Polysemy in the Quebec debate - Revision history

Mathieugp at 18:33, 29 December 2010

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	== Two Canadas ==		== Two Canadas ==
			Advocates of Quebec independence will refuse to agree with the statement that "Samuel de Champlain is the founder of Canada" unless the word "Canada" is used in its archaic sense of "Canada, the main region of the former province of New France". Because "Canada" is today a word that refers to the federal Dominion of British North America created by a law of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1867, we cannot say that Samuel de Champlain is the founder of this Canada, because he could not have founded any political entity some 235 years after his own death. What we can say is that Champlain is the founder of "French Canada", a country ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763. This country, settled by people of mostly European origins along the St-Laurence river, was renamed the Province of Quebec by a Royal Proclamation shortly after the cession.

	~~Advocates of Quebec independence will refuse to agree with the statement that "~~Samuel de Champlain is the founder of ~~Canada" unless~~ the ~~word "~~Canada" is ~~used in its archaic sense~~ of ~~"Canada,~~ the ~~main region~~ of ~~the former province of New France"~~. ~~Because "Canada"~~ is today a ~~word that refers~~ to ~~the federal Dominion of British North America created by a law of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1867, we cannot say that Samuel de Champlain~~ is ~~the founder~~ of this ~~Canada~~, ~~because he could not have founded any political entity some 235 years after his own death~~. ~~What we can say is~~ that ~~Champlain is~~ the ~~founder of~~ "~~French~~ Canada", ~~a country ceded by France to Great Britain~~ in ~~1763. This country~~, ~~settled by people of mostly European origins~~ along the St~~-Laurence~~ river, ~~was renamed~~ the ~~Province of Quebec by a Royal Proclamation shortly after~~ the ~~cession~~.		Samuel de Champlain is the founder of a new community which today still perpetuates today as a human group whose members call themselves the ''Québécois'' (Quebecers) because they consider their homeland to be Quebec, formerly French Canada. This multi-generational community is not comprised of only those who can trace their ancestry to the living population of French Canada in 1763. It is comprised of those who acquired the ''Canadien'', ''Canadien-français'' and now ''Québécois'' identity which today, like yesterday, a person can acquire by birth or by immigrating to what is today Québec. Quebecers are very much aware of this reality, especially advocates of independence. The independentists are also very much aware that the provincial state which used to be called "Canada" under French rule, the state whose legal system was the ''Coutume de Paris'', whose capital was in Quebec city, whose population resided along the St. Lawrence river valley, is NOT the federal state which is today called "Canada", it is the federated state which is today called Québec.

	Samuel de Champlain is the founder of a new community which today still perpetuates itself as a human group calling itself the ''Québécois'' (Quebecers) because they consider their homeland to be Quebec, formerly French Canada. This multi-generational community is not comprised of only those who can trace their ancestry to the living population of French Canada in 1763. It is comprised of those who acquired the ''Canadien'', ''Canadien-français'' and now ''Québécois'' identity which today as of yesterday a person can acquire by birth or by immigrating to what is today Québec. Quebecers are very much aware of this reality, especially advocates of independence. The independentists are also very much aware that the provincial state which used to be called "Canada" under French rule, the state whose legal system was the ''Coutume de Paris'', whose capital was in Quebec city, whose population resided along the St. Lawrence river valley, is NOT the federal state which is today called "Canada", it is the federated state which is today called Québec.

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	== Two nations ==		== Two nations ==
			* Nation, as a human community in and out of its political borders
	* A human community		* Nation, as a human community and its political institutions on a given territory
	* A human community and its political institutions		* Nation, as a synonym of sovereign State
	* As a synonym of sovereign State

	== See also ==		== See also ==

	* [[Terminology]]		* [[Terminology]]

Mathieugp: /* Two Canadas */

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	Advocates of Quebec independence will refuse to agree with the statement that "Samuel de Champlain is the founder of Canada" unless the word "Canada" is used in its archaic sense of "Canada, the main region of the former province of New France". Because "Canada" is today a word that refers to the federal Dominion of British North America created by a law of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1867, we cannot say that Samuel de Champlain is the founder of this Canada, because he could not have founded any political entity some 235 years after his own death. What we can say is that Champlain is the founder of "French Canada", a country ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763. This country, settled by people of mostly European origins along the St-Laurence river, was renamed the Province of Quebec by a Royal Proclamation shortly after the cession.		Advocates of Quebec independence will refuse to agree with the statement that "Samuel de Champlain is the founder of Canada" unless the word "Canada" is used in its archaic sense of "Canada, the main region of the former province of New France". Because "Canada" is today a word that refers to the federal Dominion of British North America created by a law of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1867, we cannot say that Samuel de Champlain is the founder of this Canada, because he could not have founded any political entity some 235 years after his own death. What we can say is that Champlain is the founder of "French Canada", a country ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763. This country, settled by people of mostly European origins along the St-Laurence river, was renamed the Province of Quebec by a Royal Proclamation shortly after the cession.

