The following is the only relevant but empty-of-content part of Eugene's answer to my question:
Quote I will not answer the question of a clubhouse, but would rather have him get the answer. Unquote The rest of his post is a ton of irrelevant nonsense. Roland Francis 416-453-3371 > On Oct 22, 2016, at 6:28 PM, Eugene Correia <[email protected]> wrote: > > It seems Roland is advocating "ghettoization". I pointed out GOA's efforts > because it's the primary Goan organization. Unfortunately, Roland doesn't > know the current status of the land owned by the GOA. It's better he > checked with his sources. What half-truths? If he knows the truth spell it > out. > I don't know if Roland is member of the GOA. If he's then it would be wise > to know the history of this parcel of land which GOA owns. I will not > answer the question of a clubhouse but would rather have him get the > answer. > May I ask Roland if he raised the issue of having a clubhouse with Goan > 55Plus? > Can-Orient is NOT a Goan organization. The GOA were not looking at property > the size of Can-Orient clubhouse as it was deemed not big enough to > accommodate the crowd GOA draws for its events. > For Roland's information, Can-Orient wanted to join the GOA and the issue > was raised at a GOA meeting. Both association have joint members, > particularly those Goans from Pakistan. A non-Goan can only become an > "associate" member of GOA with no voting rights, unlike Can-Orient. This > was one of the contentious issue on which the amalgamation of both > organizations couldn't take place. > As for "ghettoization", one must look at what has happened to Springdale in > Brampton. Now mockingly it's called Singhdale, and very few "white" people > want to buy houses there. I know of even Goans not wanting to go there. > Go to Goreway and check that it's full of Hindus, as there a Hindu temple > there. Same with Malton, which is called Little Punjab, because of big > Punjabi population, as Punjabis want to stay close to their gurdwaras. > At one time, some parts of Etobicoke resembled a Goan "ghetto", as many > Goans who came as refugees from Uganda settled there. The new generation of > Goans have gone to all corners of the GTA. I, for one, do not want a > Little Goa, just like Little Italy, Little Portugal or Little Punjab or > Little India. > > Eugene >>
