Re: [A-List] Dave Zirin on Tookie Williams/Robin Philpot compares EC/Québec aboriginal policy

["tony black" <tal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

...If Quebec 'separates fromt the rest of Canada'..that will be the end of
Canada. Welcome to the 51st state...It would probably mean the eventual
destruction of Quebec sovereignty as well.

Tony


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sabri Oncu" <soncu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:26 PM
Subject: [A-List] Dave Zirin on Tookie Williams/Robin Philpot compares
EC/Québec aboriginal policy


> I must confess that I have difficulty in following much of the debate
> between Macdonald and Jim because of my lack of knowledge of the details.
> I
> suspect most of the other non-Canadians on the list have the same
> difficulty. To turn their debate into something fruitful that we all can
> follow, here is a question to both of them:
>
> How do we distinguish among sovereignty, self-determination and state?
>
> More specifically, is self-determination possible without sovereignty and
> sovereignty without state?
>
> Lastly, if Quebec separates from the rest of Canada and becomes a
> "nation-state," which nation's state will that be?
>
> Best,
>
> Sabri