	Samuel de Champlain is the founder ~~and~~ a new community which today still perpetuates itself as a human group calling itself the "Québécois" because they consider their homeland to be Quebec, formerly French Canada. This multi-generational community is not comprised of only those who can trace their ancestry to the living population of French Canada in 1763. It is comprised of those who acquired the Canadien, Canadien-français and now Québécois identity which today as of yesterday a person can acquire by birth or by immigrating to what is today Québec. Quebecers are very much aware of this reality, especially advocates of independence. The independentists are also very much aware that the provincial state which used to be called "Canada" under French rule, the state whose legal system was the ''Coutume de Paris'', whose capital was in Quebec city, whose population resided along the St. Lawrence river valley, is NOT the federal state which is today called "Canada", it is the federated state which is today called Québec.		Samuel de Champlain is the founder of a new community which today still perpetuates itself as a human group calling itself the ''Québécois'' (Quebecers) because they consider their homeland to be Quebec, formerly French Canada. This multi-generational community is not comprised of only those who can trace their ancestry to the living population of French Canada in 1763. It is comprised of those who acquired the ''Canadien'', ''Canadien-français'' and now ''Québécois'' identity which today as of yesterday a person can acquire by birth or by immigrating to what is today Québec. Quebecers are very much aware of this reality, especially advocates of independence. The independentists are also very much aware that the provincial state which used to be called "Canada" under French rule, the state whose legal system was the ''Coutume de Paris'', whose capital was in Quebec city, whose population resided along the St. Lawrence river valley, is NOT the federal state which is today called "Canada", it is the federated state which is today called Québec.

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Mathieugp: /* Two Canadas */

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	\|1841 to 1867 <br /> (''Union Act'')		\|1841 to 1867 <br /> (''Union Act'')
	\|Canada East (Province of Canada), Kingdom of Great Britain		\|Canada East, Province of Canada, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
	\|British North America		\|British North America
	\|-		\|-
	\|1867 to ~~1982~~ <br /> (''British North America Act'')		\|1867 to 1930 <br /> (''British North America Act'')
			\|Province of Quebec, Canada, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
			\|Dominion of Canada
			\|-
			\|1931 to 1982 <br /> (''Treaty of Westminster'')
	\|Province of Quebec, Canada		\|Province of Quebec, Canada
	\|Dominion of Canada		\|Dominion of Canada
	\|-		\|-
	\|1982 to now <br /> (''Constitutional Act'')		\|1982 to now <br /> (''Constitutional Act'')
	\|Province of Quebec		\|Province of Quebec, Canada
	\|Canada		\|Canada
	\|}		\|}

Mathieugp: /* Two Canadas */

2007-08-08T18:40:01Z

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	== Two Canadas ==		== Two Canadas ==

	Advocates of Quebec independence will refuse to agree with the statement that "Samuel de Champlain is the founder of Canada" unless ~~one uses~~ the word "Canada" is used in its archaic sense of "Canada, the main region of the former province of New France". Because "Canada" is today a word that refers to the federal Dominion created by a law of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1867, we cannot say that Samuel de Champlain is the founder of this Canada, because he could not have founded any political entity some 235 years after his own death. What we can say is that Champlain is the founder of "French Canada", a country ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763.		Advocates of Quebec independence will refuse to agree with the statement that "Samuel de Champlain is the founder of Canada" unless the word "Canada" is used in its archaic sense of "Canada, the main region of the former province of New France". Because "Canada" is today a word that refers to the federal Dominion of British North America created by a law of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1867, we cannot say that Samuel de Champlain is the founder of this Canada, because he could not have founded any political entity some 235 years after his own death. What we can say is that Champlain is the founder of "French Canada", a country ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763. This country, settled by people of mostly European origins along the St-Laurence river, was renamed the Province of Quebec by a Royal Proclamation shortly after the cession.

