To Be or Not to Be Nous? The Barbara Kay Problem.

Exactly 50% of participants to the AngryFrenchPoll on Québec identity have said that they consider National Post columnist Barabara Kay to be a Québécoise. The other half don’t.

Not surprisingly, Francos and Anglos don’t see things the same way. 64% of Anglos think she is a Québécoise, while only 22% of Francophones think so.

Quebecers discovered the previously unsuspected existence of Ms. Kay in the summer of 2006 when she published a column called « The Rise of Quebecistan » in which she essentially suggested that an independent Québec would be a haven for terrorists because sovereingnist leadership took part in a peace march for Lebanon. « Think about what this would mean if Quebec ever were to become independent, detached from the leadership of politicians who know the difference between a democracy and a gang of fanatical exterminationists. »

The article also informed us that « all Jews are federalists ». Salomon Cohen, Paul Unterberg, Henry Milner, David Levine and Armand Elbaz apparently are not Jewish.

The results of the poll are expected to hurt and trouble Ms. Kay who has lived in Québec most of her life and has always strived to be an active and dynamic part of her community.

In a 2005 column she recalled how she and her husband had bought land in the Laurentians north of Montreal where she planned to build a « habitant-style pre-fab ». Now this proud Québécoise even went so far as to, get this, hire some French-speaking help to build the house! The contractor in question’s English was rudimentary but that did not stop this wild and crazy gal who hired him nonetheless. « I function pretty well in French, so I saw it as an adventure. »