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Strongly attached to the soil, he generally places his sons on the land
round him, but aims at sending some of his daughters to convent and
sons of his sons to college; for his pride is to have a priest, a lawyer or a
doctor in the family. Talks at the church door after service and occasional
 soirées fill up his social programme, but the folk dances and songs
are slowly disappearing before radios, phonographs, pianos and modern
dances.

Not given to any excess, he is averse to social legislation that would
interfere with his personal liberties, and arbitary prohibitions in any
domain have never found favour with him. Temperate, law-abiding,

Carpet making at Ste. Anne de Beaupré

traditionally prudent in social matters, he is not a ready listener to the
labour agitator or socialistic propagandist. Strong, willing and resourceful,
he makes a valuable employee in mills and factories of all kinds. He is
sought after for his unequalled ability as a woodsman; and, in fact from
the earliest days of the province he has figured largely in the lumbering
and river-driving operations for which Quebec has been noted and in
which field she still leads.

GOVERNMENT

Responsible Government —Quebec enjoys the British system of
responsible government. The British North America Act reserves for