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You are right, as overlords and oppressors the English had to be everywhere in Quebec so they could actually oppress and rule and with their wealth set up manufacturing and related industrial infrastructure.
However i wouldnt say that is the case in todays Quebec as many Anglos have moved on to greener pastures or been chased away by anti Anglo ideology having their legacy/history of habitation in Quebec forgotten or in some cases due to amalgamation and name changes actually erased,
You can thank the Commission de Toponymie for that. It's hilarious that many of the streets in Montreal were actually named after PEOPLE, but because the names were English, they changed them.
You can thank the Commission de Toponymie for that. It's hilarious that many of the streets in Montreal were actually named after PEOPLE, but because the names were English, they changed them.
You can thank the Commission de Toponymie for that. It's hilarious that many of the streets in Montreal were actually named after PEOPLE, but because the names were English, they changed them.
Conspiracy-based Anglo-Montreal urban legends are so fun. You are no doubt referring to Mountain St., now Rue de la Montagne. The urban legend says that it was named for a bishop named Mountain, but that the bad and dumb Frenchies changed it to Rue de la Montagne anyway. In reality, the street was named for Mount Royal, and had the Montagne name long before Bishop Mountain ever set foot in Montreal.
The conquering anglos changed the name from Chemin de la Montagne to Mountain St., and in the late 20th century the uppity francophones changed it back.
Just like they changed St-Laurent to St. Lawrence, St-Jacques to St. James, and a bunch of others, most of which have since been changed back.
I kind of like the fact that streets in new neighbourhoods can't get named for developers' wives, kids and dogs or cats.
Do we really need to support through taxes an entire government department dedicated to naming streets?
Oddly enough in the past the department that took care of this kind of stuff had another name..
Do we really need to support through taxes an entire government department dedicated to naming streets?
Oddly enough in the past the department that took care of this kind of stuff had another name..
Not everything in life is a conspiracy against Quebec anglos, you know.
And Speaking of Quebecs perceived Anglo conspiracy theories where are Canadas Summer games being held this year?
Sherbrooke Quebec..
Doesnt sound like Canada and its Anglo population have any problems including Quebec in its global identity. http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/20...Summer-Games/1
I was thinking of Dorchester Boulevard as well. No one can come up with an excuse for that. We owe Sir Guy Carleton the fact that French Canadians in Quebec are still speaking French today.
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