A common misconception of Quebec is that, in keeping with its staunch french language and culture theme, it has close ties with France and all that is French Culture. This, unfortunately, (or fortunately depending on who you talk to) is actually a common misconception between France and Quebec, where in actual fact there are many cultural differences that make a seamless working relationship relatively unattainable.
Because Quebec has gone from being French to British so many times over the past few hundred years, there was at some point a time where the quebeckers started to develop their own culture and way of living, a mélange of the two if you will. Many French say that the average Quebeckers hold themselves differently to the way of the average French person, and also has different social interactions/cues when talking in a relaxed conversation.
Similarly, even though they are speaking the same language, often times the French and the Quebeckers have trouble understanding each other, because the Quebecker's French has derived so much from the Canadian/American influence of its strong accent.
Quebeckers, I have found over my research throughout the semester, are also very proud that they, as a province, have held on to the French language, but at the same time are happy that they are in no way connected too much to the French.
The Quebeckers like being from Quebec and being able to call themselves Quebeckers and there are so many factors that define them as a nation that go so much further past 'language'. France and Quebec, naturally do have political ties, but they are no where near as intense nor comprehensive as people might have been led on to assume or believe.
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