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 on to their french heritage and language. the issue of seceding entirely, a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick meets me at m sur masson, to understand what many feel is at stake. so i was going to talk about the whole history of french quebecoi siismt, but i 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
once every few decades, maybe every century, a nation will produce a hero. an escoffiere, a muhammad ali, a dalai lama, a joey marrone, somebody who changes everything about their chosen field, who changes the whole landscape. life after them is never the same. martin picard is one of those men. a hereto for hybrid renegade innovator. he s one of the most influential chefs in north america. he is also a proud quebecois, and perhaps he more than
make sure there s no back sliding. 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. timing was never better in the period 1990, 91, 92. because, in 95 this country came inches one 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, everyone who says
sliding. 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. timing was never better in the period 1990, 91, 92. because, in 95 this country came inches one 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, everyone who says separatism is dead in this country and this province is a fool.
pasta which is italian. this is okay. stop apologizing, okay? don t get me wrong. my last name is bore deign. french. i lean hard. i m normally sympathetic to the language laws. you don t think it s preposterous? i don t think think it is but here we have a situation it s stupid, i agree with you completely this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city, so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. but ever bureaucracy produces by temperature products of stupidity, and it will not stand. the anglo-canadians treated quebecois like second-class crap for much of history. i get it. i would want my own thing and when i got it, i would want to make sure there s no back