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Census done! Doing our part to bump up those francophone hors Québec numbers.

Notre palladium Š Québec ressemblait pas Š ça

Enfant sur une chaise avec son chat, ca. 1925, [Neuville, Québec?]
Source: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, #caturday

A former Supreme Court Justice, UN Human Rights Commissioner, and War Crimes Tribunal participant is a strong pick for Governor General.
Louise Arbour is to be named Vice-Regal by Prime Minister Carney, replacing Mary Simon after her 5 year term.
I know Mary Simon attracted legitimate criticism for not being fluent in both official languages. But she was fluent in her own Indigenous language (Inuk), and that in itself was very powerful. She brought her lived experience as an Inuk elder and stateswoman from the remote Arctic shores of Québec to the highest office of the land. She did her job with honour and respect and I believe that is how she should be remembered.
I hope when the next Indigenous GG is appointed, that they are fluent in English, French and their own language... or even better... that it is less of a controversy because we are all more secure in our individualities within Canada.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #governorgeneral #ConstitutionalMonarchy #commenwealth

Listened to an unhinged interview with Québec MP (Lévis-Lotbinière) Jacques Gourde at noon. While criticizing the "wastefulness" and damage to farmers' lands that would be caused by the planned Toronto-Quebec City TGV (as obviously ordered by Poilievre), Gourde simultaneously touted the benefits of the staggering price tag of the troisième lien and claimed that pipelines - they ALWAYS leak, they're designed to dammit - don't pose any problem to agricultural lands. Child…

If you are perhaps not from Canada and want to get a taste of the complexity of the 'national unity' debate in Canada, I'd recommend these comments from Yves-François Blanchet, leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois in the House of Commons.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #Québec #Alberta #Monarchy

Premier Mai/May Day, 1974, Montréal
Source: Fonds La Presse, Bibliothèques et Archives nationales du Québec
#PremierMai

Augmenter l’offre de logement au lieu de s’opposer Š la densification a fait diminué le prix des logements.
Quelle surprise..
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualit…

#22 on our countdown is the 893 km La Grande River, which drains a modest watershed of 97,600 km2 in Quebec and flows westward into James Bay. In French, La Grande Rivière, and its original Cree name, Chisasibi, both mean "great river") and it is the second-longest river in the province. The river has been extensively developed as a source of hydroelectric power by Hydro-Québec, starting in 1974 a total of 8 hydroelectric dams have been built on the waterway. As a result of the development projects, the Cree people of the region lost parts of their traditional hunting and trapping territories. Organic mercury levels increased in the fish, which forms an important part of their diet, as the organic material is trapped by the rising waters in the new reservoirs.
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadaRivers
https://chisasibi.ca/about-chisasibi/

Au sujet du mythe du bon colon français
#quebec

Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project lance un nouvel album le 5 juin ! Allez, allez, allez écouter les 3 pistes déjŠ en ligne.
https://qrbp.bandcamp.com/album/quacoustis-je-quou-s-je-quentends-je

Québec annule le projet de #tramway de #gatineau
https://www.led…

I grew up listening to #baseball in English on the radio. Over the summer, it was on more or less constantly in garages, backyards, and workshops across the extended family. I find the combination of cadence, tone, background sound, and trivial banter extremely comforting.
After moving to Québec, I began listening to broadcasts in French and was startled to discover the same mix of things I love i…

It is frustrating every single time that I see the popular votes versus seats won in Canadian elections.
Especially when you have a party like the Bloc Quebécois who run only in Québec, pull 1.2 million votes in that province, and receive 22 seats in the House, yet the NDP pulls 1.2 million across Canada and gets 7 seats.
All our system does is reward density, rather than delivering actual representation.
But someone please tell me how 'ranked ballots' will fix this*
#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Good Morning #Canada
It's time for our first post in the #CanadaRivers series with #25 in our countdown. The Churchill River, in Atlantic Canada, flows for 856 km from Lake Melville into the Atlantic Ocean. It drains a watershed that covers 79,800 km/2 and has an average volume of 1,580 square metres per second.
The power development at Churchill Falls has backed up the river and created the enormous Smallwood Reservoir. Farther upstream, a hydroelectric plant at the outfall from Menihek Lakes provides power for the former iron-mining town of Schefferville, Québec. With a heavy flow and large drop from the Labrador Plateau, the river has probably the greatest hydroelectric potential of any in North America. The Churchill Falls Generating Station deserves it's own post as it is a massive 5,428 MW underground hydro power plant.
Don't get used to calling it the Churchill River as there are recent campaigns to return to its traditional native name.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Geography
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/churchill-river-innu-name-change-mishta-shipu-1.6444142