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Although they do not advocate the independence of Québec, and might even have voiced against it, the people listed here are considered friends of Québec because they have always defended the truth before all. Too often in political debates, patriotism and chauvinism wins over intellectual honesty.  
Although they do not advocate the independence of Québec, and might even have voiced against it, the people listed here are considered friends of Québec because they have always defended the truth before all. Too often in political debates, naive patriotism or distasteful chauvinism wins over intellectual honesty.  


Despite the constant flow of liefull propaganda denigrating Quebecers in the English language press of Canada, these people have the honesty to recognize, at the very least:
Despite the constant flow of liefull propaganda denigrating, in the English language press of Canada, Quebecers in general, French-speaking ones in particular these people have the honesty to recognize, at the very least:


# The existence of the Québec political nation
# The existence of the Québec political nation

Revision as of 14:19, 9 January 2007

Although they do not advocate the independence of Québec, and might even have voiced against it, the people listed here are considered friends of Québec because they have always defended the truth before all. Too often in political debates, naive patriotism or distasteful chauvinism wins over intellectual honesty.

Despite the constant flow of liefull propaganda denigrating, in the English language press of Canada, Quebecers in general, French-speaking ones in particular these people have the honesty to recognize, at the very least:

  1. The existence of the Québec political nation
  2. The legitimacy of the movement for independence
  3. The validity of the core sovereignist arguments
  4. The necessity and soundness of Québec's linguistic policy

Gary Caldwell

Native of Toronto, Ontario, he graduated from York University and obtained a masters in sociology at Université Laval in Québec. Maried to Aurelie Poisson, and he presently lives on a farm with his family in Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton in the Eastern Townships. After teaching at Bishop's University for 9 years, he became a researcher at Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture, a position he kept from to 1980 to 1992.

19th century

Lower Canada

John Neilson

Biography in Wikipedia: John Neilson

Great Britain

John Arthur Roebuck

Biography in Wikipedia: John Arthur Roebuck

Daniel O'Connell

Biography in Wikipedia: Daniel O'Connell

James Mackintosh

Biography in Wikipedia: James Mackintosh

Henry Brougham

Biography in Wikipedia: Henry Brougham

Joseph Hume

Biography in Wikipedia: Joseph Hume

See also

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