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VLB, French-Canadians and wrens

Everyone heard the last firebrand published by VLB, so I will skip to the opinions. Ineffable and our ambassador of good taste multicultural civilization, which makes French Canadians much more than "peasants with credit cards" (as Gilles Martin Chauffier) happens presentations. Anyway ...

insults and personal attacks by Victor-Lévy Beaulieu (our "most prolific author" by Noah Richler - sic) to Michaelle Jean (our "head of state" according to Nicolas Sarkozy - sic) us away Unfortunately, the real debate: the power structures that we inherited our transformation from colony. Moreover, if the Governor-General takes more space is at the expense of our elected . Remain lucid.

Instead of out insults and puns doubtful from another era, Mr. Beaulieu would have done better to mention the "small colonial lottery", a term applied historically to the French kings, who were offered a small slice of power in Anglo-Saxon banquet. Read about this excellent book by Stephen Kelly, the little lottery , Boréal, 1997.

Gilles Lesage wrote in Le Devoir (Oct. 5 1997), about Kelly's book:

short, the essayist concludes, if the solution Durham triumph after 1837 is much less because of the clergy, which fiercely opposes the Act of Union in the early 1840s, as the parvenu, who succumbed to the lure of early colonial lottery. The red scream corruption. But it is a symbolic gesture.

For 130 years, says the sociologist, the upstart French-Canadian is in line with the tradition of [George-Étienne] Cartier. In times of national crisis, it appears as a traitor. His indictment, periodic increases throughout the twentieth century. The most famous occurred towards the end of the Duplessis era. The editorial Andre Laurendeau, "The theory of the king negro" (in Le Devoir on July 4, 1958), marks indeed the genesis of the Quiet Revolution, the birth of a new myth, that of French power ' and the "triumph of the therapeutic" ...

It is clear that the attempt to VLB is part of a learned man, very aware of the contemporary history of Quebec and drawing on sociological studies serious. BUT it is also worth noting that it is both in the form of discourse in and the arguments raised in the choice of words VLB shows us how it is firmly anchored in the past . The text of

Laurendeau exactly 50 years and has taken many wrinkles. Quebec had not yet at that time, lived his Quiet Revolution, and associated political power against colonial rule (in short, a collaboration with the stranger that represented the hated Anglo-Saxon and his court). Things have changed since that time the French were freed of some of their prejudices (against foreigners and power), Quebec has become a more complex society, less clear-cut with a knife. It is clear, however, that Quebecers are still an uneasy relationship with foreigners ... and power!

I recommend also reading the book of the late Jacques Bouchard, "The new sensitivities of Quebecers." To consider the progress, read together the first edition of the book, "The 36 chords of Quebecers," published 35 years earlier by the same author. What a journey, as changes in our society (the two most obvious being that awareness of "differences" that led to a certain rectitude policy, and the other is our openness to the world). It might be interesting to ask the friend Beaulieu if he read the new edition and, if not, to him the gift. History of guitar tuning.

Finally, Mr. Beaulieu speaks only in his own name. Those without short memories will recall that VLB has copiously insulted the sovereignty movement and the PQ in recent months and took her away. In his fief of Trois-Pistoles, this semi-hermit is somewhat disconnected from the social and political realities of the 21st century Quebec. But his literary work remains a monument and cultural wealth for us.

Beyond the obligation treason that should inspire our political separatists, it is important to stay within the bounds of good taste.

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Harper, Bouchard-Taylor and the Quebec nation

The report of the Bouchard-Taylor (2008) seems to be the absolute opposite of the report of the Bélanger-Campeau (1991). This shows how the Quebec Liberal party has flip-flopped and abandoned any intention of doing anything other than a Quebec "ordinary province and interchangeable."

THE PLACE ON IDENTITY

Quebec is now at a critical juncture in its modern identity questions, whose resolution has mobilized the entire political class in 40 years. Indeed, the "Quebec nation" (not her relationship with a historic territory, its institutions like the National Assembly or its objective existence) was tentatively recognized by the federal government, in a gesture whose significance is largely symbolic.

