I don’t like French Canadians. There, I’ve said it! Quebec is a beautiful province and we have enjoyed the time we spent there. Quebec City is beautiful and we even had fun during a freezing week in February in Montreal. But the people are loud and
arrogant. And they insist on
speaking French.
It’s not just the language, though. It’s the attitude. In all of the English speaking
provinces everything is written in both English and French. Fine. The French speakers should be included. But in Quebec it is only French. When I asked why they didn’t also include English the answer
was, “Ici nous parlons francaise.” As our friend Gary from British Columbia reminded us, French Canadians are neither.
It’s a fact of life that to drive from Ontario to Nova Scotia
you must pass through Quebec and we did it as quickly as possible. The campground we stayed at near Lake
Massawippi was the worst we have ever used. It was packed with weekend campers – noisy, arrogant
Quebecois – and had only 3 toilets for hundreds of people. We spent as little time in camp as
possible and visited Ayers Cliff and Hovey Manor in North Hatley, both listed
in 1000 Places to See Before You Die then as quickly as possible crossed into New Brunswick. It's the only bi-lingual province but still an improvement.
