Talk:Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society

''Some of its leaders adopted extreme positions, declaring that the use of the English language should be banned completely in Quebec. Gilles Rheaume, a former president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, walked from Montreal to Quebec City where he urinated on the statue of British General James Wolfe, who defeated French General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. In 1998, former President, Guy Bouthillier suggested that the right to vote in Quebec should be conditional on passing a French-language test.''

I'm moving this here for it to be discussed. This seems very much prone to give a slanted view of the Society, which has been known in the last few years for civilized intellectual and other diverse contributions, along with great gestures of openness towards all citizens of different heritage, for example, Jewish (Guy Bouthillier has made it a personal custom to defend the Jewish-Quebecois and to be present at their public events; something that was recognized by officials of the community) and black communities (the SSJB has pushed the plan of renaming a street of Montreal to honor the patriotic hero of Haiti, Toussaint L'Ouverture). In all respect, I believe the part cited above should be kept removed. --Liberlogos 17:24, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Well, aside from the fact part of the information above is false (He didn't urinate on the statue, he marched and then begged his followers to say he did it), just because it's negative towards the society doesn't mean it should be removed.[[Image:Flag of Nova Scotia.svg|20px]] Habsfannova |t 05:08, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I have a list of all SSJB general presidents from 1834 to 1925. I am copying it here for now.


 * Jacques Viger (1834 et 1856)
 * Hon. D.-B. Viger (1835-1844)
 * Hon. Joseph Masson (1845)
 * Hon. A.-Norbert Morin (1846-1847
 * Hon. Joseph Bourret (1848-1849)
 * E.-Raymond Fabre (1850)
 * Ludger Duvernay (1851-1852)
 * C.-Séraphin Cherrier. C .R. (1853)
 * Sir G.-E. Cartier (1854-1855
 * Dr J.-B. Meilleur (1857)
 * Damase Masson ( 1858)
 * Dr P. Beaubien (1859)
 * Hon. F.-A. Quesnel (1860)
 * Romuald Trudeau (1861)
 * Hon. G.-R.-S. de Beaujeu ( 1862)
 * Hon. A.-Olivier Berthelet (1863)
 * L.-T. Bouthillier (1864)
 * Hon. P.-J.-O. Chauveau (1865-1866)
 * C.-A. Leblanc, C. R. (1867-1868)
 * Hon. Gédéon Ouimet (1869-1870)
 * Hon. Chs.-S. Rodier, sénateur (1871)
 * Hon. C.-J. Coursol (1872-1874
 * Sir A.-Aimé Dorion (1874)
 * Jacques Grenier (1875)
 * Louis Archambault (1876)
 * Dr J.-P. Rottot (1877-1878)
 * Hon. J.-B. Rolland (1879)
 * Hon. T.-J.-J. Loranger (1880 et 1884)
 * Napoléon Bourassa (1881)
 * Hon. Louis Beaubien (1882)
 * Jérémie Perrault (1883)
 * Adolphe Ouimet (1885-1886)
 * Dr E. P. Lachapelle (1887)
 * Hon. L.-Olivier David (1887-1892)
 * Hon. L.-O. Loranger (1893-1898)
 * Hon. F.-L. Béïque (1899-1904)
 * J.-Xavier Perrault (1905)
 * Sir Hormisdas Laporte (1905-1907)
 * J.-G. Beauchamp (1908-1910)
 * T. Gauthier (1910)
 * Olivar Asselin (1913-1914)
 * Charles Duquette (1914)
 * Victor M orin (1915-1924)
 * J.-Victor Desaulniers (1924-1925)
 * Guy Vanier (1925)
 * Léon Trépanier (1925)

The anecdote is over the top
It is true that the anecdote about the guy urinating on a statue of Wolfe is a bit biased and over the top and that the society has tried to become more inclusive of minority groups in Québec, however, there remains no question that it is an organization devouted to the protection of french culture and french nationalism in Québec. The biased language should be eliminated, but the french nationalism espoused by the organization should not be minimized. NJM 74.105.81.243 01:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC)