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    Huge fan of the movies. I will go for sure.
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    I always find it strange that streets in Quebec named after people usually seem to be as follows: Rue(Boul./Chemin/Av., etc) First name -(Hyphen) Lastname. Boul. René-Lévesque, Boul. Henri-Bourassa, Av. Christophe-Colomb, etc. In English-speaking places, streets usually only use the last name (occasionally the full name, but it is never hyphenated). Lévesque Blvd., Bourassa Blvd.., Columbus Ave., etc.
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    Those are all proper names. Nobody translates proper names unless there is a very widely used variant. The Gazette does translate some other street names: -Park Avenue rather than Parc Avenue. -Mount Royal Avenue rather than Mont-Royal Avenue -Pine Avenue instead of Des Pins Avenue Of course, there were some other commonly used names until only very recently: St. James St. instead of St. Jacques St. St. Lawrence Blvd. instead of St. Laurent Blvd. etc. You'll actually still hear old anglos call those streets by those names. I prefer Dorchester Boulevard.
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    He's updated his video! (warning loud classical music) There are quite a few that I have no clue what they are? -Tower next to 400 Sherbrooke Ouest -Tower near the new Marriott Courtyard -Towers near Viger Station -Low-rise Project right next to Hydro-Quebec -Building along Berri (?) -Towers where the Planetarium is now -Project on Rene-Levesque Ouest (maybe near Guy).. Probably the 1475 Rene-Levesque ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtV67B3ApcA?hd=1
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    High resolution renderings: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5641528488_ef2dc43908_b.jpg
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    I love the look of it at night!
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    I contributed this so I reserve the right to delete it. Signed, MTLskyline
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    I notice that nobody has given any updates on the Casino yet this year! You can see the progress from St. Lambert. (St. Lambert's new football field in the foreground)
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    Grande amélioration!
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    Southam Lofts

    MTLskyline a répondu à un sujet de _FKS_ dans Complétés

    I contributed this so I reserve the right to delete it. Signed, MTLskyline
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    I saw a crane there today! Website says 55% sold.
  14. MTLskyline
    How is is any different than playing for cheap political points that there will be blood on the hands of the Conservatives if they don't give in quick enough? They did not build the bridge. And they are taking steps to assure its security. All of the planning as well as the beginning of construction took place during the Liberal government's reign (the same administration that invented the equalization program). I think it would have been pretty hard for Diefenbaker to meddle with the plans while the bridge was already under construction with a minority government! The argument is no weaker than that of blaming the current Conservative government for not having already built a new bridge despite its efforts to renovate the current one (why did the previous Liberal government not build it if it was so important?) In fact people have been talking about a new bridge for over 20 years. But all that's beside the point. Why should someone in B.C. pay for a bridge in Quebec anyway? That should be up to Quebecers to fund exclusively. It is not even part of the Trans Canada. I think this is being used as a wedge issue by the opposition to try and scare people from the Conservative Party. Let's not kid ourselves, here. The bridge is not going to fall down while Harper is Prime Minister, and thanks to the renovations its life will be prolonged for another 10 years. So goes the story. That seems like a pretty arbitrary rule to me? Isn't immigration federal jurisdiction? Why does Quebec have its own immigration bureau? Isn't tax collection federal? Why does Quebec make us fill out a second set of income tax forms? Let's not pick and choose what we want to be federal and what we want to be provincial jurisdiction.
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    The Conservative government has been spending hundreds of millions on repairing the bridge in the past few years, and will spend hundreds of millions more over the next few years to ensure that the bridge remains safe for another 10 years. The federal government's only role here should be keeping the current one as safe and useable as possible while it is in power. What people seem to be forgetting is that you can't just decide to go to Ikea to buy a bridge and assemble it. It requires a serious amount of planning. When the Liberals planned for the construction of the Champlain bridge in the late 50s, they neglected to properly design the bridge! They made quick decisions, and chose to deal with questionable companies! Look how it is falling apart compared with the superior designs and build quality of 30 and 100 years before! At any rate, bridges should be a provincial responsibility. The funny thing is that I do not hear Jean Charest asking to take over the responsibility of bridges like the other provinces (excluding international/interprovincial)? I thought Quebec wanted more autonomy? I guess our provincial government gets to pick and choose when it is convenient, eh? I don't hear Jean Charest begging for Quebec to take over the management of the bridges like he begs for everything else? The federal government is acting by repairing and reinforcing the existing bridge while a decision is made about building a new one (that should be up to Jean Charest). I could just as easily say the blood of the victims would be on the hands of those who did not build a proper bridge to begin with (Louis St-Laurent and his Liberal government). Why are the Jacques-Cartier and Victoria Bridges so strong roughly 70 and 150 years after they opened while the Liberal-built Champlain crumbles?
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