My father used to say that we French-Canadians were schizophrenic, that we needed protection from a saint and an Englishman. Eventually we defrocked the Englishman.
I have to tell you that the most significant event in the last 20 years was the ice storm in early January 1998. It was a crisis, locally. I listed to Radio-Canada day and night to find out what was happening. I learned every day what was going on in Plateau Mont-Royal, but for what was happening where we were, we heard nothing about that.
I talked to my friends at the presbytery or elsewhere. I asked them how they were getting news about what was going on in our backyard. They were listening to CFRA.