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      Remarks
      in
      Closing
      Speech
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Heather
      Ednie
      (The
      Link)
      (CUP)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Quebec’s
      black
      community
      leaders
     
     
      were
      insulted
      and
      outraged
      by
      Premier
     
     
      Jacques
      Parizeau’s
      blatantly
      racist
      address
     
     
      to
      his
      supporters
      Monday
      night.
     
    

    
     
      ‘*Parizeau
      placed
      ethnic
      groups
      and
     
     
      money
      in
      one
      basket
      and
      then
      the
      ‘‘good
     
     
      people’’
      who
      voted
      Yes
      in
      the
      other,”’
      said
     
     
      Michel
      Sanon,
      a
      Haitian
      student.
      ‘‘This
      I
     
     
      see
      as
      a
      recipe
      for
      ethnic
      cleansing.”’
     
    

    
     
      As
      a
      means
      of
      explaining
      his
      loss
      in
     
     
      the
      referendum,
      Parizeau
      blamed
      ‘‘money
     
     
      and
      the
      ethnic
      vote.”’
     
    

    
     
      Egbert
      Gaye,
      editor
      and
      publisher
      of
     
     
      Community
      Contact,
      a
      black
      community
     
     
      paper
      in
      Montreal,
      said
      that
      Parizeau’s
     
     
      speech
      highlighted
      the
      fact
      that
      there
      is
      no
     
     
      place
      for
      the
      black
      community
      in
      a
      sepa-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      rate
      Quebec.
     
     
      Gaye
      feels
      that
      the
      narrow
      victory
      for
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      No
      forces
      in
      the
      referendum
      was
     
     
      definitely
      positive
      for
      the
      black
      commu-
     
     
      nity,
      in
      light
      of
      Parizeau’s
      recent
      expres-
     
     
      sion
      of
      racist
      ideals.
     
    

    
     
      ‘*When
      they
      want
      to
      build
      by
      exclud-
     
     
      ing
      a
      specific
      percentage
      of
      the
      population
     
     
      you
      have
      to
      worry,’’
      said
      Gaye.
      ‘‘We
      have
     
     
      no
      choice
      but
      to
      celebrate
      this
      victory
      of
     
     
      ours
      tonight.”’
     
    

    
     
      The
      sovereignty
      movement
      is
     
     
      increasingly
      alienating
      minority
      groups
      in
     
     
      Quebec.
      Many
      blacks
      felt
      that
      a
      victory
      for
     
     
      the
      Yes
      side
      would
      have
      negative
      conse-
     
     
      quences
      for
      their
      community.
     
    

    
     
      Michael-Ann
      Connor,
      a
      Concordia
     
     
      University
      student,
      believes
      that
     
    

    
     
      Quebec
      separation
      would
      not
      be
     
     
      positive
      for
      any
      minority
      groups.
      She
      said
     
     
      that
      the
      sovereigntist
      leaders
      do
      not
      include
     
     
      visible
      minorities
      in
      their
      ideal
      of
      a
      sepa-
     
     
      rate
      Quebec.
     
    

    
     
      ‘*Visibly,
      by
      Bouchard’s
      standards,
     
     
      we
      are
      not
      Quebecois,’’
      she
      said.
      Gaye
     
     
      agrees.
      He
      said
      that
      the
      separatists
      aim
      to
     
     
      safeguard
      their
      own
      nationalism
      would
     
     
      make
      it
      harder
      for
      the
      black
      community
      to
     
     
      have
      a
      voice
      in
      Quebec.
     
    

    
     
      **The
      nationalists
      see
      themselves
      as
      a
     
     
      particular
      group
      that
      doesn’t
      seem
      to
      have
     
     
      a
      place
      for
      other
      groups
      within
      it,’’
      said
     
     
      Gaye.
      ‘It’s
      not
      inclusive,
      and
      many
      of
     
     
      Bouchard’s
      statements
      have
      been
      a
      mani-
     
     
      festation
      of
      that
      opinion.”’
     
