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MONTREAL, MONTREAL, MY HOME CITY MONTREAL

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VIEW DOWNTOWN MONTREAL FROM ACROSS THE SAINT LAURENCE RIVER. DOWNTOWN: VIEW FROM  MOUNT ROYAL THE FLQ CANCELLED MY CITY, MONTREAL, ONCE CANADA'S LEADING CITY, CANADA'S HOME CITY FOR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.  THE FRENCH HAD THE CITY JOBS AND CONTRACTS. WE, THE ENGLISH, WOULD SEEK EMPLOYMENT WITH THE NATIONAL AND THE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES. THE WORLD OUTSIDE QUEBEC SPOKE ENGLISH.  THE SUN LIFE BUILDING THE COMMONWEALTH'S LARGEST BUILDING, AMAZING, IN MONTREAL,WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN I LIVED IN MONTREAL. IT HAS GOT TO THE POINT, BY 2022, THAT THERE IS A VIRTUAL PROHIBITION AGAINST THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, UNDERMINING ALL USE OF ENGLISH, PROHIBITING MIGRATION TO QUEBEC EVEN BY CANADIANS UNLESS THEY ARE PREPARED TO TAKE UP THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. I WAS BORN IN MONTREAL.  I AM NOT FRENCH. WHAT HAPPENED, DID FRANCO FASCIST AGITATORS DISCOVER CANCEL  KULTURE AND CANCEL MY MONTREAL?