Meanwhile, no specific advantage seems to stem from this recognition, which begins to resemble the facts in a neutralization. The fiscal imbalance has been "approached" in a context not constitutional or legal, but the room at the whim of the Federal. The headquarters of Unesco is still in the carpenter's workshop. The consequences of this recognition of our language laws, Quebec on our institutions, our international relations, were not even considered by our government very timid provincialism.

And meanwhile, it's on TV English TV movie in honor of Elijah Harper, who killed the Meech Lake Accord. Indeed, Quebec has moved from defensive mode (under Bouchard) in standby mode (under Landry) in passive mode (in Charest). One has only to see the severe beating that nationalists and separatists in Quebec are undergoing at the " 400th anniversary of the founding of Canada (sic) by Champlain, which was not the first French 's establish America (re-sic), which was already under the jurisdiction of the King of England (re-re-sic) "sad rewriting of history and political manipulation of an event that could have been celebrated in dignity. It's enough to depress.

(note in passing that we can consider the founding of Acadia, Quebec and Louisiana as three events that are both bound by the French adventure in America, but quickly diverged in their outreach and their destinies. Foundation of Quebec should be seen as the foundation of Quebec , that is to say the starting point of a coherent and distinct human colonization in the St Lawrence. As I noted earlier in this blog, we must mention the far side of unifying the Francophonie of the Americas, the separate side - both historical and cultural - of each of its constituent nations.)

EXIT THE DEADLOCK?

The findings of the Bouchard-Taylor could, ironically, help us break the deadlock, provided that Ms. Marois do the necessary analysis and present a project that takes full advantage of the slingshot effect . Indeed, the Commission's report addresses the Quebec identity through the distorting mirror of multiculturalism in the Canadian way, an ideology which consciously ignoring the existence of national identities, to focus strictly on (1) civic identities and (2) individual identities.

This is curiously inconsistent with any recognition by the federal government of a "Quebec nation "!

The nations that a country can take refuge behind the concept of civic citizenship to avoid addressing the fundamental issues of identity, common values, tolerance. Quebecers are forced to cope, without recourse to circular reasoning that the "citizenship-nationality" offers an answer (for example: "Are all French nationals holders of French citizenship," "Are all Canadian nationality holders of Canadian citizenship, "etc.).

NO national or cultural identity could resist Grid analysis of multiculturalism, which serves to deconstruct the nation state to replace it, without one can lead to another or can be used to explain (ie, the state exists and state, the nation is by and for the state, the nation without a state does not exist).

Basically, the concept of collective identity does not exist anymore and is instead replaced (within a set state) by a territory inhabited by people, except perhaps in the case of a constitution that would guarantee at least that identity is mentioned . It is clear that the only way out is in identity constitutional and / or the creation of a state, then that would legitimize a nation that NOTHING ELSE, the ideology in vogue, can not tolerate.

ARE WE REALLY A MAJORITY?

Yes and no. Commissioners Bouchard and Taylor have mentioned several times that a society of law must avoid at all costs to the tyranny of the majority. However, we are a majority with very little power when compared to other cultural majorities in the world. We are in a somewhat absurd (a majority-minority with political power framed by other powers policies often contradictory).

Montreal Anglophones are a minority for their very relative, since they can count on the rest of North America to ensure their cultural exchanges, and their media outreach. They are part of an absolute majority in Canada. Their position of "minority within a minority within a majority," which is often mentioned, should not obscure their inclusion very real in most English-speaking North American culture. In other words, the fact that Montreal Anglophones are part of Quebec society and be "submitted" to the power of language laws, and the French cultural pressure, do not isolate any of the huge cultural complex English. After all, Ontario is only a few tens of kilometers from the West Island and it is easy to rub off the tongue more easily in one direction than another. Worries one in Ontario to see the French move to Cornwall triumphantly, like a steamroller, assimilating everything in its path?

