Harper would introduce the motion if it meant winning a handful of extra votes.

Don't forget Adu - you're the one that publishes the puff pieces about this gov't!!!

I love it!
Your suggestions for our government are great! (of course, elections would be held in short order, to make sure the majority supports these individuals in their positions)
958 Broadview would be the obvious choice for Parliament, but don't forget that there are many other "tükikesed Eestit" spread across the country. We have Lättemäe, Seedrioru, Jõekääru, Kotkajärve, Oma Tare, various churches and gathering places (I'm sorry, I don't know the names of all the places in the west).
Yes,.... I think it will work.

The French were a nation here before Canada was formed. They were conquered by the English. They have 7 million residents who live and work in the French language. They always have been a conquered nation in Canada.

The only parallel would be Estonia within the USSR.
Not some ragass immigrant living in English Canada.

Is this someone's idea of a joke? Common, we're a community that lost its bearings quite some time ago, and a comparison with the French makes us pale into even greater insignificance. We're lucky to have anything left at all with 2007 just around the corner, so let's stop kidding ourselves by thinking larger than we ever deserved to be.

This is a case of politicians trying to be all things to all people. Note that it's Quebec, not French-Canada, that has been declared a nation within Canada. Abakadabra! The province is now a French nation with a substantial English minority, some immigrants and aboriginals thrown in to debase national purity. The balance of the provinces now compose an English nation with a French minority, immigrants and aboriginals just to make things messy. No one has defined the status of minorities yet, possibly because it leads to an infinite regress to the "nationhood" of the smallest discernible group.
This looks like a futile attempt to pacify separatist sentiments in Quebec. Upon closer inspection, it looks like a muddle that will cultivate unrealistic expectations only to cause more strife when they are frustrated. We should prepare ourselves for a period of preposterous political rhetoric from every direction.
By comparison, Estonia might prove to be a quiet place, a good place to seek asylum. I wish that I could read Harri Kivilo's views on working and retiring in Estonia. (Maxim! Don't stick your nose into this. You don't have any credibility. After all, it wasn't long ago that you were planning to go to Russia to get away from Russians. So much for the sense in your head.)

The term 'national purity' is adapted from the language of the separatists when they describe the Quebecois as a nation. What they have in mind is the descendants of the original French colonists -- les Quebecois pur laine. This doesn't include les Anglais, without regard to the number of generations that have lived in Quebec nor their degree of assimilation into French culture. So, in the separatists' eyes, one can be born a Quebecois, but one cannot become one. For racism, look in that direction. Further details are available from Jacques Parizeau et. al.

This motion for Quebec being a nation in a united Canada has been great.
An Esto Canadian is now in cabinet!
Three cheers for Peter Van Loan and three cheers for Prime Minister Stephen Harper!

Question to Maxim; what do you think of this topic of discussion?

In fact during the over 20 years that Peter Van Loan has participated in Estonian events, he has always refered to himself as Estonian, already as a student, much before entering politics. If you don't know the facts, keep you job shut.

Can Peter Van Loan speak any Estonian?

If not, he should be referred to as a Canadian of Estonian extraction. We can say that without hypocrisy and Peter can say it with some pride.