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"pasta" which is italian. >> this is -- >> okay. stop apologizing, okay? >> dont get me wrong. my last name is bore deign. french. i lean hard. im normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you dont think its preposterous? >> i dont think think it is -- but here we have a situation -- >> its stupid, i agree with you completely this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city, so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. >> signage, for instance, must by law be prin...

Were in violation of french laws, because they used the word "pasta" which is italian. >> this is -- >> okay. stop apologizing, okay? >> dont get me wrong. my last name is bure dane. i lean french, hard. i am enormously sympathetic to the language laws. >> you dont think its preposterous? >> i dont think think it is -- >> here we have a situation -- >> it is stupid. i agree with you completely that this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city so we needed to have language laws...

>> dont get me wrong. my last name is boudin, and im normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you dont think its preposterous? >> i dont think think it is -- >> its stupid, i agree with you completely this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city, so we needed language laws for signage and stuff. >> signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> but ever bureaucracy produces stupidity, and it will not assistant. >> the anglicans...

French heritage and language, the issue of seceding entirely that persists even to some extent today. journalist patrick meets me at this restaurant to understand what many feel is at stake. so i was going to talk about the whole history of french quebecois, but you have to get to the pressing matter of the day -- pasta-gate. >> what do you want to know? >> for those not up on current quebec politics, pasta-gate refers to an incident where local authorities notified an italian restaurant that th...

>> you dont think its preposterous? >> i dont think think it is -- but i hear we have a situation -- >> its stupid, i agree with you completely that this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city, so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. >> signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> but ever bureaucracy produces by-products of stupidity and that was it. and it will not stand. >> the anglo-canadians treated the fre...

>> dont get me wrong. my last name is i lean french hard. im normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you dont think its preposterous? >> i dont think think it is -- >> its stupid, i agree with you completely this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city, so we needed language laws for signage and stuff. >> signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> but ever bureaucracy produces stupidity, and it will not stand. >> they trea...

Im normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you dont think its preposterous? >> i dont think think it is -- >> its stupid, i agree with you completely this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city, so we needed language laws for signage and stuff. >> signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> but ever bureaucracy produces stupidity, and it will not assistant. >> they treated them like second-class crap for much of history. i...

My last name is i lean hard. im normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you dont think its preposterous? >> i dont think think it is -- >> its stupid, i agree with you completely this province 40 years ago was in some respects an english city, so we needed language laws for signage and stuff. >> signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> but ever bureaucracy produces stupidity, and it will not assistant. >> they treated them like second-clas...