“Reactions [on my 1979 Massey lectures] were from Anglophones. I'm one. But I'm terrible at French. In fact, there was practically no reaction.” FactsTerribleReactionsLectures Author:Jane Jacobs
“My husband was a hospital architect and he was working on some hospitals in Alberta, and I told him to try to find out what they thought about separatism. He would come back on weekends. He said "well, I think I found out how they feel about separatism. I brought it up at lunch in the cafeteria, and everybody at the table was silent and then somebody said 'Let's change the subject'."” ThinkingFeelsTryingWellsSaidFoundSubjectsHusbandTablesSilentMy HusbandHospitalsLunchWeekendArchitectCafeteriaAlberta Author:Jane Jacobs
“The best thing is not to think about [separatism]. [People in Alberta] don't even want to engage in talking pros and cons and why people feel this way.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsTalkingBest ThingsPros And ConsAlberta Author:Jane Jacobs
“There were lots of programs over the course of the two referendums and the general tenor of them was that if Quebec were to separate, then Canada would disintegrate.” IfsTwoCoursesProgramCanadaTenorsQuebecReferendums Author:Jane Jacobs
“That was the fear that there would be no identity anymore, for Canada. It was foolish, because there are so many examples of separatism, and nothing has disintegrated, unless they went to war.” WarWould BeExampleIdentityFoolishCanada Author:Jane Jacobs
“Let's see in those indictments you can't level at Sweden, they never tried to ban the constitution or undermine the settlement that they wanted. Well you can't say that of Canada. Any indication of revolt on the part of Quebec was either bought off, with a good deal of corruption.” WellsWantedLevelsDealsConstitutionCorruptionCanadaRevoltIndicationBansSettlementSwedenQuebecIndictment Author:Jane Jacobs
“Unfortunately [René] Lévesque had so little self confidence in Quebec and in the people themselves, that he fell for that and, yes, he'd say, you know, it might be ruinous for us economically.” PeopleKnowsLittlesSelfMightSelf ConfidenceQuebec Author:Jane Jacobs
“[ René Lévesque] didn't understand why things do collapse. It's usually a very banal reason why things do collapse. It's not a grand reason, why they collapse economically, at least in the West.” ReasonWestReason WhyCollapse Author:Jane Jacobs
“Lots of things are not possible for municipalities, suburbs, or collections of them now. They are not possible and they would become possible, because they would have more authority. They would have the same authority as a province now.” AuthorityCollectionsSuburbsProvincesMunicipality Author:Jane Jacobs
“[If Quebec became sovereign] there would be one level of government that would be missing, one less level of government. The municipality would become the second level.” IfsGovernmentWould BeLevelsMissingSovereignQuebecMunicipality Author:Jane Jacobs