    

    
     
      Noel
      Alexander,
      president
      of
      the
     
     
      Jamaican
      Association
      of
      Montreal,
      agrees
     
     
      that
      the
      sovereigntists
      create
      difficulties
      for
     
     
      the
      black
      community
      in
      Quebec.
      He
      said
     
     
      the
      Yes
      forces
      promote
      Quebecois
      culture
     
     
      above
      all
      others.
      As
      a
      minority
      in
      Canada,
     
     
      Alexander
      said
      that
      the
      Quebecois
      should
     
     
      be
      more
      understanding
      towards
      other
     
     
      minority
      groups.
     
    

    
     
      “*Here’s
      the
      people
      who
      said
      they
     
    
   
   
    
     
      suffered
      from
      the
      British,
      and
      here’s
      the
     
     
      people
      who
      pass
      bills
      and
      work
      for
      a
     
     
      political
      system
      that
      will
      serve
      their
      culture
     
     
      over
      all
      others,’’
      said
      Alexander.
     
    

    
     
      Concordia
      student
      Vyara
      Ndejuru
     
     
      said
      she
      hopes
      to
      never
      see
      the
      separation
     
     
      of
      Quebec
      from
      Canada.
      She
      said
      it
      would
     
     
      result
      in
      the
      closing
      off
      of
      Quebec,
      and
      the
     
     
      result
      would
      be
      very
      negative
      for
      immi-
     
     
      grants.
     
    

    
     
      ‘*We
      [the
      black
      community]
      would
     
     
      feel
      threatened
      always,’’
      said
      Ndejuru.
      “‘It
     
     
      would
      be
      even
      more
      difficult
      to
      make
      it
      as
     
     
      a
      community
      because
      resources
      would
      be
     
     
      more
      scarce.”’
     
    

    
     
      Sanon
      said
      that
      it
      is
      important
      to
     
     
      recognize
      that
      the
      leaders
      of
      the
      sover-
     
     
      eignty
      movement
      have
      defined
      a
      very
     
     
      select
      group
      of
      people
      for
      a
      separate
     
     
      Quebec.
      ‘‘It
      is
      no
      longer
      a
      language
     
     
      matter,’’
      he
      said.
      ‘‘It’s
      an
      ethnic
      matter.
     
     
      This
      has
      been
      made
      very
      clear
      by
     
     
      Parizeau’s
      speech.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Comment
     
     
      What
      Is
      Your
      Opinion
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      the
      Referendum?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tanya
      Stuckless,
      1st
     
     
      year
      Business:
      “I’m
      glad
      it’s
     
     
      a
      No
      vote.
      It
      would
      have
     
     
      ruined
      a
      lot
      of
      things
      for
     
     
      Canada
      and
      Newfoundland
     
     
      in
      particular
      would
      have
     
     
      been
      ruined
      because
      of
      the
     
     
      hydro.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      7
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tim
      Shipe,
      4th
      year
     
     
      Arts:
      “I
      think
      that
      by
      the
     
     
      outcome
      of
      the
      referendum
     
     
      nothing’s
      been
      solved.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mary
      Lynn
      Do,
      4th
      year
     
     
      History:
      “Canada
      missed
     
     
      this
      opportunity
      to
      really
     
     
      address
      multicultural
      issues
     
     
      that
      are
      just
      going
      to
      keep
     
     
      coming
      up.
      They
      put
      the
     
     
      problems
      under
      the
      table
      for
     
     
      someone
      else
      to
      deal
      with.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jennifer
      Hennessey,
      3rd
     
     
      year
      Arts:
      “I
      think
      right
      now
     
     
      is
      just
      the
      calm
      before
      the
     
     
      storm.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Robin
      Hewitt,
      3rd
      year
     
     
      Arts/Nursing:
      “I
      think
      we
     
     
      should
      be
      thankful
      that
      Que-
     
     
      bec
      voted
      to
      stay
      with
      us
      and
     
     
      that
      nobody
      got
      killed.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jennifer
      Anderson,
      |st
     
     
      year
      Arts:
      “I
      think
      it’s
      sad
     
     
      that
      the
      fate
      of
      our
      country
      is
     
     
      under
      the
      control
      of
      one
     
     
      province.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jenna
      Clark,
      1st
      year
     
     
      Arts:
      “I’m
      so
      sick
      of
      the
     
     
      whole
      thing.”