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"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...

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 bure dane. i lean french, hard. i am enormously sympathetic to the language laws. >> you don't think it's preposterous? >> i don't 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 for signage and stuff. >> now signage, for instance must by law be principally in french. frenc...

>> don't get me wrong. my last name is boudin, and i'm normally sympathetic to the language laws. >> you don't think it's preposterous? >> i don't think think it is -- >> it's 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 treated the french like second-class -- for much of the history. i get it. i would want my ow...

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 they were in violation of french laws, because they used the word "pasta" which is italian. >> this is...

>> you don't think it's preposterous? >> i don't think think it is -- but i hear we have a situation -- >> it's 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 french like second-class crap for much of history. i get it. i would want my own thing and when i g...