CONCLUSION

Perhaps we should reflect on the trend, which is materialized in recent events as the Bouchard-Taylor, demand for French Quebec a majority responsibility when they have neither the powers associated with a status of majority (legal and constitutional power) nor the means to act majority (because they are in fact a national minority within Canada). It is customary to say that with freedoms come responsibilities. Okay! The reverse is also true. Demand the freedoms that come with these serious responsibilities we have just been imposed. We were asked to accept immigrants to integrate into our society, to align our services with the reality on the ground to enforce the secularization broad spectrum? To get there, we need more legal powers and constitutional . It is our responsibility ... to get them!

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A simple linguistic minority? From

I have repeatedly stressed the obsolescence of the term "French Canadian" identity that was good practice in colonial times (mostly during conscription) where we appealed to the patriotism of the "second founding people" (actually, founder and vanquished him in spite of a country whose main business is its assimilation, see the Durham subject) and identify the "hero" of the heroic resistance of Quebec against General Arnold, the very innocent Dollard-des-Ormeaux, handy Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

brother soon softened American enemy, the Canadian colony hardly knows what to do with his French-speaking populations and works to deny them the use of this language (except Quebec), so the French had virtually disappeared Saskatchewan and most of Manitoba, while falling so severe and inescapable in Ontario. Canada has indeed established a formal policy of linguistic assimilation, language targeting French and Francophone history. Do not let the current arrangements, particularly the facade of bilingualism, hide our history, or even try to rewrite it for ideological reasons.

policy of multiculturalism Trudeau in 1971, continued to undermine the work by establishing the "French Canadian" in its minority position-as-others and laying the myth of the "founding people" to oblivion pretext of political correctness and friendship Amerindian (another minority disposable, as we saw recently with the Canadian delegation to the UN). Since the first

referendum in 1980 Francophones outside Quebec take the role of hostages language, that Brand (A large reinforcements culture Acadian / Franco-funded Regional and disproportionate air time on Radio-Canada) to create doubt and guilt among the "heartless evil separatists" who dare to abandon their brothers language a certain assimilation (!). Evidence that Canada takes its role as the gravedigger of French America.

must reject this identity by understanding that the charade has gone on long enough, not only French-speaking communities elsewhere in Canada and America have had divergent histories and distinct from ours, being more distant cousins than brothers sharing the same birthplace, but moreover, it is almost certain they would benefit all a strong French state America, exporting its culture and French language funding initiatives across the continent. Otherwise, we melt into accepting the cultural aggregate national (Canadian) as a linguistic minority simple and as socio-cultural group who immigrated to Canada (the policy because "we are all immigrants", etc..) we turn our backs on our own history and our identity.

official Canadian bilingualism exists to protect the anglophone minority in Quebec and in opposition with the constitutional bomb in our little political ammunition. Moreover, according to the federal Liberals' election promises, the notwithstanding clause could disappear during the next decade. With this sword of Damocles hanging over our heads, the gradual neutralization of 101 blows of their constitutional and legal challenges and the failure of our immigration policies francophone be worth the French in Quebec as soon as the French will more critical mass (critical mass would be about 70%, after which there would be a rapid decline and inevitable)?

comfortable myth of "two founding peoples," it has not existed for a long time. Faced with the wolves, why do we accept always be sheep?

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discomfort Quebec identity

With all these social and ideological rifts that resurface in Quebec, the time has perhaps come to share things about our identity project. Because this is a project unfinished and imperfect, whose success will inevitably lead to a desire for greater emancipation policy. Now, decades ago that politicians come brouillier cards and we offer definitions often patronizing and reductive of our own identity. Besides this "we" that we can not define ourselves, and trying to define it for us. It is not possible to be free, to have desires even if it fails to define "us" and to live this "we" with passion and dignity.

look a little identities with which we juggle since the Quiet Revolution, with a backdrop, always, the idea that we would be a minority language within a culture "canadian coast to coast", rotting under the pink lily of Her Majesty the Queen of England.

