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Quebecers this week elected a new governing party, the Coalition Avenir Quebec. During the campaign, the party put forward a platform demanding that immigrants learn French within three years, or be expelled.

Their critics and the media branded the move as racist. Yet clearly the voters, who wanted to preserve their culture, agreed with the party’s stance.

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Does this now mean the majority of Quebecers are racists?

No.

It means they want to be in charge of their own affairs, and to choose who shapes their nation.