November 29, 2006

If it's good enough for Quebec...

Quebec 'nation' raises native Indians' ireCanada's indigenous peoples are feeling snubbed by Parliament's decision to recognize Quebec as a “nation” within a united Canada and not them, too.

Native Indian leaders say the vote in the House of Commons, which has helped reignite debate over the role of French-speaking Quebec within largely English-speaking Canada, ignored the peoples who lived in North America before European settlers arrived.

“If it is good for the Quebecois--and we have no objection to that--then it is good enough for us,” Phil Fontaine, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said yesterday, a day after lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the measure.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Quebec not a french word

The name "Quebec", which comes from an Algonquin word meaning "strait" or "narrowing", originally meant the narrowing of the St. Lawrence River off what is currently Quebec City. There have been variations in spelling of the name:

So if Quebecois is a nation then it falls under First Nation of many nations.... jurisdiction is of First Nation and is bound to Canada under mutual agreements...


Quebecois are the same as Meti nation I know because my last Name Is Brunelle and one of the MP’s on the BOC is also Brunelle… The old Quebecois are from a Native-French background…...

They wont tell anyone this....