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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 ...

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...

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? >> don't get me wrong. my last name is b 0ourdain, i lean french, hard. i'm normally sympathetic to the language laws....

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 you want to know about pastagate? >> for those not up on current quebec politics, pasta-gate refers ...