Unpublished Newswire

He didn’t return their advances. He decided to say yes to the rich Los Angeles suitor. Now they want their stuff back, and they want him to know – loudly, and in front of a lot of people – they’re fine without him. It’s not your friend and their ex – or their unrequited love. It’s the Toronto Blue Jays and L.A. Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani.

Since the Quiet Revolution, the question of whether one identifies first as Québécois or Canadian has remained a powerful marker of Quebec’s political and cultural life. The ambivalence of Quebec identity is deeply rooted in a long historical evolution—from the “Canadians” of New France before the British conquest to the “French Canadians” after the Act of Union of 1840, and, finally, to the “Quebecers” of today. Recent surveys on Quebec sovereignty and identity suggest that Quebecers’ sense of belonging has evolved. It’s less a switch to flip than a dial that turns gradually between...