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[jaganath69]

http://www.caribbeanmedicine.com/article31.htm

I'm from Australia and wield a UK passport. I have no proclivity in this argument, save for my curiosity. I refer you to the third column of the above article. Quebecers, are you Quebecois first and Canadian second, or vice versa? Alternatively, how do you Anglo or non Francaphone Canadians feel about this?

[Adventurer]

[ddeubel]

Why make the distinction between those who believe they are French or Quebecois, and Canadian???? We don't ask this of any other ethnic group, to any large extent.

I grew up in Timiscamingue/Temiscaming, on the border with Quebec. I remember going to Canada Day celebrations in Val d'Or and it being quite festive and a lot of Canadian flags and ceremonies/picnics. This is the case with the vast majority of Quebecois although I will concede there are the hardcore who are against any federalist allegiance. But I think even many Bloc supporters (seperatiste), do celebrate Canada and recognize how valuable and unique its history and culture and future is.....

DD

[Adventurer]

[bonanzabucks]

I concur with Adventurer. My father is from Quebec and I still have a lot of family there. The only ones that are federalist are the English-Quebeckers (and their numbers are dwindling fast). The French (and I'd even reckon 70% of them) want to leave and, quite frankly, they should. It would do the rest of Canada a lot of good if they left because they drag the rest of the country down.

My aunt lives in Quebec by the Ontario border and, as Adventurer said, Canada Day celebrations are generally more lively there compared to the rest of the province, where they are dead.

Hordes of the English-speaking population leave that province each year and to replace them, Quebec is doing an aggressive campaign to attract immigrants from former French colonies (especially in North Africa). They're even going to Brazil because it's perceived that Portuguese speakers can become fluent in French within six months.