Real Quebecers may yet have the last word Guy Rex Rodgers November 12, 2023 1401 What We Choose To Remember Last month I moderated a panel on the Impact of Bill 96 for the Quebec Writers’ Federation. The mood was glum. We do not have to look very far in the world to see deeply divided popu...
London Calling: Help, we’re being invaded! Guy Rex Rodgers October 18, 2023 1298 What We Choose To Remember I was surprised last month by a documentary film – A London Lost: The Death of an English City – which made the remarkable claim that London is no longer English because it has been ...
Francos, Anglos and Allos have different memories Guy Rex Rodgers September 16, 2023 3779 What We Choose To Remember I am releasing the subtitled version of my documentary film this month. What We Choose To Remember will become Ce qu’on choisit de se souvenir. Anglophones, Allophones and Francopho...
Super Anglo – mythical character still making language waves Guy Rex Rodgers August 11, 2023 1875 What We Choose To Remember Quebec’s summer festivals, street fairs and block parties create opportunities to speak with casual acquaintances and total strangers. A number of Francophones have asked me how Angl...
Dommage – nothing ‘Beau’ about Bill 96 Guy Rex Rodgers July 5, 2023 2178 What We Choose To Remember When I arrived in Quebec I was an undesirable immigrant, at least by the standards of Francois Legault’s CAQ government. I could not speak French and my mother tongue made me un maud...
François Legault’s Québec Guy Rex Rodgers June 6, 2023 1797 What We Choose To Remember Last October the Coalition Avenir Québec won a landslide electoral victory, crushing the Parti Québécois and the provincial Liberals. At the CAQ convention in May Premier Legault rec...
Maudite McGill – renewed criticism about funding for English-language universities Guy Rex Rodgers May 14, 2023 9522 What We Choose To Remember There is renewed grumbling in Quebec about English-language universities have ‘too much money’ and an unfair advantage over French-language universities In the wake of Bill 96, we ar...
Paved With Bad Intentions Guy Rex Rodgers April 11, 2023 2043 What We Choose To Remember Quebec is proud of its culture. The homegrown French-language star-system has made an asset of being a small linguistic island surrounded by an Anglo ocean. However culture in langua...
Compare François Legault to René Lévesque Guy Rex Rodgers March 23, 2023 1571 What We Choose To Remember Is Quebec on the verge of becoming Louisiana north? Is the English-language a threat to Quebec? Are people who speak English a problem? Are recent immigrants more of a problem than ‘...
Sylvia Martin-Laforge – Director General of the Quebec Community Groups Network advocating for English-speaking Quebecers Peter Kerr February 15, 2023 3656 “I believe we are at a watershed moment for our community. Linguistic issues must not be seen as a zero-sum game.” Sylvia Martin-Laforge brings a wealth of government experience to her position as Director Gene...
