Comments on: French Bashing Spike Expected in Canada

By: Miquelon

Miquelon — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:52:58 +0000

Another spike in French Bashing in the comment sections of Canadian news sites.

By: Miquelon

Miquelon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:07:35 +0000

Fred Orth – wow fascinating. You mapped the area for IGN or just for your project ? 1968, that was one year after De Gaulle gave Elf Aquitaine permits to drill – a purely political stance.

By: Miquelon

Miquelon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:59:31 +0000

More anti-French and anti-SPM comments Yahoo Canada National Post

By: Fred Orth

Fred Orth — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:06:41 +0000

Miquelon, I have been reading your provided links and, I must say, they certainly are testy up North! I have always loved Canada and I really do admire their people, but, I wish they would not dignify their point of view with insults. It’s the same everywhere, a few weak minds hurt the image of a whole, otherwise grand, people.

By: Miquelon

Miquelon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:29:12 +0000

Anti-French and Anti-SPM sentiment has exploded on various canadian news websites :

CBC comments - over 200 comments
National Post - only a handful of comments
CTV.ca - comments now closed

The transferrance of Anti-French sentiment as expressed in the USA between 2003 and 2007 is almost complete in this affair, demonstrating the trickle-down hatred model of popular culture jamming by ex-US officials.

By: Fred Orth

Fred Orth — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:21:20 +0000

I believe that France has a very clear claim and I wonder why this is even an issue. The Treaty gave France control all fishing rights and control over the area required for support of the local population. This included the area to the south and southeast of the islands to the “banks”. Being an old geographer, I mapped the area in 1968 (college project) and assumed that France ruled a fairly large area, to inclued the area in dispute.