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House Hansard - 16

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 13, 2021 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 16 - Dec/13/21
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Dec/13/21 2:16:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, 25 years ago, we lost Gaston Miron, the poet who captured the soul of the Quebec nation with his words. Unfairly imprisoned during the October crisis, Miron never sank into bitterness and violence. He knew that it is love that sets us free. In his works, Miron shows us that no one should be ashamed to evoke their past and their culture to give meaning to their condition. At a time when everyone is preoccupied with personal freedom, Miron instead shows us that the “we” is noble. He reconciles us to the idea of a shared destiny. He sincerely believed that it was in working towards becoming a country that the men and women of Quebec would find their purpose. Miron's L'homme rapaillé represents me, you, them and all of us finally united one day in a country that will be our own. It is at that moment that we will become, as he said so well, “ferocious beasts of hope”. Our dear poet, 25 years after you left us, your words still breathe life into the soul of this nation of people that to this day has yet to be born.
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