Quote:
Originally Posted by Acajack
"Pure laine" is definitely a term that was used by both francophones and anglophones at one time, but these days you hear it more in English (usually outside Quebec) than within Quebec itself.
That said, I don't know that it was ever even used in public by an elected official in Quebec.
I am sitting right now in the first riding in the history of Quebec to elect a black representative. His name was Jean Alfred and he was elected by a 99.9% white constituency on Nov. 15, 1976. He was of Haitian origin and a member of the Parti Québécois.
|
He didn't last very long, though, before he quit the PQ for what I recall (vaguely) were reasons relating to a lack of acceptance.