Tuesday, June 23, 2009

French-English Relations In Quebec At A 'Happy Medium'

There were straws in the wind recently that augured well for the state of French-English relations in Quebec. Photograph by: Canwest News Service, Canwest News Service

From The Montreal Gazette:

MONTREAL -- There were straws in the wind recently that augured well for the state of French-English relations in Quebec.

Among the new inductees to the Ordre National du Quebec, was Judge Michael Sheehan, honoured both for judicial accomplishment and his outstanding work on suicide prevention in both anglophone and francophone communities, and Heather Monroe-Blum, principal of McGill University once held as a bastion of anglophone dominance in the province.

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My Comment: I have lived here for 49 years .... and it is still the same. On the outside the French Quebecois are all smiles, but on the inside they still want to stick it to the English.

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