Definitions
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- adjective Canada Of or pertaining to
Quebec , or French Canada. - noun Canada Any inhabitant or native of the city or province of
Quebec , especially aFrench Canadian one. - proper noun Canada The
dialect of French spoken in the Canadian province of Quebec.
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Examples
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The Quebecois is a term that implies individual nation-hood and Canada is two nations in one state.
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A Quebecois is someone who identifies with the notion of a Quebec nation (more akin to a Cajun).
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Or, rather I should say two because, while we know that the Bloc Quebecois is the party of separatists and the New Democratic Party is the party of socialists, no one has yet been able to effectively communicate what exactly the Liberal Party is the party of.
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Certainly their 103 votes count for something, and the NDP have always indicated they are ready to go to the polls at the drop of a hat, but the compliance of the Bloc Quebecois is perhaps the least discussed matter whenever the Liberals are questioned on whether they will “topple” the government.
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Certainly their 103 votes count for something, and the NDP have always indicated they are ready to go to the polls at the drop of a hat, but the compliance of the Bloc Quebecois is perhaps the least discussed matter whenever the Liberals are questioned on whether they will “topple” the government.
Prime Minister Harper Wants An Election « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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For instance, in Quebecois French, Pierre Vallières had no issues (apparently, not even racial ones) when, in the late 1960s, he entitled his lament for the state of French Canadian affairs "The White Niggers of America" ... a rather unfortunate example, I admit, but one used to make the point.
safety valve 2005
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You all know that the Bloc Quebecois is a sovereignist party.
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Coming out of the recession, the Parti Quebecois is dreadfully weak.
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Now the Parti Quebecois is proposing a change, a rearrangement of powers based on mutual respect, on equality and on justice.
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The Parti Quebecois is linked to the idea of independence in the minds of all.
Four Months Later 1977
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