Prince Charles should apologize to francophones: SSJB

Visite royale - Charles - Novembre 2009

Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla.
Photograph by: MJ Kim, Getty Images File
MONTREAL - Prince Charles should use the occasion of his visit to Quebec next month to apologize on behalf of the British Crown for past harm caused to French culture in North America, says the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, will touch down in Montreal during the couple's visit to Canada from Nov. 2 to Nov. 12.
The SSJB says it has sent the prince a letter Friday to say he will be welcome in Quebec if he apologizes for "ethnocide" of francophones after New France passed into the hands of Britain in 1763.
Among the alleged acts of oppression:
Acadian deportations, starting in 1755;
Deporting or executing the leaders of the Patriote rebellions of 1837-1838;
Instituting a majority-English Canada with the Act of Union in 1840;
Execution of Métis leader Louis Riel in 1885;
Repatriation of the Canadian Constitution in 1982 without Quebec approval.
The hardline French-language rights organization says it will support anti-British demonstrations during the prince's visit if an apology is not forthcoming.


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