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Paul Demers, the artist behind the song that came to be known as the unofficial anthem for Franco-Ontarians, has died from a rare form of lung cancer.
Demers. who was 60, wrote Notre place around the adoption of the French Language Services Act, which guaranteed Franco-Ontarians the right to receive provincial government services in French in designated areas across the province.
His song inspired an entire generation of advocates for the rights of Franco-Ontarians to “take their place” in an otherwise English-speaking province.
The Francophone Assembly of Ontario, the umbrella organization and the political voice of Franco Ontarians, held a minute of silence to remember Demers during its annual general assembly on the weekend.
Marie-France Lalonde, the MPP for Ottawa-Orléans and the minister responsible for francophone affairs, expressed her condolences in a post on Twitter.
“A great francophone is no more. My deepest sympathies and thoughts are with the family and friends of Paul Demers,” Lalonde wrote in French.
“Let’s continue to take Our Place,” Lalonde wrote in a nod to Demers’s popular song.
Un grand francophone n'est plus. Mes sympathies &pensées profondes à la famille et amis de #PaulDemers Continuons de prendre Notre Place!
— Marie-France Lalonde (@mflalonde) October 30, 2016
Bernard Leduc, president and chief executive of the Montfort Hospital, expressed his grief in a post on Twitter.
“The community is in mourning. An engaged man, inspiring and determined. Up to us to pursue and take Our Place,” Leduc wrote in French.
The Montfort Hospital flew the Franco-Ontarian flag at half mast to honour Demers.
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Some Franco-Ontarians expressed their sympathies as they relistened to Demers’s song on YouTube.
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Demers. who was 60, wrote Notre place around the adoption of the French Language Services Act, which guaranteed Franco-Ontarians the right to receive provincial government services in French in designated areas across the province.
His song inspired an entire generation of advocates for the rights of Franco-Ontarians to “take their place” in an otherwise English-speaking province.
The Francophone Assembly of Ontario, the umbrella organization and the political voice of Franco Ontarians, held a minute of silence to remember Demers during its annual general assembly on the weekend.
Marie-France Lalonde, the MPP for Ottawa-Orléans and the minister responsible for francophone affairs, expressed her condolences in a post on Twitter.
“A great francophone is no more. My deepest sympathies and thoughts are with the family and friends of Paul Demers,” Lalonde wrote in French.
“Let’s continue to take Our Place,” Lalonde wrote in a nod to Demers’s popular song.
Un grand francophone n'est plus. Mes sympathies &pensées profondes à la famille et amis de #PaulDemers Continuons de prendre Notre Place!
— Marie-France Lalonde (@mflalonde) October 30, 2016
Bernard Leduc, president and chief executive of the Montfort Hospital, expressed his grief in a post on Twitter.
“The community is in mourning. An engaged man, inspiring and determined. Up to us to pursue and take Our Place,” Leduc wrote in French.
The Montfort Hospital flew the Franco-Ontarian flag at half mast to honour Demers.
Related
Some Franco-Ontarians expressed their sympathies as they relistened to Demers’s song on YouTube.
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