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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 feel is at stake. so i was going to talk about the whole history of french quebecois, but i have to get...

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 to help me understand a little bit of what many quebecwa feel is at stake. >> i was going to talk ab...

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 up on current quebec politics, pasta-gate refers to an incident where local authorities notified an...

Are they truly one entity or two? this is a question that has been wrestled with for some time. quebec is certainly part of canada, but in many ways both culturally, spiritually and linguistically, it's very much another thing entirely. there's a lot of history, much 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 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...

How canadian is quebec? are they truly one entity or two? this is a question that has been wrestled with for some time. quebec is certainly part of canada, but in many ways both culturally, spiritually, and linguistically, it's very much another thing entirely. there's a lot of history, much 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 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 st...