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The language laws. >> patrick: you don't think it's preposterous? >> anthony: i do not think it's preposterous. but here we have a situation. [ laughter ] >> patrick: it is stupid. uh, i agree with you completely that this -- this province, 40 years ago, was in some respect, an english city. so we needed to have language laws for signage and stuff. >> anthony: now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally in french. french first in all things. >> patrick: but every bureaucracy produces byproducts of stupidity. and that was it. and you know what? it will not stand. >> anthony: the angl...

Laws, because they used the word pasta, which is italian. this is? >> okay, stop apologizing, okay? >> don't get me wrong. my last name is bourdain. i lean french, hard. i'm normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you don't think it's preposterous? >> i do not think it is preposterous, but 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 for signage and stuff. >> now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally french. french first in all things. >> but eve...

Laws, because they used the word pasta, which is italian. this is? >> okay, stop apologizing, okay? >> don't get me wrong. my last name is bourdain. i lean french, hard. i'm normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you don't think it's preposterous? >> i do not think it is preposterous, but 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 for signage and stuff. >> now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally french. french first in all things. >> but eve...

Were in violation of french laws, because they used the word pasta, which is italian. this is? >> okay, stop apologizing, okay? >> don't get me wrong. my last name is bourdain. i lean french, hard. i'm normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you don't think it's preposterous? >> i do not think it is preposterous, but 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 for signage and stuff. >> now, signage, for instance, must by law be principally french. french fir...

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 ...