If you guys want a real swap, how 'bout Canada takes Detroit and the U.S. takes Quebec?

Sound like a great deal for the U.S.?

Consider this — off the wires tonight:

By Idella Sturino The Canadian Press MONTREAL

A rural Quebec couple selling maple syrup through an English-only Web site will ask the courts to rule whether the province's language laws apply to the Internet.
Stanley and Muriel Reid, who own a small farm in Godmanchester, Que., were charged and threatened with a $302 fine after language officials concluded their Web site violates provincial laws designed to protect French.
They have pleaded not guilty and hired a prominent English-rights lawyer to fight the case. The couple could not be reached Monday for comment.
If their case goes ahead next year, it's expected to be the first to test whether the Charter of the French Language applies to commercial Web sites, lawyer Brent Tyler said Monday.
Tyler argues the 23-year-old law should not apply to commercial Web sites because it's too vague and does not specifically mention the Internet.
Tyler also said the Reids, a fifth-generation farming family, should not have to translate their site into French because almost all the maple syrup they sell is to consumers outside Quebec.
The law requires Quebec-based companies to use French in advertising. It permits other languages as long as French is given equal prominence.
The law also stipulates that French letters must be twice as big as English letters on commercial signs. "What makes this so outrageous is that if you apply the letter of the law, you would have 90 per cent of Web sites in Quebec that would be illegal," said Tyler, noting most sites do not include complete translations.
The Commission de protection de la langue francaise, the government agency which polices infractions to the law, says the Reids must provide a French translation on their Web site.
While the language law does not mention the word Internet, language officials say it applies to commercial Web sites.
"Products available in Quebec stores must be advertised in French on the Web site of a company or dealer which has a place of business in Quebec," the commission states.
The commission passed the file to a Crown attorney after investigating a complaint about the Reid's Web site and the prosecutor decided to go ahead with the case.
The Reids only make about 10 sales a year via the Internet.
"The Web site is probably costing me more than we're making with it," Stanley Reid said recently in an interview.

I think the only reason the U.S. has Detroit now and Canada has Quebec is that the U.S. had first choice.

david