‘The main argument was that a victory for francophones outside Quebec would be a victory for anglophones inside Quebec’
In October, Quebec media personality Denise Bombardier appeared on the hugely popular talk show Tout le monde en parle and shared her views on French-speaking communities outside Quebec. She was, in a word, dismissive.Her comments sparked outrage among French speakers across the country. Here was proof, many felt, that Quebecers don’t realize they exist, or don’t care.
The intensity of Quebec’s reaction surprised some observers who suggest that, in the past, such a decision elsewhere in Canada would not have sparked such displays of solidarity from la belle province. To them, this is evidence that something new is afoot in Quebec — that with the decline in popularity of the sovereignty movement, Quebecers are taking a new interest in French-language rights outside their borders. “This is a new shift.
The idea that the French language could only survive within Quebec became an important rationale for the sovereignty movement. Former premier René Lévesque, founder of the separatist Parti québécois, famously said in 1968 that French speakers outside Quebec were “dead ducks.” That position has been “very frustrating and hurtful” to francophones across the country, Denis said.
That belief certainly still exists. In the wave of outrage that followed Ford’s cuts, several columnists claimed this was proof that French can only be protected in Quebec. “It’s going to become more and more difficult to defend French outside Quebec,” wrote Richard Martineau in the Journal de Montréal. If language is what matters most to francophone minorities, he wrote, “pack your bags and come to Quebec.
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