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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 violation of french laws, because they used the word "pasta" which is italian. >> this is -- >> okay. stop ...

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 incident where local authorities notified an italian restaurant that they were in violation of french ...

"pasta" which is italian. >> this is -- >> okay. stop apologizing, okay? >> don't get me wrong. my last name is bore deign. french. i lean hard. i'm normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you don't think it's preposterous? >> i don't think think it is -- but here we have a situation -- >> it's 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 principally in french. french first in all things. >> but ever bureaucracy produces by temperature...

"pasta" which is italian. >> this is -- >> okay. stop apologizing, okay? >> don't get me wrong. my last name is bore deign. french. i lean hard. i'm normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you don't think it's preposterous? >> i don't think think it is -- but here we have a situation -- >> it's 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 principally in french. french first in all things. >> but ever bureaucracy produces by temperature...