The Path to the Future

We don’t negotiate with kidnappers. Check.



We don’t allow terrorists to rule our lives or govern our actions. Check



We don’t allow revisionist wingnuts (http://www.zundelsite.org/ ) to undermine history. Check



We don’t allow the reenactment of the historic battle of the Plains of Abraham this summer, because we can’t guarantee public safety. Check



Pardon me?



The event *did* happen. Both generals died - Wolfe on the field of battle and Montcalm a little later of his wounds in a house in Quebec City.

The argument might even be made that it may have been a pivotal event in the preservation of French culture in Canada…during the Louisiana Purchase Napoleon sold over 2 million square kilometers to the U.S as part of an anti-British military strategic alliance with then-president Thomas Jefferson.

Unlike Quebec, those territories – which span from Alberta and Saskatchewan, down to the Gulf of Mexico – have largely lost their francophone character.

Allowing political haymaking to sully Canadian history or letting a small group of separatists on the lunatic fringe to govern our actions is wrong. A mature, self confident society should surely recognize that the future is shaped by history and that recognizing history is the path to a better future.



This isn't an insulting reminder of the defeat of our French ancestors or a matter of political correctness - it's Canadian history, both French and English.