Le débat des chefs
Pourquoi censurer les portes-paroles? Pourquoi contrôler les idées? Les médias se prennent pour nos élus! Nous ne pouvons pas en tant que société démocratique leur donner ce pouvoir!
Pour plusieurs d’entre nous la politique ne nous intéresse pas vraiment. Nous essayons souvent de voter en fonction de celui ou celle qui sera le ou la moins pire. Mais que vous votiez par convictions pour ou par obligation, il n’empêche pas qu’il est quand même essentiel d’avoir le maximum d’information possible pour faire notre choix.
Les médias contrôlent le débat des chefs et veulent y faire venir seulement le PQ, le PLQ et l’ADQ. Or, 15% de la population a donné son soutien au Parti Vert et au Parti Québec Solidaire. Ce que ces deux partis réclament, c’est tout simplement de pouvoir participer au débat des chefs.
Peu importe votre position politique, je pense qu’il est important de ne pas laisser les médias choisir de qui participera au débat des chefs, car c’est de la désinformation que de le faire.
Signez cette pétition qui sera envoyée aux médias pour leur mon trer qu’en tant que citoyenNEs nous voulons un débat des chefs équitable :
http://www.debatpourtous.net
/spip.php?article1&debut_signatures= 15#pagination_signatures
Monique Enright
Aylmer
Accès aux études universitaires
Les francophones font toujours l’objet de discrimination au Québec !
Au moment du déclenchement des élections québécoises, Impératif français tient à rappeler que les francophones sont toujours victimes de discrimination et d’exclusion au Québec quant à l’accès aux études universitaires. Cette discrimination est encore plus forte dans la région de l’Outaouais.
Les universités anglo-québécoises obtiennent un financement total de 1,2 milliard de dollars, soit 27,7 % des fonds destinés à toutes les universités du Québec alors que la population anglophone ne constitue que 8,3 % de la population du Québec.
L’Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) souffre de sous-développement sur le plan de sa programmation en français : les possibi lités de formation universitaire en français en Outaouais sont deux fois moindres que dans les trois autres régions de population à peu près semblable, à savoir le Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, la Mauricie et l’Estrie. Par ailleurs, l’UQO demeure l’Université la plus sous-financée des constituantes du réseau de l’Université du Québec.
Rappelons que dans le cadre de la consultation pour une politique linguistique en cours à l’UQO, diverses instances défendent le maintien et la croissance de programmes de formation universitaire en anglais à l’UQO, ce qui sous-entend une augmentation des dépenses devant être assumées par l’Université aux dépens d’une croissance des programmes en français, et bien sûr, l’anglicisation de la seule université francophone dans la région de la Capitale fédérale.
Soulignons que dans la région de la capitale fédérale, les universités anglophones d’Ottawa et de Carleton offrent plus de 100 programmes d’études universitaires en anglais qui n’existent pas en français;
Nous invitons Messieurs les députés Benoît Pelletier et Marcel Proulx à cesser de promouvoir l’anglicisation de l’Université du Québec et de sa constituante en Outaouais, l’UQO, à prendre plutôt les moyens pour mettre fin à la discrimination et l’exclusion d’étudiants privés de programmes d’études universitaires en français et à s’assurer que les universités de langue française reçoivent leur part du financement total consenti aux universités québécoises.
Jean-Paul Perreault, Président
Impératif français
Aylmer
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Teaching what’s right
In response to Garry McNulty from the Friends of the Boucher Forest who mentioned my name and misquoted me in a letter to The Bulletin on February 28, that’s right! I am running for school trustee for D’Arcy McGee, South Hull, and Symmes. The Bulletin d’ Aylmer got it right when reporting about the environmental meeting. In that meeting, I said that I was searching for ways of how we could keep school graduation parties civilized in the Boucher Forest. I raised the issue because I believe it is a matter of local concern that citizens, the media, parents, students, the school board and school trustees make sure we all protect our environment.
I am not a strict environmentalist, but I believe we should take responsibility for what we are teaching to the new generations of Canadians, no matter their skin colour, sex, religion, or political affiliation. I am proud to have raised the issue.
Frankly, I do not need an election to speak my mind. If I get elected to represent the above schools, I will work hard to make sure graduation parties take place with proper infrastructures and not in the Boucher Forest. In our community, we should educate young people inside and outside of their classrooms to do the right thing. Education should not stay inside the walls of a school.
Susan Miller
Aylmer
Why are dirty shoes OK in a gym?
This is in response to the letter, “Beware of owner, he may bite”. To put it bluntly, Mr. or Mrs. Johnson, can we visit you and leave our dirty, soggy shoes on and walk all over your house with them? Your wood floors or carpet may get dirty; is that ok with you?
Show some respect, will you please. You don’t want people wearing their wet shoes in your home, so what gives you the right to do this to a business that pays to have its floor or carpets cleaned to make sure you’re happy and come back? If you went into another home or business and their floors were really dirty, then you wouldn’t want to enter that place again, until it was cleaned. You would gossip to people about it and say “Oh my god, did you see the floors in that place, they were disgusting?
So if someone shows concern for their business, do the right thing next time, think twice, and show a little respect for them.
J. Wilson
Aylmer
Do something about health care. What?
I must respond to the letter written a few weeks ago. I am in almost the same situation. I am a fairly new resident of Aylmer, being lured to the Quebec side by lower housing prices, but I am very disappointed with the health care system here.
I have numerous conditions that require a doctor’s attention. Due to the shortage of doctors here, I continue to commute to Orleans for basic medical care. In July, my doctor referred me to a gastroenterologist but was unable to locate one in Ontario who would see a Quebec resident. When I located one myself I was told told it would be 2 to 21/2 years for an appointment. I explained my urgency and even with that it took 9 months to get an appointment. I finally saw the doctor last week. In 9 months, the problem has worsened, and I am lucky I didn’t die!
It is no wonder that Quebec residents would rather go to the Civic or the General in Ottawa as we are receiving sub-standard care here. Forget repatriation, it should come down to who is most likely to serve you the best and where the waiting lists are shorter!
There are so many stories like mine that it’s time we spoke up and did something about it. My girlfriend has been waiting for almost a year for a knee surgery in Quebec but a counterpart of mine at work was able to have surgery on her knee done almost immediately in Ontario. This problem needs to be addressed!
Barbara Brocken
Aylmer
Hockey historian seeks help
Hockey historian James Milks is seeking help from Aylmer residents to provide information on hockey players and teams from long ago. Mr. Milks, who moved to Aylmer last year, is working on a presentation on Aylmer hockey history at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for International Hockey Research in Ottawa. He is interested in obtaining copies of any documents or photographs of Aylmer teams which were part of the Lower Ottawa Hockey Association (LOHA) or the Lower Ottawa Valley Hockey League (LOVHL) which operated between roughly 1909 and1929. The Aylmer Hockey Club won the league championship in 1919-20 and was awarded the MacLaren Cup and the Citizen Shield.
He is also interested in information on Aylmer born players from later eras such as Andre Menard, Charles Simard, Don Davidson, Edgar Murphy, Eric Dagenais, Eric Proulx, George “Dynamite” Bond, Larry Archambault, Gerald “Fatty” Church and Wallace “Tubby” Moore. Please contact James at 819.682.4930 or by email at jamesmilks@videotron.ca.
James Milks
Aylmer
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