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What is a Québécois? Quebecers ask

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A day after the Québécois were formally recognized in the House of Commons as a nation within Canada, Quebecers asked themselves the next logical question: just what does that mean?

The Conservative party's motion raises several questions about the possible political ramifications of a Québécois nation, of course, but on Tuesday many in Quebec searched for an answer to a more simple question: who are the Québécois?

After the motion was adopted by Parliament, Prime Minister Stephen Harper dodged the volatile question by returning the ball to la belle province's court. "The Québécois know who the Québécois are," he told the House of Commons in French.

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{"commentId":402027,"authorDomain":"thierrybc"}

For me, Québécois is all people living in the province of Québec. But i'm sure Stephen Harper use "Québécois" to divise the Quebecers.

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    Reply#1 - Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:32 PM EST
    {"commentId":402051,"authorDomain":"witchofthenorth"}

    It certainly doesn't seem to have been thought about much at all.

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      #1.1 - Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:49 PM EST
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