of quebec city in the early 16th century but succumbed to the military might of great britain in the mid 18th. thus began a gradual but steady persecution of all things french. the quebecois have struggled mightily to hang onto their french heritage and language, the issue of seceding entirely that persists even to some extent today. journalist patrick meets me at this restaurant to understand what many feel is at stake. so i was going to talk about the whole history of french quebecois, but you have to get to the pressing matter of the day pasta-gate. what do you want to know? for those not up on current quebec politics, pasta-gate refers to an incident where local authorities notified an italian restaurant that they were in violation of french laws, because they used the word
do you like the cold? i mean, by you, i mean, the quebecois. it s the frigid cold keeps the riffraff out of the city, for sure. fred morin, dave mcmillen, restauranteur, chefs another the legendary joe beef, bon vivant, historians of the great white north, princes of hospitality. and what do they like to do for fun when the rivers turn to ice three feet thick, when testicles shrink and most of us scurry for warmth and shelter? if they were like so many other canadians, they would go ice fishing on the st. laurence river. because we are confined perhaps to spend so much time indoors, a lot of the families love to do, you know, activities together, like go to the cottage, go ice fishing, you
yes. no doubt about it. no doubt about it. french first is something most would agree with. how far and how rigorously you want to go with that? well do you think there was ever any possibility or real majority or plurality of quebecois that would have voted in separate nation status? in english, you guys say timing is everything. right. and timing was never better in the period 1990, 91, 92. in 95 this country came inches from being broken up. do you think it will ever happen in the history of the world? i don t know, but i know one thing, anybody who says separatism is dead in this country and this province is a fool. no matter how you feel about quebec as either separate from or as essential part of greater canada, any reasonable person loves this place. correct me if i m wrong,
i get it. i would want my own thing and make sure there s no backsliding. when the first sovereignist party to be elected in 1976, it didn t come out of a vacuum. it came from a couple decades of awakening and struggle. 50 years from now, will people still be speaking french in montreal? yes. no doubt about it. no doubt about it. french first is something most would agree with. how far and how rigorously you want to go with that? well do you think there was ever any possibility or real majority or plurality of quebecois that would have voted in separate nation status? in english, you guys say timing is everything. right. and timing was never better in the period 1990, 91, 92. in 95 this country came inches from being broken up. do you think it will ever happen in the history of the world? i don t know, but i know one
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