The Impératif français needs to chill out, si possible

je me souviens

Someone is taking themselves *way* too seriously...and it's so rare the French take umbradge..

The Canadian embassy in Washington is apologizing after it sent out a Canada Day party invitation that showed Samuel de Champlain, founder of Quebec City, holding a plate of poutine.

Jean-Paul Perreault, the president of Impératif français, 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 in an interview Wednesday.

Poutine is a popular Quebec dish that consists of French fries topped with fresh cheese curds and covered with brown gravy.

“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,” he added.

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