The issue is more one of respect, many Quebeckers like me are bilingual, open to the world, international. I work mostly in english and have clients all over the world. Montreal is probably the most bilingual city on earth, where you can live exclusively in english or french or both. Quebeckers are not french, in fact, culturally, Quebeckers are probably closer to Americans or even the British than the French.
There are many anglophones who head Quebec institutions, like Michael Sabia, head of the Caisse de Depôt, Quebec's largest government owned financial institution. He was chosen because of his competence and so far seems to be working out.
As I mentioned before, the issue with the Canadian's head coach is more than just his lack of french. For a long time now, the Hab's organization has been pushing out french canadians from key positions. It is certainly not because of lack of competence since french canadians are over-represented among players/staff at all level of the NHL. If the Canadians were winning, it would be different, but they are on their worst slump in years. This is just the straw that broke the camel's back or as we say up here " la goutte qui a fait deborder le vase".
If the new coach manages to turns things around, it will all blow over.
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