But there was also a note of French nationalism in his objections.
"I wanted to speak to this French nationalism," Mr. Noé said.
This incident caused a deeper rift between the two populations, leading to a renewed sense of French Canadian nationalism that is still felt today.
It devastated France as a land, but it also awakened French nationalism.
One of his concerns was justification of French nationalism.
French nationalism is alive and well today (2012).
Bourassa was an ideological father of French Canadian nationalism.
The 1939 evening dress in ivory cotton organdy, with red, white and blue embroidery, was part of a "tricolor" collection celebrating French nationalism.
French nationalism rose as a movement after the French Revolution in 1789.
The second chief instrument of French post-revolutionary nationalism was her culture as disseminated through her educational institutions.