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My departure from the Journal de Montréal to join Cogeco’s 98.5 FM as a commentator on Canada’s No. 1 morning show does not mean I’ve stopped keeping an eye on the paper. I left for a new challenge, not because I disagreed with its content, editor or proprietor.

Richard Martineau’s Saturday column, Vivre chez papa maman, struck a chord with me.

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Spurred to action by Elizabeth May’s comment during the Maclean’s debate about leaving Quebec alone over Bill 21 so as not to fan the flames of separatism, Martineau reminded readers that staying in Canada carries a price tag, just like living with Mom and Dad for the sake of convenience.

When you live at home, he wrote, you don’t get to decide household rules. Mom and Dad do. “No parties during the week? No parties during the week. Home before midnight? You come home before midnight. They are the bosses. Not you.”

“Yes, but Mom and Dad have a big screen TV and they do my laundry.”