Identity Crisis
Okay, so, the Prime Minister of Canada just introduced a motion saying that Quebecers are a nation within a United Canada...
Right. Okay, so as I've said before. I'm a forth - or come to think of it perhaps fifth-generation-Quebecer. I grew up in Quebec, I went to all levels of schooling in Quebec. I'm bilingual. I speak English with my parents, but I can switch into French without really thinking about it. I did my Master's in political science all in French. I probably felt my Quebec identity most strongly when I was living in France, more so than when I was living in Italy or Namibia or the States (but I think that's primairily because the French actually know what Quebec is and where you can find it on a map).
So now, apparently, the PM thinks that I am a member of a nation inside the United Church of Canada...(oops I meant United Canada). I'm not really sure what that means. Do I get to behave differently? Now that I belong to the Quebecer nation can I get that cool dual nationality thing I've been hangering for? How does this define me? What on fricken earth does this actually really mean?
Anyone???
posted by JJ @ 4:15 PM
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4 Comments:
Harper said QUÉBÉCOIS not Quebec.
Oh. So, anon, does that mean that I'm not in? Oh but wait, I am a Quebecoise, or wait, do I have to speak French with my parents to be Quebecoise? Hmmm what about if I speak French with my sister but not with my parents? Then what?
That's OK, now we have the quebecois nation, first nations, Iggnation, and of course the resulting political damnation...
I'm what Quebeckers would call an Anglophone and am not a person of non-European descent; does that entitle me to belong to any other special nations besides Canada?
I want to know why I can't have my own nation with in Canada, in which I can exclude others based on some language and ethnic criteria I set.
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