Legault announced a new committee, led by former NHL player Marc Denis, to find out why there are fewer young Quebecers interested in hockey compared with past generations and why fewer Quebec-born players are reaching the sport's highest levels.
"Hockey is more than a sport in Quebec," Legault said, adding the province's biggest heroes are former NHL hockey players like Maurice Richard and Guy Lafleur and that the sport is a unifying force in the province. Legault's interest in getting more Quebecers playing hockey and in the NHL is part of a larger vision to make Quebec more competitive economically in Canada and in North America and in making Quebecers more proud of where they come from.
In May, Legault publicly lamented the absence of Quebec-born players on the Habs' roster after the team didn't dress a single Quebecer for one of its matches — a first in the team's history. While Beland said he thinks Legault genuinely likes hockey, he also thinks the premier wants to let Quebecers know he likes hockey.
Stupid. If players are good, scouts will find them.
Trudeau will impose an extra carbon tax on teams with players from Manitoba,Saskatchewan and Alberta. Any team with no French Canadians playing with them, will have a French Offside tax imposed.
Oh boy, all it took was the first paragraph to know that article was gonna be a laugh, just a giant pile of yikes
That's like telling Lenny Kravitz stop liking rock n roll, you must like hip hop
Laughable!
Quebec Premier François Legault is an IDIOT!
Trudeau will make a statement soon mandating each Canadian based team must have at least 3 Quebec born players that only speak French.. or pay a federal tax..
……you are paying a committee to investigate this….
Just not going to happen
He’s retiring?
No Canadian team has won the cup since Gary Bettman took over. He joined a few months before the Habs won the cup and probably said, that won’t produce money, I will take care of that. And he has.
Uhhh? Isn’t there more important things to worry about mr. racist?
Habs stink! With or without French.
they have to earn it like everybody else... or they play bad or they play good, there is nothing in between. This guy is so random
So he will legislate players as long as they speak French
That's exactly what I want my provincial government to do. Tell the Montreal Canadians. who they can start in net. qcpoli
Really?! That's his government's priority?
Bring back the Nordiques and the rivalry with the CanadiensMTL and the number of Quebecers players will rise.
Correction, not more Quebecers, more Francophone Quebecers who are white and have Francophone names!
Priorities in Quebec: Ban Hijabs. Get Quebecers in the NHL. Backwards province.
Does he want more equalization money from Alberta to build ANOTHER rink?