Protecting Quebec’s culture? Sure, but is French really it? 😉

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That quote really made me smile.

The idea of protecting Quebec’s French culture is quite the noble endeavor. The only problem being I don’t think any of the First Nations were francophone. This notion that Quebec’s history is French is a blatant slap in the face of Quebec’s true historical identity, one the PQ is more than happy to gloss over. Does the PQ understand that there were people here prior to the French landing? It’s okay for their language to disappear? Does no attention need to be paid to their history or culture?

Via DTA’s Thoughts: The Language Police: Because being English will soon be a crime.

It really reminded me of this cartoon:

politics quebec

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7 responses to “Protecting Quebec’s culture? Sure, but is French really it? ;)”

August 23, 2012

Zé

Also, calling it “French” might be a stretch… 😛

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1. August 23, 2012
  
  Stephane Daury
  
  Shhhh, you’ll get us lynched. 😉
  
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August 24, 2012

Maxime Rousseau

I talked to Mathieu Bock-Cote, reputed sociologist and known nationalist, about this very same issue after a conference he gave… his response was that we couldn’t compare the two, because what is done is done. Meh.

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1. August 25, 2012
  
  Stephane Daury
  
  Meh, indeed.
  
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August 25, 2012

Damon

Thanks for quoting my blog.

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1. August 25, 2012
  
  Stephane Daury
  
  It was a great read. 🙂
  
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August 25, 2012

dianasschwenk

Hey hello there! I’ve come to see you via rendezvous with renee and am so glad I did! My home town is Chateauguay and I went to school and worked in Montreal for a bit before I moved out west. Very cool blog. A la prochain! Diana

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