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Some also refer to our government as le garnement AlainV 03:30, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The article repeatedly mentions the phrase province de Québec. Isn't the correct French phrase province du Québec? I was taught that de Québec means "of Quebec City" and du Québec means "of Quebec [province]".-- Indefatigable 15:04, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Quite on the contrary!!! The traditional term in "Province de Québec"! Since the Quiet Revolution, at the few times that the diminishing term "province" is used, "du" can be seen more, but "de" is correct and maybe what's said the most between the two. -- Liberlogos 05:00, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)
This page was listed on votes for deletion. Please see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/État québécois for the results of the debate. -- AllyUnion (talk) 05:17, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I removed from the "Reasons" section: "This was consistent with the Quiet Revolution, presented by many of its proponents and architects as a process of decolonization" because it makes no sense. A. Lafontaine 15:05, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
My feeling is that this term is used by federalists as much as sovereigntists. The meaning of "État" here is simply the "State" as opposed to private entities and the federal government. The whole thing about how people use the expression because they think Quebec "ought to be" an independent state rings false to me. The reason nationalists are likely to say that the strengthening of the Quebec government is a good thing is because historically they've viewed it as defending francophone interests better than the federal government or the private sector. But that doesn't mean that their name for the Quebec state is different than that of non-nationalists. There are no sources, so it's hard to tell. "Etat ontarien" turns up 70 hits on google, while "Etat canadien" gets 57,000. "Etat fédéral" is also common, but unfortunately has another meaning so it's hard to tell them apart. Joeldl 14:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)