Originally Posted by ronaldo

My understanding as a Westerner was always that Quebecers felt superior to the rest of Canada. That right there is going to be cause for a lack of mutual respect. However, after my talks with both Nationalists and Separatists it was more clear to me that it was simply a lack of recognition of their culture. There was no feeling of superiority, just that they were different and wanted to be recognized as such, as well as protect their heritage.

THAT I have no problem with. If most other Canadians understood that, they PROBABLY wouldn't have such a problem with it either. But with people like Lucien Bouchard and Jacques Parizeau grandstanding on behalf of the Quebec people, the message was clearly lost on the rest of Canada. I was fortunate enough to be in a position to get to understand-as well as WANT to understand-the reasoning. Unfortunately, most of Western Canada sees things quite differently.