I am delighted to wish a very happy first birthday -- or bon anniversaire -- to HuffPost Quebec! And I am so proud of how much you've grown under the leadership of your Éditeur et rédacteur en chef Patrick White, and the guidance of everyone at HuffPost Canada and, across the pond, Le Huffington Post in France.
So, to celebrate the occasion, I wanted to highlight some of the impressive accomplishments in your first year.
You've grown to nearly 315,000 UVs a month. Your coverage, in particular, of the May student riots and the election drove the conversation in Quebec and beyond. Your fabulous Art-de-vivre section, launched in August, already has 1.2 million page views. You're bringing HuffPost's values and voice to the people of Quebec, and -- just as important -- helping the people of Quebec tell their stories themselves.
So I want to say merci du fond du cœur to Patrick; Art-de-vivre editor Myreille Simard; senior editor Isabelle Marceau; reporter Patrick Bellerose; news editor Christian Duperron; and editors Myriam Lefebvre, Catherine Levesque and Geoffrey Dirat.
Once again, happy birthday HuffPost Quebec!
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May I suggest two worthy news stories which need scrutiny?
According to HSI and the Animal Defense League, Quebec is the capitol of animal abuse in Canada.
And, apparently, the rate of child poverty rivals Mexico. One in three children are malnourished here.
Some American style investigative journalism would be most appreciated on these issues.
French is spoken at home by 22.1% of the Canadian population and 80% of Quebecers. That rate is higher than Americans or Ontarian speaking English at home. Montreal is in essence bilingual and the rest of Quebec is mainly French. There is no official language in Ontario and its de facto English. The only officially bilingual province in Canada is new-Brunswick.
When the national anthem of Canada was composed, Quebercers called themselves Canadians and the Canadians of today called themselves British. English Canadians stole our name as part of their grand strategy to assimilate us.
I wonder who is "she" but I assume it’s the Quebec nation. Many Canadians think that Quebecers were allowed to keep their language out of generosity from the British and because the brit leaders of the late 1700’s wanted cultural diversity. HAHAHAHA. By reading most of the comments written in the huff post, if they could have, they would surely have deported all of us. Actually, the only territory loyal to Britain in 1776 was the ancient New France. To secure the support of Quebec population, they allowed Quebecers to keep their language and religion. More rights were granted in 1812.
Actually, Quebec as we know it would never have existed without the treat of an American invasion. Also, that the federalist will never admit to it, Canada would never have existed without the support of the Quebec people.
Perhaps a story a day translated for each other?