one should buy her book- she is a racist and an complete IDIOT. Get a job- preferably in a place where you cannot influence anyone.