-QUEBEC TERRITORY

Thus, there is the Quebec territory, which is also the Quebec government. This is a state without borders and without real autonomy, a purely administrative division exist only because the territory is divided, eventually. As the tourist areas, townships and municipalities, this territorial division provides infrastructure management and maintenance and this has enabled several generations of Quebecers to be janitors home. Like any country, Quebec has its share of arbitrariness, as evidenced by the dividing line that snakes through the peninsula in the Torngat Mountains of Labrador. This division of territory it is supposed to represent a social, cultural? This definition of Quebec (the "territoriality") may extend to citizens who live (by chance) the territory defined above. Quebecers, according to this definition, possess an identity circumstantial and coincidental and are Quebecers simply because they live in Quebec. To instantly lose that identity, they would move to Ontario or New Brunswick! Reduce group identity to the simple street address , the current location of the individual , that an approach that denies the very existence of Canadian provinces, to substitute a monolithic Canada! This is the approach proposed by the federal Liberals.

QUEBEC-CIVIC

Quebec-Location is somewhat different, since it relies on a concept of shared values and a common legal framework, developed an original way ... although it carefully avoids naming the "we" and explain the reason for this originality. Lamarck would be proud of this spontaneous generation. So this is a definition that requires a small net spin, all are part of Quebec-civic, but all do not participate as well. This identity is therefore at the junction of the "we-inclusive" and "us-participatory" in the sense that it applies to all by default, but some may feel that more membership, get involved. However, Quebec has not civic- Project unifying identity, by trying to include all costs, it aligns itself to the administrative definition (redundant) and the Quebec territory sacrifices his memory at the altar of "us" legal . Quebec would then exist by force of law, freed from its corporate citizens, static, optionally without historicity. This concept varies so confused between the "Neverland" and "symbolic country." Quebec-civic is more, in my opinion, an ideal secular technocrat rather difficult to achieve and which could lead to the abandonment of any attempt of identity. The question is: The definition Civic Quebec is so different from the definition of civic Ontarian or New Brunswick?

QUEBEC-NATION (KINGDOM IN CANADA, ETC)

Rest Quebec nation, a concept that attempts to defuse Stephen Harper when redefined (without asking our opinion) the Québécois as "nation in a Quebecoise united Canada. " To read between the lines, we finally discovered that this definition is in itself the seeds of its obsolescence : since the "Quebec nation" can not exist outside of a "united Canada" (outside the territorial and Canadian legal ) then it is simply the Quebec-Canada-territory or civic, but expressed differently.

The Quebec nation, we must reclaim and we define ourselves. Whenever we leave to others to define us, we give them the opportunity to minorized more, we turn into a negligible quantity, we submit to a paternalistic approach, not very different from the submission to the benefits of colonialism British and his superiority complex "civilizing".

TOWARDS AN IDEAL REPUBLICAN

Exercise the Bouchard-Taylor is perhaps not as innocent as it seems. This is actually the struggle between all these identities, with the background a fight between the nationalism of isolationism and nationalism opening to the world. These two nationalisms are even within Quebec nation and reflect different historical currents: the whiff of fascist and reactionary local trio-family-religion, as applied to the Duplessis era and very clumsily handled by ADQ, and revolutionary ideals and Republican, still smoldering from Papineau.

should be avoided at all costs that are the pitfalls of nationalism tinged with socialism, which too often drift into a ghetto, or even racial , stemming from our desire for national survival, and nationalism assumed wrong, politically-correct and chilly, from our minority and dominated.

In my humble opinion, that Quebec should arise, once and for all, free and aspiring to a republican ideal . Not only could this horrifying beyond belief and British Canada House to the marrow, but in addition it would give us a vision of society stronger, more powerful than the affectation of civic nationality.