There's no bilingualism on this landscape, rather a welcome sign in French only. What does it say? "Welcome to Qu
ébec" (i.e., Ville de Qu
ébec, or Quebec City). After that, politics get involved: Québec is proclaimed the national capital. Apparently, the Québecois are a nation of their own, independent of the Canadian nation. [2005]
Québec is legally considered a nation within Canada, sort of akin to England and Scotland being "countries" within the United Kingdom. Saying national capital is something even many of us fully supporting Canadian federalism do.
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