Gerald Butts
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1,669 appearances
11 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 15 Sep
Gerald Butts’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The first thing they did was send a message to Mark Carney that there's more to Canadian culture than Quebec.
And we need a heritage minister from outside of Quebec.
And of course, that's going to generate some likes on Facebook.
And unfortunately, from a lot of the people I went to high school with, if my Facebook page is any indication.
But I just don't think it's the way to build a country.
And I have always been...
Very, you know, I've worked hard to gain a certain proficiency in French myself.
It doesn't come naturally to me.
I've always been very admiring of the singular fact that here we are in an ocean of very aggressive language.
english media and culture and we have somehow managed to create before going on you know 400 years long longer now depending on where you you draw the uh draw the beginning we have this vibrant innovative um uh thriving culture of french right in the heart of english north america
So I start from the perspective of, well, we must be doing something right, both in Quebec and in the rest of the country.
And I think we all benefit from it, obviously.
Right.
It's always easy on any given Tuesday to pick on.
Well, the CBC gets too much money or RADCAN gets too much money.
But at the end of the day, look, the results speak for themselves.
We have an incredible, vibrant, unique culture.
And there are very few examples of it anywhere in the world where a minority culture and language is surrounded by such an aggressive majority more in the United States than in Canada.
And yet here we are.
I think it's one of the most admirable things about Canada and about Quebec.
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