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La fondation de Québec rappelle que la langue française est la langue fondatrice du Canada. La survivance du français en terre d'Amérique du Nord depuis quatre siècles n'est pas un accident de l'histoire. On parle encore français au Canada aujourd'hui à cause du courage, de la ténacité et de la créativité des générations de francophones qui ont enraciné et nourri dans le Nouveau Monde des valeurs et des espoirs venus de l'ancien continent.

Rares sont les villes nord-américaines qui peuvent célébrer un tel passé. C'est une date historique pour le Canada tout entier et pour l'Amérique du Nord. C'est à partir de cette date que nous avons véritablement commencé à devenir ce que nous sommes aujourd'hui, car la fondation de Québec marque aussi la fondation de l'État canadien.

À travers les âges, sur tous les continents, des communautés d'hommes et de femmes ont réalisé en français des actions extraordinairement belles et de difficile exécution. C'est notre héritage commun et une source de fierté. Cela doit aussi devenir une richesse partagée et un motif d'espoir.

En 2008, nous aurons la joie de vous accueillir dans la ville de Québec, à l'occasion du 400ième anniversaire de sa fondation.

Notre gouvernement est un fier partenaire du 400ième anniversaire de la fondation de Québec. J'invite donc tous les Canadiens et les Canadiennes, de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador à la Colombie-Britannique, à venir célébrer cette grande fête qui marque la fondation de l'État canadien.

On dit chez nous que chaque être doit avoir deux villes dans son coeur, la sienne et Québec.

Célébrons ensemble une page marquante de notre histoire !

Le très honorable Stephen Harper, C.P., député

Premier Ministre du Canada

This guy knows what he's doing.

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This guy knows what he's doing.

French-Canadians, inside and outside Quebec, respond well to this type of communication which appeals to the emotions. It's been said that French is the language of love although Italians also claim this distinction.

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French-Canadians, inside and outside Quebec, respond well to this type of communication which appeals to the emotions. It's been said that French is the language of love although Italians also claim this distinction.

I'm a native French-speaking Canadian myself, though I have a different view. As far as I'm concerned, French and English are foreign to the North American continent and, as such, ought to have no offical status at any government level in Canada. I have no qualms about English and French having a de-facto status in Canada, but I do disagree with them having any official status. The only languages in Canada that ought to have an official status, if any should have one, are either local indigenous languages or an IAL.

So it would be wrong to suppose that all native French-speaking Canadians share the same beliefs and emotions with regards to their language. This will really depend on their overal beliefs. Those with a stronger ethnic identity are more likely to be more favourable to the wider dissemination of the French language, while those with a more cosmopolitan identity are more likley to be in favour of universal bilingualism in ones first language plus an IAL. Of course, there will always be various shades along the spectrum between these extremes, just as is the case among native Enlish-speaking Canadians.

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