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House Hansard - 198

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • May/16/23 2:15:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, certain artists, certain songs take us back in time, maybe even to our youth. There are even some that bring us back to a specific era, perhaps to an important milestone, for example. I do not need to sing the following lines; it is enough to recite the following: Quebec's future will be sound, if it does let itself get pushed around. We all know how it goes and immediately want to sing, “Quebeckers, we are Quebeckers”. This takes me back to the 1970s, to the excitement of René Lévesque's first term in office and the Parti Québécois. That was François Guy. Although François Guy embodied a past era of Quebec song, he also embodied its future. François Guy was about the Société pour l'avancement de la chanson d'expression française, or SACEF. He was about mentorship and “Ma première Place des Arts” awards. He was about love for the French language and the desire to see a new generation of artists sing in French. François Guy passed away on Friday. To his family, to his wife, Isabelle Lajeunesse, to all his loved ones and all Quebeckers, on behalf of the Bloc Québécois, I extend our deepest condolences. Thank you for the memories, but, more importantly, thank you for mentoring the François Guys of the future.
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