The Quebec History Federation is calling for the National Museum of Quebec History to include all groups in Quebec society, including anglophones, Indigenous peoples, immigrants, and women, among others.
“We need to tell the history of all Quebecers. (…) The museum must reflect what Quebec is and bring public debates, controversial periods, and subjects to light,” explained the federation’s Director-General, Jean Rey-Regazzi, on Tuesday during the consultations on Bill 64, which aims to establish the museum.
They are also requesting that the museum be “apolitical.”
Minister of Culture Mathieu Lacombe expressed his full agreement, saying that the museum must “tell the history of all Quebecers.”
“The Quebec nation was born from many encounters,” he said.
Even before the start of the consultations at the National Assembly, concerns had been raised about the government’s museum project, suggesting it might present too narrow a vision of Quebec identity and history.
During the announcement of the project, Premier François Legault said that …