Great to see bilingual Canadian politics journalism in one place. Substack defeats CRTC rules to bring people together. (Despite seeing the surprising 1970s "why is there French on my cereal box" comment)
Pierre Poilievre, Prairie francophone, is an under-covered topic in Canadian politics since PP rose to prominence. Perhaps because PP n…
Great to see bilingual Canadian politics journalism in one place. Substack defeats CRTC rules to bring people together. (Despite seeing the surprising 1970s "why is there French on my cereal box" comment)
Pierre Poilievre, Prairie francophone, is an under-covered topic in Canadian politics since PP rose to prominence. Perhaps because PP never wanted to talk about it as the cereal-box tendency was a not inconsiderable element of the Reform Party's deep roots. For a long time I even wondered if he spoke French. I'd be curious to know more about his relationship to the language, his family's heritage, how it informed his experience of Southern Alberta and Eastern Ontario. To my anglo-Montrealer / Winnipeg French immersion ear, his accent is one of a native speaker (though interestingly, he rrrrrolls his r's, something Quebecers have dropped in recent decades). But speaking off the cuff, he can run out of words, something I relate to.
Great to see bilingual Canadian politics journalism in one place. Substack defeats CRTC rules to bring people together. (Despite seeing the surprising 1970s "why is there French on my cereal box" comment)
Pierre Poilievre, Prairie francophone, is an under-covered topic in Canadian politics since PP rose to prominence. Perhaps because PP never wanted to talk about it as the cereal-box tendency was a not inconsiderable element of the Reform Party's deep roots. For a long time I even wondered if he spoke French. I'd be curious to know more about his relationship to the language, his family's heritage, how it informed his experience of Southern Alberta and Eastern Ontario. To my anglo-Montrealer / Winnipeg French immersion ear, his accent is one of a native speaker (though interestingly, he rrrrrolls his r's, something Quebecers have dropped in recent decades). But speaking off the cuff, he can run out of words, something I relate to.