Quebec Quotes

• Ten years ago, in the aftermath of the referendum in Quebec, the very existence of Canada was on the line... I had a responsibility to ensure that Canada never again came close to the precipice.

  

  Jean Chretien
  • Existence
  • Canada
  • Referendum

• I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that. It's my roots, my origins, and it's the most important thing to me.

  

  Celine Dion
  • Important
  • Thing
  • Roots

• I found it absolutely incredible that Mr. Duceppe called for a boycott of the installation as governor-general of an eminent Canadian of Haitian origin from the Quebec society, ... I was shocked to see Gilles Duceppe call for a boycott of that ceremony. ... They are Quebecers, they should be proud to see a Quebecer accede to that very important position.

  

  Pierre Pettigrew
  • Ceremony
  • Boycott
  • Installation

• If Québec separates I will go with it, my loyalties are with Québec.

  

  Pierre Pettigrew
  • Separates
  • Loyalties
  • Quebec

• Our problem in Quebec is our summer is so short that we can't wear bathing suits, whatever, what kind of bathing suit. So I mean, we have this debate with political parties involved whether we should forbid the burkini yes or no, and this was in the media, you know, front page for days and days and days. This is wildly exaggerated. And people that don't live for instance in Montreal, where they don't have a diverse population, they think this is a real problem.

  

  Andre Pratte
  • Problem
  • Population
  • Quebec

• Attempting to build a language wall around Quebec is precisely the wrong policy to follow. It will keep out of Quebec exactly what we need to attract by way of talent and capital; it will drive our best - francophones as well as allophones and anglophones, with their talents and capital - to leave Quebec.

  

  Dick Pound
  • Language
  • Wall
  • Attempting