This may have been talked about many times but, I was at work the other day and a Scottish friend of mine said that a Canada completely ruled by the French would have been a 'Hell to live in'. A bit of a harsh statement, granted but he felt Canada being part of the British Empire was the best thing that could ever have happened to it. I probed a little further to see his reasoning behind this statement and it wasn't founded on facts or a good argument, just a little anti-catholic nonsense, (Canada run by Papists would never do etc etc) that he still holds onto.
But it got me thinking. What would a French Empire in Canada have looked like. New France stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. How would French Canada have faired during the 19th Century. What would French/US relations be like? What about French immigration into Canada? If there was a British minority in Canada, what would there relations with the French Canadians be like?
Whatever it was like, I'm sure it wouldn't be a 'Hell to live in'......
But it got me thinking. What would a French Empire in Canada have looked like. New France stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. How would French Canada have faired during the 19th Century. What would French/US relations be like? What about French immigration into Canada? If there was a British minority in Canada, what would there relations with the French Canadians be like?
Whatever it was like, I'm sure it wouldn't be a 'Hell to live in'......