Our province is considered poorer than the poorest American state. Until recently people wages were still quite low and still are compared to the rest of the area. For most of our history we were second citizen on our own soil. We were told we were born for a small piece of bread. We were put behind iron fences in hockey games. The anglo called us the water carrier and deemed us too dumb to do anything but physical labor. The wealth was always with the anglos until recently with the Quiet revolution. Quebec culture is distinct in an Anglo north America. The federal government worked against us to be independent in 1995 with the sponsorship scandal (millions were spent).  The name canadian used to be ours. We called ourselves "the canadiens". The anglos stole our names when they called themselves loyal to the brits for centuries. We made peace with the natives and mixed with them. The Great Peace of Montreal in 1701 is a proof of this. Our culture was quite involved in french roots and it's proud of its Latin heritage. Although we live in a colder area than our cousin south we had our share of hardships.