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House Hansard - 70

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 12, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22
Mr. Denis Trudel
  • May/12/22 8:03:11 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Okay, Madam Speaker. Gaston Miron is an incredibly talented poet. He only wrote one book, a collection of poems called L'homme rapaillé. He was a great wordsmith of the French language. His poetry was about survival. He fought for the survival of our culture. The blessèd my mother is our life of lifeblessèd with a rip-roar proud heartblessèd with the everlasting handblessèd with the poaching head in our mountainsblessèd of my grandfather in the black illiteracyblessèd of my father gnawed sleeplessblessèd in my child-like eyesThe blisters of delirium the disarrayed colorsthe muteness of animals in knots of woodthe snag of history for two centuriesand here I amcoming out from cracks of cellar windowsmy shrouded face deserts its inert traitsI rear up in the call of a bony memoryI have a memory ache for I do not have memoryin the pallor of life and the moire of snowI ramble on inside out I tremble in doorwaysI frighten myself with my voice the stumps of my voiceDamn canuck of damn canuck of pea soupholy blessèd water of blessèd blessingholy blessèd water of blessèd ruined lifegorgeous girl of blessèd old buggy That poem was written by Gaston Miron. I treated myself tonight. In his day, Gaston Miron fought for the French language. Today, the Bloc Québécois and all those who love French in Quebec are also fighting for the survival of our language and our culture. It is a fundamental battle. The Official Languages Act makes no headway in this battle. It does not help us in this battle. It does not advance our quest to make this small corner of America a francophone land. We will work on it. We will do everything we can to improve it because for the sake of our children, we cannot lose this battle.
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