Celebrate the defeat

Le Gouvernement du Québec is debating its participation in - even its acknowledgement of - this summer's 250th anniversary celebration of the battle of the Plains of Abraham. The Péquistes are of course horrified and territorial - heh it was the French Army that was defeated so what has that to do with us. Jean Charest's Liberals are attempting to avoid the issue by asserting that the Government of Canada is responsible for the fête - the Plains are after all a National Park.

I like the straightforward assertion by ADQ MP Éric Caire that the Battle is part of our undeniable history - and that only those that have been truly colonized would refuse to celebrate the event. Those of you who are fans of the comic strip character Astérix will love Mr. Caire's allusion to the much celebrated Battle of Alésia in 52 BC when the Romans defeated the Gauls - the international renown Astérix is based on the defeated (and later executed) Gaul leader Vercingétorix.

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