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Thu, July 3, 2008 Embassy sorry for cheesy invite
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
The Canadian embassy in Washington is apologizing after it sent out a Canada Day invitation which showed Samuel de Champlain, the founder of Quebec City, holding a plate of poutine.
Jean-Paul Perreault, the president of Imperatif francais, a group that defends and promotes the French language, called the embassy's behaviour "contemptuous and unacceptable."
"It's ridiculous, it's a ... lack of respect towards the Canadian identity which proudly includes French-speaking communities," he said yesterday.
"If it was a joke, it was a joke in bad taste which we can't allow as part of the activities of a (Canadian) embassy."
JULY 1 PARTY
The Canada Day invitation was placed on the embassy's website and about 2,000 people showed up for the July 1 party in the U.S. capital.
Perreault pointed out that this year marks the 400th anniversary of the July 3 founding of Quebec City by Champlain.
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