Posted on 13/11/06
There's no Quebec 'nation'
The debate around the "Quebec nation" was on the wrong track from day one, for the simple reason that there is no such a thing as a Quebec nation.Apart from its meaning as a "sovereign country," the word "nation" designates a people bound by history, language and territory. In this sense, the "nation" that is referred to is the French-Canadian nation, formed by the descendants of the French colonizers of "Nouvelle France;" even though the vast majority is concentrated in Quebec, the actual territory of this nation is Canada at large. Provinces are not nations because they all are multicultural, including Quebec.
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