Mr. Ken Anderson, Editor
Magic-City-News
Dear Mr. Anderson,
Let me start this letter with a thank you, for having defended free speech and opinions. This is not something that I as an English-speaking person can hope for in a Canada run by the Quebecois (canadiens).
I was appalled by the letter from one Ms. Diane Cardin-Kamleiter of St. Petersburg, Florida which attempts to stifle free speech and opinions. Here in Canada the English-speaking community is being openly derided and chastised in the press and the sad part is they have absolutely no power to fight this discrimination, because the Canadian politicians in the main are mere puppets of Quebec. Trying to get a word in, on any issue is quite impossible because the press is totally under Quebecois control. The Joual (French patois) press will not give an English-speaking person the time of day; leave alone publish any of their letters asking for fairplay, because they do not consider English-speaking people in Canada as Canadians, but as AMERICANS. It might seem odd to you, but this happens to be the attitude right across the province of Quebec.
I can tell as a well-travelled person or globe-trotter I am absolutely frustrated at the on-going discrimination in Canada against English-speaking people. On my weekends from 1990-1993, I used to take my car and drive to Burlington, VT or to places in New Hampshire for a breather from the overpower stench of racial and linguistic oppression in Montreal, Quebec. It a time when I felt that the U.S. was home rather than Canada. Mind you during that period of time I made a lot of friends in the U.S. It was pleasure for me to cross that border into the U.S. and have a chance at being myself. I can assure that was not a luxury, but a necessity for my sanity.
So, please understand that this letter comes from deep in my soul, and there is not one bit of falsehood in it. It was my time of trial and it is not very easy to forget. Thank you again, for being there to stand up for all those rights that were given to us by the Magna Carta.
Yes, I too, can say and mean: "GOD BLESS AMERICA!"
Sincerely,
Kenneth T. Tellis
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
