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		<title>Quebec concerned that Paul McCartney will &#8220;bring back painful memories of our Conquest&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />French Canadians are upset about Paul McCartney performing in Quebec City as part of 400th anniversary celebrations, because &#8220;The presence of [his] English-language music on the most majestic part of Battlefields Park, as beautiful as it might be, can&#8217;t help but bring back painful memories of our Conquest.&#8221; The quote is from a letter endorsed [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/1736/quebec-concerned-that-paul-mccartney-will-bring-back-painful-memories-of-our-conquest/">Quebec concerned that Paul McCartney will &#8220;bring back painful memories of our Conquest&#8221;</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/quebec.jpg" alt="" title="quebec" width="250" height="205" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1737" />French Canadians are upset about Paul McCartney performing in Quebec City as part of 400th anniversary celebrations, because &#8220;The presence of [his] English-language music on the most majestic part of Battlefields Park, as beautiful as it might be, can&#8217;t help but bring back painful memories of our Conquest.&#8221;</p>
<p>The quote is from a letter endorsed by Parti Québécois Members of the National Assembly, and part of a push to have McCartney sing in French at the concert. </p>
<p>The letter asks McCartney to use his performance to make a plea for the sovereignty of the Quebec people and asks McCartney to show the same sensitivity to &#8220;the people of French Quebec&#8221; as he has shown to &#8220;the fate of the seals.&#8221; </p>
<p>Better still, one of the two Parti Québécois Members said McCartney&#8217;s presence reflects a &#8220;Canadianization&#8221; of the anniversary celebrations.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=659577">the National Post</a>, not all French Canadians are raving lunatics, with Jean Charest, the Quebec Premier, say that the people involved should be embarrassed: &#8220;Nobody criticizes Céline Dion for singing in Paris, Munich, England or elsewhere on the planet,&#8221; he said. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/1736/quebec-concerned-that-paul-mccartney-will-bring-back-painful-memories-of-our-conquest/">Quebec concerned that Paul McCartney will &#8220;bring back painful memories of our Conquest&#8221;</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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