Canada

I am a republican (in the anti-monarchist sense, not the American sense) so if we want to end that institution and get rid of the office of governor general entirely I'm on board with that. But that's not what's happening here. Should the organizations be successful in their case, the office of governor general will continue. It will simply force the first Indigenous holder of it out because she doesn't speak a settler language.

I can't begin to describe how bad that will look from a country that is supposedly pursuing reconciliation with it's colonial history.

How does having someone born and raised in Québec not count as Québec representation? Is she not colonialist enough for us?

Maybe address the root cause and ensure la Commission scolaire Kativik is resourced to teach Inuktituk, English, and French.

Edit: spelling est difficile.

@moody @grte

Yup. Historically Quebec was treated as a second-tier province because of the religious sectarianism that migrated with the British/French colonizers. Most of Canada's PM's were Protestant and most of Quebecoise were RC.

After the religious aspect began fading into the background Quebecoise still felt disenfranchised (which, in reality, they were) so the focus became language/culture vs religious affiliation. Then the October crisis happened.

To be a pedantic, they're a fifth of the population (approx. 21%), down from 27% in 1971 and about 35% at the time of confederation.

Your point still stands though. The convention for GGs has been to alternate between English and French, though typically bilingual in both to a greater or lesser extent.

It's just, you know. Quebec is the product of colonialism as well. Perhaps they should let this one slide. Let Mary Simon give all her public addresses in Inuktitut if that will make it seem more fair.