	Samuel de Champlain is the founder and a new community which today still perpetuates itself as a human group calling itself the "Québécois" because they consider their homeland to be Quebec, formerly French Canada. This multi-generational community is not comprised of only those who can trace their ancestry to the living population of French Canada in 1763. It is comprised of those who acquired the Canadien, Canadien-français and now Québécois identity which today as of yesterday a person can acquire by birth or by immigrating to what is today Québec. Quebecers are very much aware of this reality, especially advocates of independence. The independentists are also very much aware that the provincial state which used to be called "Canada" under French rule, the state whose legal system was the ''Coutume de Paris'', whose capital was in Quebec city, whose population resided along the St. Lawrence river valley, is NOT the federal state which is today called "Canada", it is the federated state which is today called Québec.		Samuel de Champlain is the founder and a new community which today still perpetuates itself as a human group calling itself the "Québécois" because they consider their homeland to be Quebec, formerly French Canada. This multi-generational community is not comprised of only those who can trace their ancestry to the living population of French Canada in 1763. It is comprised of those who acquired the Canadien, Canadien-français and now Québécois identity which today as of yesterday a person can acquire by birth or by immigrating to what is today Québec. Quebecers are very much aware of this reality, especially advocates of independence. The independentists are also very much aware that the provincial state which used to be called "Canada" under French rule, the state whose legal system was the ''Coutume de Paris'', whose capital was in Quebec city, whose population resided along the St. Lawrence river valley, is NOT the federal state which is today called "Canada", it is the federated state which is today called Québec.
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	\|1534 to 1608 <br /> (''European Explorations'')		\|1534 to 1608 <br /> (''European Explorations'')
	\|Canada		\|Canada, New France, Kingdom of France
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|1608 to 1662 <br /> (''Company Rule'')		\|1608 to 1662 <br /> (''Company Rule'')
	\|Canada		\|Canada, New France, Kingdom of France
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|1663 to 1759 <br /> (''Royal Province'')		\|1663 to 1759 <br /> (''Royal Province'')
	\|Canada		\|Canada, New France, Kingdom of France
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|1759 to 1763 <br /> (''Military Regime'')		\|1759 to 1763 <br /> (''Military Regime'')
	\|Canada		\|Canada, Kingdom of Great Britain
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|1763 to 1774 <br /> (''Royal Proclamation'')		\|1763 to 1774 <br /> (''Royal Proclamation'')
	\|Province of Quebec		\|Province of Quebec, Kingdom of Great Britain
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|1775 to 1791 <br /> (''Quebec Act'')		\|1775 to 1791 <br /> (''Quebec Act'')
	\|Province of Quebec		\|Province of Quebec, Kingdom of Great Britain
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|After 1783 <br /> (''Independence of Thirteen Colonies'')		\|After 1783 <br /> (''Independence of Thirteen Colonies'')
	\|Province of Quebec		\|Province of Quebec, Kingdom of Great Britain
	\|British North America		\|British North America
	\|-		\|-
	\|1792 to 1838 <br /> (''Constitutional Act'')		\|1792 to 1838 <br /> (''Constitutional Act'')
	\|Province of Lower Canada		\|Province of Lower Canada, Kingdom of Great Britain
	\|British North America		\|British North America
	\|-		\|-
	\|1841 to 1867 <br /> (''Union Act'')		\|1841 to 1867 <br /> (''Union Act'')
	\|Canada East (Province of Canada)		\|Canada East (Province of Canada), Kingdom of Great Britain
	\|British North America		\|British North America
	\|-		\|-
	\|1867 to 1982 <br /> (''British North America Act'')		\|1867 to 1982 <br /> (''British North America Act'')
	\|Province of Quebec		\|Province of Quebec, Canada
	\|Dominion of Canada		\|Dominion of Canada
	\|-		\|-

Mathieugp at 21:59, 6 August 2007

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	\|-		\|-
	\|~~1775 to 1791~~ <br /> (''Independence of Thirteen Colonies'')		\|After 1783 <br /> (''Independence of Thirteen Colonies'')
	\|Province of Quebec		\|Province of Quebec
	\|British North America		\|British North America

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	\|-		\|-
	\|~~Before~~ 1608 <br /> (''European Explorations'')		\|1534 to 1608 <br /> (''European Explorations'')
	\|~~Unknown~~		\|Canada
	\|~~Unknown~~		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|1608 to 1662 <br /> (''Company Rule'')		\|1608 to 1662 <br /> (''Company Rule'')
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	\|1841 to 1867 <br /> (''Union Act'')		\|1841 to 1867 <br /> (''Union Act'')
	\|Province of Canada ~~(Canada East~~ )		\|Canada East (Province of Canada)
	\|British North America		\|British North America
	\|-		\|-

Mathieugp at 21:50, 6 August 2007

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	\|-		\|-
	\|Before 1608 <br />		\|Before 1608 <br /> (''European Explorations'')
	\|Unknown		\|Unknown
	\|Unknown		\|Unknown
	\|-		\|-
	\|1608 to 1662 <br />		\|1608 to 1662 <br /> (''Company Rule'')
	\|Canada		\|Canada
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|1663 to 1759 <br />		\|1663 to 1759 <br /> (''Royal Province'')
	\|Canada		\|Canada
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|1759 to 1763 <br />		\|1759 to 1763 <br /> (''Military Regime'')
	\|Canada		\|Canada
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
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	\|1775 to 1791 <br /> (''Quebec Act'')		\|1775 to 1791 <br /> (''Quebec Act'')
	\|Province of Quebec		\|Province of Quebec
	\|British North America ~~as of 1783~~		\|Non-existent
			\|-
			\|1775 to 1791 <br /> (''Independence of Thirteen Colonies'')
			\|Province of Quebec
			\|British North America
	\|-		\|-
	\|1792 to 1838 <br /> (''Constitutional Act'')		\|1792 to 1838 <br /> (''Constitutional Act'')

