The word going around: “Is it worth immigrating to New France?”

By: Marie Clair Mahaffy (F. A. Patel)
May 6, 1663

My name is Marie Claire Mahaffy. I live in New France and say that coming to New France is totally worth it and a great opportunity for young French girls. I have now been here for 9 years.

I must admit that at the beginning it was rough for my husband and me. I missed our customs from Paris, I missed my friends and family, I missed my daily routines. But most of all I hated the long cold days of tiring work.

 But after I had a house, and the fields were ready for our first harvest, and had 9 children to help out around the farm I did not ever regret leaving Paris. I was given a dowry of 100 livres, a home, rich, fertile land, and hope to start a fresh life and not live in poverty.

Are you a young woman who is having trouble supporting her family? Would you like a better life?  If the answers are yes, then you should come to New France!

King Louis XIV has asked for marriageable girls who are fit for country work to go to New France.  Large populations of female youth are needed in New France.

A ship will be leaving From Paris next month, and is scheduled to arrive here on September 22 1663. Please consider joining the community of New France.

If you are coming to New France, you will receive 100 livres; ten for your personal moving expenses, 30 for clothing and 60 to cover the cost of your passage. You will also

receive Stockings, gloves, some ribbon, four shoelaces, a spool of white thread, needles, pins, a comb, a pair of scissors, knives, a handkerchief and two livres in cash, in a case before your voyage.

When you arrive, you must present your birth certificate and a recommendation from your parish/priest or local magistrate stating that you are free to marry. It will be necessary that you are of appropriate age for giving birth and that you are healthy and strong for country work or you should at least have some ability for household chores. We only ask for village girls who are as fit for work as men are. If you were not raised in the country then you are not fit for this land.

      You will be staying in houses with dormitory style settings until an appropriate spouse of your liking is found for you. You will be under the care of female chaperones and will learn practical skills and chores to help you with your future household responsibilities.

     

            You and your fiancés will seek out a notary to draw up a marriage contract. Quick marriage and family is encouraged. So you will probably be married within a few weeks. Your wedding will consist of a religious ceremony at the local church.

In addition to any dowry of goods that you might bring from France, you and your husband will be given an assortment of livestock and goods to start you off in married life: a pair of chickens and pigs, an ox, a cow and two barrels of salted meat. You will receive 50 livres if you marry a solider/habitant, but 100 livres if you marry an officer.

Once you have settled down with a home, growing crops and children, a yearly pension of 300 livres will be granted to your family, if you have ten children, it will rise to 400 livres.

            This could be a wonderful experience. Encourage all of your friends and family to come join our community here in New France. And please, consider coming yourself.

My Own Experience to France

When I went to France I was 4 years old so I do not remember much but I know how it looks a bit. The day my family got there it was raining. On the high way when we were in the car I remember my sister telling me we were entering Paris. In France I have an aunt and uncle 3 cousins. They have a restaurant in Paris near this one building that has a red windmill on the roof! I remember my little cousin reading a book out loud and it sounded weird to me because he was reading in french. I also remember eating in the restaurant and I remember it was so pretty. We went walking to the restaurant because all we had to do was cross the street. The worst part of the trip was when I fell asleep when my family went to see the Eiffel Tower.

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Canada’s Version of Third World

By: F.A.Patel

Aboriginals living in Attawapiskat are living in conditions like a third world country (such as India, Kenya, or Bangladesh) residents like, Beverly Koosetachin who lives in Attawapiskat, Ontario, takes medication for mental illness and has an alcoholic mother.  She lives in northern Ontario with running water, a one room shed as a shelter, heated by a wood burning stove. At the age of 30, she is living ‘okay’ but not as well as many other Canadians. She lives with her boyfriend and father, a pastor In a Pentecostal church. Koostachins income consists of her government disability allowance of $1342 a month.

Since the local chief Theresa Spence declared a housing emergency last month. The Red Cross has rushed in with aid such as; winter sleeping bags, warm clothing, and electric space heaters. The residents of Attawapiskat were forced to leave their homes and are camping out in crowded sheds without running water and tents. This has been happening for years.

27 year old Lisa kiokea – linkarter, her husband, and 4 children have been living in a tent for the last 2 years. She moved into a tent when her in-laws house (where she had been living) was over crowded with 27 people. The band council supplied the family with the tent. Kiokee – Linklater kept the fire burning in her home through severe weather conditions last winter (-40 c) Wood was used as fuel and is not cheap. Firewood in Attawapiskat is sold for $150 - $200 a cord. She says money is not the problem; it’s the lack of housing. Her children go to school in portable classrooms. It is the only elementary school in Attawapiskat; it has been 12 years since the former school was closed down due to diesel – fuel spill. The spill still needs to be cleaned up and the school needs to be properly replaced.

Do you see a different between the people of Attawapiskat and the residents of downtown Toronto? We would never even dream about living in a building without running water. Their lives could be totally different if they had government funding for their homes. But they are still grateful. They have roof over their heads and firewood for the stove. That is the good life these days in Attawapiskat! 

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You know that feeling you get when you walk into a mall?

The smell of fresh  paint and  the mixture of different perfumes.

That feeling as you see all the fresh new looks waiting for you to try them on.

The feel of the texture the very first time you try it on.

The scent of coffee drifting in the air from the near by cafe.

The sound of exited voices buzzing in the air, along with the click of heels on the freshly polished floors.

The sound of cash registers banging shut with more and more fresh crisp bills piling in, coins clinking against each other.

Walking past the brightly lit stores with big red signs reading "SALE" or "50% off".

You can never get that feeling anywhere else!