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The whole history of french québécois identity, the separatist movement, all this, but i have to get right to the pressing matter of the day: pastagate. [ laughter ] >> patrick: pastagate. what do you want to know about pastagate? >> anthony: for those not up on current quebec politics, pastagate refers to an incident where local authorities notified an italian restaurant that they were in violation of french laws because they used the word "pasta," which is italian. this is -- >> patrick: oka...

French heritage and language. the issue of seceding entirely, a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick lagacé meets me for lunch at bistro m sur masson to help me understand a little bit of what many québécois feel is at stake. so, i was going to talk about the whole history of french québécois identity, the separatist movement, all this, but i have to get right to the pressing matter of the day: pastagate. [ laughter ] >> patrick: pastagate. what do you want to ...

Journalist patrick lagasse meets me to help me understand a little bit of what many feel is at stake. >> i was going to talk about the whole history of french quebecois identity, separatist movement almost but i have to get to the pressing matter of the dthe day, pasta gate. >> for those not up on current quebec politic, pasta gate refers to an incident where local authorities notified an italian restaurant they were in violation of french laws because they used the word pasta, which is italian....

Go back far enough, and you get a clearer picture of why. the french arrived on the shores of quebec city in the early 16th century, but succumbed to the military might of great britain in the mid-18th. thus began a gradual but steady persecution of all things french. the quebecois have struggled mightily to hang on to their french heritage and language. the issue of seceding entirely, a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick legas meets me to understand what many fee...

The issue of seceding entirely, a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick meets me at m sur masson, to understand what many feel is at stake. so i was going to talk about the whole history of french quebecoi siismt, but i 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 they were in violati...

The quebecois have struggled mightily to hang on to their french heritage and language. the issue of seceding entirely, a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick meets me at m sur masson, to understand what many feel is at stake. so i was going to talk about the whole history of french quebecoi identity but i 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 in...

Of it contentious. go back far enough, and you get a clearer picture of why. the french arrived on the shores of quebec city in the early 16th century and seccumbed to the military might of great britain in the mid 18th. thus began a gradual but steady persecution of all things french. the quebecwa have struggled mightily to hang on to their french heritage and language. the issue of seceding entirely a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick la gas meets me for lunch ...

In the mid18th. thus back a steady but pert -- they have struggled to hang on to their french language and heritage. the issue a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick lagasse meets me to help me understand a little bit of what many feel is at stake. >> so i was going to talk about the whole history of french identity, the separatist movement but i have to get to the pressing matter of the day, pasta-gate. >> what do you want to know about pasta-gate? >> for those not...

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. >> pasta-gate. what do you want to know about pasta-gate? >> for those not up on current quebec politics, pasta-gate refers to an incident where local authorities notified an italian restaurant that they were in violation of french laws, because they used the word "pasta" which is italian. >> this is -- >> okay. stop apologizing, okay? >> dont get me wro...

Thus began a gradual but steady persecution of all things french. the quebecois have struggled mightily to hang on to their french heritage and language. the issue of seceding entirely, a notion that persists to some extent even today. journalist patrick legasse meets me for lunch at bistro m sur masson, to understand what many feel is at stake. >> so i was going to talk about the whole history of french quebecoisism, but i have to get to the pressing matter of the day -- pasta-gate. >> what do ...