Mathieugp: /* Two Canadas */

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	== Two Canadas ==		== Two Canadas ==

	Advocates of Quebec independence will refuse to agree with the statement that "Samuel de Champlain is the founder of Canada" unless ~~is implied the notion that~~ the word "Canada" is used in its archaic sense of "Canada, the main region of the former province of New France". Because "Canada" is today a word that refers to the federal Dominion created by a law of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1867, we cannot say that Samuel de Champlain is the founder of this Canada, because he could not have founded any political entity some 235 years after his own death. What we can say is that Champlain is the founder of "French Canada", a country ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763. ~~A few months later, the said province was renamed the "Province of Quebec".~~		Advocates of Quebec independence will refuse to agree with the statement that "Samuel de Champlain is the founder of Canada" unless one uses the word "Canada" is used in its archaic sense of "Canada, the main region of the former province of New France". Because "Canada" is today a word that refers to the federal Dominion created by a law of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1867, we cannot say that Samuel de Champlain is the founder of this Canada, because he could not have founded any political entity some 235 years after his own death. What we can say is that Champlain is the founder of "French Canada", a country ceded by France to Great Britain in 1763.

	Samuel de Champlain is the founder of a new state and a new community which today still perpetuates itself as a human group calling itself the "Québécois" because they consider their homeland to be Quebec. This multi-generational community is not comprised of only those who can trace their ancestry to the living population of French Canada in 1763. It is comprised of those who acquired the Québécois identity which today one can obtain by birth or by immigrating to Québec. Quebecers are very much aware of this reality, especially advocates of independence. The independentists are also very much aware that the provincial state which used to be called "Canada" under French rule, the state whose legal system was the ''Coutume de Paris'', whose capital was in Quebec city, whose population resided along the St. Lawrence river valley is NOT the federal state which is today called "Canada".

			Samuel de Champlain is the founder and a new community which today still perpetuates itself as a human group calling itself the "Québécois" because they consider their homeland to be Quebec, formerly French Canada. This multi-generational community is not comprised of only those who can trace their ancestry to the living population of French Canada in 1763. It is comprised of those who acquired the Canadien, Canadien-français and now Québécois identity which today as of yesterday a person can acquire by birth or by immigrating to what is today Québec. Quebecers are very much aware of this reality, especially advocates of independence. The independentists are also very much aware that the provincial state which used to be called "Canada" under French rule, the state whose legal system was the ''Coutume de Paris'', whose capital was in Quebec city, whose population resided along the St. Lawrence river valley, is NOT the federal state which is today called "Canada", it is the federated state which is today called Québec.

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Mathieugp: /* Two Canadas */

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	\|-		\|-
	\|1663 to 1763 <br />		\|1663 to 1759 <br />
			\|Canada
			\|Non-existent
			\|-
			\|1759 to 1763 <br />
	\|Canada		\|Canada
	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
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	\|Non-existent		\|Non-existent
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~1774~~ to 1791 <br /> (''Quebec Act'')		\|1775 to 1791 <br /> (''Quebec Act'')
	\|Province of Quebec		\|Province of Quebec
	\|British North America as of 1783		\|British North America as of 1783
	\|-		\|-
	\|~~1791~~ to 1838 <br /> (''Constitutional Act'')		\|1792 to 1838 <br /> (''Constitutional Act'')
	\|Province of Lower Canada		\|Province of Lower Canada
	\|British North America		\|British North America

Mathieugp at 18:31, 26 July 2007

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 Samuel de Champlain is the founder of a new state and a new community which today still perpetuates itself as a human group calling itself the "Québécois" because they consider their homeland to be Quebec. This multi-generational community is not comprised of only those who can trace their ancestry to the living population of French Canada in 1763. It is comprised of those who acquired the Québécois identity which today one can obtain by birth or by immigrating to Québec. Quebecers are very much aware of this reality, especially advocates of independence. The independentists are also very much aware that the provincial state which used to be called "Canada" under French rule, the state whose legal system was the ''Coutume de Paris'', whose capital was in Quebec city, whose population resided along the St. Lawrence river valley is NOT the federal state which is today called "Canada".
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 == Two nations ==