"I don't like them coming here and imposing their rules" sez mayor

Meet Jean Tremblay, the mayor of Saguenay, Québec. A provincial election will be held in la Belle Province next month, and Hizzoner has made his voting intentions clear. He will not be voting for the Parti Québécois candidate, Djemila Benhabib.

As you may have guessed, Ms Benhabib was not born in Canada. She is originally from Algeria, and immigrated to Québec [Canada, surely! Ed.] in the 90s. As you may have guessed (again) Ms Benhabib has not seen fit to adopt the cultural values of the country which has given her refuge from the desert of north Africa. For instance, she is on record as opposing keeping the crucifix in Québec's Assemblée Nationale, although her party’s position is that the ultimate religious and cultural symbol can be left there...at least for now.

Monsieur le Maire finds that disturbing. In an interview with a Montréal radio station, he said, "I don’t like that these people come here and try to impose their rules. They’re going to make our culture and religion disappear."

Walt is pretty sure that, back in the 17th century, the Indians said something similar about M Tremblay's ancestors. But that just proves the point, eh.