Team Quebec?
The debate about a French Canadian international team is brought up again.
QUEBEC (CP) – A well-known Quebec lawyer is urging Premier Jean Charest to get involved in helping to create a Team Quebec that would play in the 2008 world hockey championships.
Guy Bertrand says it would be fitting to have such a team because part of the 2008 tournament will be played in Quebec City.
Bertrand says Hockey Canada has told him Quebec can’t have a team because it is not a country.
But the lawyer, who has embraced sovereignty again after a six-year flirt with federalism, says Quebec is a nation that has the right to be represented at international tournaments.
Part of the 2008 worlds will also be played in Halifax
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