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Have any French Canadian players especially Hall of Fame players ever come out public as pro or against Quebec Succession?
I'd say very few separatists would actually refuse to represent Canada if they had the chance because of their political opinions. Obviously that doesn't mean there are no separatists among Quebecer athletes, they don't say it because they would get in huge trouble if they did. The Nicolas Gill controversy is a good example of that (he was the flag bearer for Canada in the 2004 Olympic Games and some english newspaper said he was a separatist and it became a big story).
The funny part is that there are more nationalists in Montreal than in Quebec (speaking only of quebecois). It turns out that only 50% of Quebec city citizen voted for sovereignty while it was estimated to 60% elsewere. Something linked with that city relying a lot on civil servants who where afraid of the change.
That is interesting, I certainly didn't expect that result, given that Quebec is so much more overwhelmingly French than Montreal is.
That is interesting, I certainly didn't expect that result, given that Quebec is so much more overwhelmingly French than Montreal is.
Not that I know of. I remember when Eric Lindros was drafted in 1991 in his autobiography he stated that one of the problems he had was being a pro-Canadian who wanted the country to stay together and he felt this would be a problem in a city that was in the heart of the French Revolution.
Montreal is not close to being more seperatist then Quebec city
Not that I know of. I remember when Eric Lindros was drafted in 1991 in his autobiography he stated that one of the problems he had was being a pro-Canadian who wanted the country to stay together and he felt this would be a problem in a city that was in the heart of the French Revolution.
nice spin. but I guess he couldn't cop to being a bigot.
... and that's why hockey players hire ghostwriters.
Not that I know of. I remember when Eric Lindros was drafted in 1991 in his autobiography he stated that one of the problems he had was being a pro-Canadian who wanted the country to stay together and he felt this would be a problem in a city that was in the heart of the French Revolution.
As for most French Canadian players I dont see that being a problem. Most if not all of them are happy to be Canadian. Brodeur and Lecavalier stated on the record that they would still play for Canada if Quebec ever separated. That's the norm, IMO. Although Quebec gets a bad rap, most people in that province are glad to be part of one of if not the best countries in the world to live in, the rest are well, for lack of a better word ungrateful idiots with a low self esteem. But that's another story........
Ungrateful idiots with a low self esteem? It's comments like that that make me happy to be part of the great country Canada is... Most french Canadiens federalists are prouder of being Québécois than they are of being Canadians. They are, for the most part, scared of what could happen if Québec was to leave Canada. The others just don't really care or are happy with the current situation. If you KNEW about Québec you would know that must of us don't really care about Canada. We are proud of being who we are which is a french people surronded by english people. Don't think we love being part of your malfonctionning country.
He was talking about french Canadiens in Quebec but used the wrong term of "Quebecois" which should apply too all citizens of Quebec. Montreal is not close to being more seperatist then Quebec city, I'd like to see the stats though.
Isn't Quebecer just the angicized version of Quebecois ? If I'm speaking in English I'm a Quebecer, in French, je suis quebecois ? Granted I don't hear many of my anglo cousins calling themselves that but grammatrically, I thought that was the right description. It doesn't matter I guess because no matter who you are or where you're from, someone manges to be offended these days.I used the rght word for english speakers I though:
Quebecois = french quebecers
Quebecers = citizen of the province of Quebec
Prospal mouthed off to Brisebois. Prospal said afterwards he thought itr was just how people talked and he didn't mean to be offensive, and he's probably being honest.Briesbois is the recent one that comes to mind, when he was called a 'frog'. I can't remember who it was, infact it may have been Brunet, not Briesbois.
Briesbois is the recent one that comes to mind, when he was called a 'frog'. I can't remember who it was, infact it may have been Brunet, not Briesbois.