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It seems that many (most?) of the people defending Charest's interference are not native British Columbians. Folks (especially from Ontario I find) just don't realize how irrelevant Quebec and the French language are to life in BC. And how irrepresentative the Federal gov't and its Ottawa bureaucracy are of our province. Go through any Federal department personnel listing - heavily populated by a self-perpetuating bilingual elite.

I use to be of the flag-clutching "my Canada includes Quebec" ilk, but really BC would be just as well off on its own. As the Chinese proverb goes: "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away".