I'll be back after New Year's and until then I want to thank readers for making this blog a small part of your life.
Without you, this blog would have ended a long time ago...
On a positive note, I'd like to remind those who call me a Francophobe and label this blog as hateful, that nothing could be further than the truth.
I like and admire francophones, their industry, their humour, talent, and their sense of fair play and respect for democracy.
In forty years of travelling this province I have never been insulted over language or race.
We tend to focus on the negative because that's what people want to talk about, but in truth we live in a wonderful environment, even though talking about the positive interests few.
Here's a couple of videos which will warm your heart and perhaps convince sceptics that most Quebecers are not afraid to embrace the world.
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Medical students from University of Sherbrooke proposal for 'sexy' calendar for charity shot down. |