{"id":1727,"date":"2026-11-08T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/stephanie\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2026-11-09T15:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:20:12","slug":"vive-la-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/stephanie\/2026\/11\/08\/vive-la-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Vive la diff\u00e9rence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

La semaine derni\u00e8re j\u2019ai h\u00e9rit\u00e9 d\u2019une bo\u00eete contenant les journaux intimes de ma m\u00e8re, June, d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e en 2014. Les journaux couvrent environ les 15 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de sa vie. Je ne connaissais m\u00eame pas l\u2019existence de ces documents, c\u2019est ma petite s\u0153ur qui en avait la charge depuis toutes ces ann\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u2019avoue que l\u2019id\u00e9e de lire les journaux intimes de ma m\u00e8re est un peu intimidante. Dans sa vie, June \u00e9tait une personne extrovertie et engageante, mais qui ne r\u00e9v\u00e9lait rien, mais absolument rien, de sa vie int\u00e9rieure. Il se peut que les journaux tirent dans le m\u00eame sens, on verra bien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mais il y avait un petit tr\u00e9sor aussi dans la bo\u00eete: un calepin contenant divers \u00e9crits, surtout de la po\u00e9sie, de June. Alors, l\u00e0! Ma m\u00e8re pouvait r\u00e9citer de longs passages de po\u00e9sie appris par c\u0153ur, et je crois qu\u2019elle aurait eu des ambitions de publier, car j\u2019ai crois\u00e9 un long texte d\u2019un critique sur un de ses po\u00e8mes. Tout \u00e7a sera pour un billet futur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour le moment, je voulais partager un court texte que, m\u00eame s\u2019il n\u2019est pas dat\u00e9, remonterait vraisemblablement \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque de l\u2019adoption de la Loi sur les langues officielles<\/em>, en 1969. Voici donc June, unilingue anglophone n\u00e9e d\u2019une famille irlandaise et \u00e9lev\u00e9e en Ontario, qui donne son opinion sur le fran\u00e7ais au Canada:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vive La diff\u00e9rence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all the furor by English-speaking Canadians against bi-culturalism, I feel I too must have my say. I am all for it. As an unabashed patriot I see no reason to beggar my children\u2019s\u2019 heritage by reducing it to the smallest common denominator (as our society demands in everything from breakfast cereal to morals). The best of the two worlds is available to us if we choose to grasp it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us lay aside the foot-on-neck attitude towards les Canadiens. If it is possible to meet him on his own ground language-wise, well and good. For myself, I am too old a dog to teach new tricks \u2014 but I would not wish to see the French Canadian \u201cbe like us\u201d. Let him be different, but let him be a Canadian.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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TR. Vive la diff\u00e9rence<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Face \u00e0 toute cette pol\u00e9mique suscit\u00e9e par les Canadiens anglophones contre le biculturalisme, je ressens le besoin de m\u2019exprimer \u00e0 mon tour. Je suis tout \u00e0 fait en faveur. En tant que patriote assum\u00e9e, je ne vois aucune raison d\u2019appauvrir l\u2019h\u00e9ritage de mes enfants en le r\u00e9duisant au plus petit d\u00e9nominateur commun (comme notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019exige dans tous les domaines, des c\u00e9r\u00e9ales du d\u00e9jeuner aux m\u0153urs). Le meilleur des deux mondes s\u2019offre \u00e0 nous, si nous choisissons de le saisir.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mettons de c\u00f4t\u00e9 cette attitude de sup\u00e9riorit\u00e9 envers les Canadiens. S\u2019il est possible de les rencontrer sur leur propre terrain en mati\u00e8re de langue, tant mieux. Quant \u00e0 moi, je suis trop vieille pour apprendre de nouveaux tours \u2014 mais je ne souhaiterais pas que les Canadiens fran\u00e7ais \u00ab soient comme nous \u00bb. Qu\u2019ils soient diff\u00e9rents, mais qu\u2019ils restent Canadiens.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Je peux dire que cette attitude \u00e9tait bien refl\u00e9t\u00e9e dans les choix d\u2019\u00e9ducation et culturels de la famille. M\u00eame si l\u2019anglais \u00e9tait parl\u00e9 \u00e0 la maison, on y entendait souvent la musique fran\u00e7aise (Mireille Mathieu, les Compagnons de la chanson, et bien d\u2019autres qui reviendront me hanter, l\u00e0), et nous avions des choix de lecture en fran\u00e7ais (Tintin, et l\u2019in\u00e9vitable Martine, ahlala). Bref, on ne parlera pas de richesses, mais l\u2019ouverture \u00e9tait certainement l\u00e0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo du parlement par Wladyslaw, sur Wikimedia: https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Taxiarchos228<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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