主题：美国WASP统治的衰落？ -- 晨枫

First, I know Albertans have much anger against Quebec.And Quebecois are laughing stock there, so some comments quoted by you have to be viewed with doubt. BTW, I do not like the French ways of doing things, though I can understand their mentality, history and mentality well. Therefore, I am neutral in my statements.

魁北克人夏天度假去哪里？不是安大略，不是maritimes，更加不是落基山，他们去佛罗里达。

--you mean "winter" right? Quebecois are well-known snow birds for Floridians, just like maritime Altantic English Canadians. BTW, Florida is very hot and humid during summer time, it is not an ideal vacation choice for Quebecois (actually Caribeans ones are more popular among my french friends for cost and language reasons). Even many Floridians often do not stay in FL for the humid summer.

Another two popular destinations for French-Canadians DURING SUMMER: France and Lebannon. I ask several friends for reason: language/cultural similarity are singled out as the most important one.

One friend told me: it took him 35 years to realize that Vermont is actually closer to Quebec than to Toronto. What implies is that due to the bad memory dating back to 1950s/1960s, Quebecois still believe that it is better to go west than to go south.

魁北克独立的经济依据是什么？“我们和美国的联系比和 English Canada更多，美国人对我们也更好”。

--that's bluffing. Do not believe it. The Trudeau airport has busy terminals for domestic flights to other Canadian cities, but the new US-destinated terminals always have few people waiting in line. I noticed that when I flew back and forth between Canada and States.

Economic data do not support quoted statement. In addition, Americans, esp., New Englanders are not fond of "communist" Quebecois: WASPs have long memory about the French-Indian war, they are not stupid. Last time, when I had vacation at my friend's lake-side house in New Hamsphire, Quebecois were cited as his laughing stock several times.

Long time ago, Rene Levesque, the first-generation sovereignist, went to America to seek media support for an independent Quebec, away from the Canadian conferation. He had a fanciful imagination that the home country of Thomas Jefferson would support the great cause of Quebec. To his great disillusion, he got cold shoulders from WASPs and the media.