Le livre noir du Canada anglais

by Lester Normand

Ce survol de l'histoire du Canada recense des injustices, des pratiques discriminatoires, des propos racistes et haineux, des encouragements à la violence et des menées infâmes d'hommes politiques, de journalistes et d'intellectuels anglo-canadiens contre les Canadiens français, les Indiens, les Japonais et les Juifs.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published October 22, 2002

Reviews

[Jean Tessier · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author builds up a case that shows how English-speaking Canadians have persecuted the French-speaking population from even before the Conquest in 1763. Throughout Canada's history, the British colonial powers have repeatedly tried to remove this troublesome population of former French nationals that does not want to disappear from the face of the Earth quietly.

I thought at times the author was piping his own horn. There are definitely places where he reads much more into what some writers are saying than a normal person would. But one cannot deny the documented historical events that show dogged determination of WASPs in getting rid of everyone else.

Like Michael Moore, you must take this book with an appropriate amount of salt. It is an opinion piece by its author and one must read it in that light. Nonetheless, the work is very well documented and is a great refresher course in Canadian history, even if it focuses on all the not-so-great aspects of it.