Strictly Politics

Proud Montrealer

Having recently read about how the Mayor and hs staff feel about certain Montrealers, this "Neo-Montrealer" feels a need to respond.
My family started to emigrate to Canada in 1969, with Montreal being the bright shining city beckoning them from sunny Jamaica...if only they had known how cold it could be...and by that, I mean the people who today refer to them as "Neo-Montrealers.

First my mom came in 1969, followed quickly by my father, grandmother, sisters, and others. Montreal, Quebec, Canada soon became home to us all. Whenever we travel and are asked where we are from, we do not say Kingston, Jamaica, we say Montreal, Quebec. It's not that we have abandoned our heritage or forgotten it, Jamaica still beats strongly in our hearts; but the drums it beats on are fiercely proud Canadians, and the soulful song it sings is one of gratitude and love for Montreal, Quebec.

posted by Garfield Jones @ 1:49 PM