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Funny enough I was just thinking of this, this past week. I think it's a great idea. I feel like the UN gets lost in New York, the city's just too big. Montreal is smaller but still big enough, just as cosmopolitan if not more so, and is much more of neutral ground for such an organization than an American city. I also think the UN would do a lot more for Montreal than it does now for New York. The fact that Montreal is a non majority-English city that is still very able to accommodate English speakers is what hits this one out of the park. It has a pace of life I think people from all corners of the world could handle and really does have a lot of North American meets Europe type of elements. I'm all for this one!

Not to mention I couldn't think of a better location. It will go even further in helping development in the nearby areas. I was hoping for a new residential area, a sort of Nouveau Outremont/Westmount type project somewhere in the vicinity of the Peel Bassin/part of Griffintown/area between the train tracks and where this UN project would be. I think the two projects would pair nicely together.

I hate for this to be my first post, as I really love this site and am much more interested in the architectural aspects, but I was just thinking the exact same thing as Mark concerning France. I absolutely agree with strong measures to protect the French language, I for one have deplorable French due to an education system that I believe failed me in that domain. However, the words "Second Cup" are in the name regardless of whether the words "les cafes" are their too. I'm willing to support a lot, in terms of protecting the French language, but this just isn't one of those times. I also think another part of the problem is those protecting the language. Putting the sovereignty issue aside, the fight should be taken outside of Quebec's borders. There are 1,000,000 French Canadians living elsewhere in Quebec, why have they all been forgotten by those living inside Quebec's borders? Not to mention this country does officially have two national languages. A stronger presence of French in Canada, in my mind, means a Quebec that has to be less worried and less sensitive. If Switzerland can manage four language groups Canada can certainly manage two.