Though I am growing more and more attached to Montreal, I have to say that I’m still relatively new to the city. Naturally, when a Montreal’er “de souche” (which essentially means ‘born and bred’) tells me something, I put a lot of weight on their words. A twenty something I met not too long ago told me that the young people in Quebec lack the entrepreneurial spirit. The school system in the ‘belle province’ teaches them to conform and be content with being just a ‘good worker’. I didn’t tell him that I thought conformity was a key lesson in pretty much any school. Regardless, his comment left its mark on me. Read more »