Huh?
Yes a French expression and new to me too.

I found it in an interesting piece of writing about how Canada was developed on the backs of women on their backs. Now this is not the sort of Canadian history I ever learned in school. As I recall Canadian history was mostly about Fathers of Confederation and war generals. It wasn’t about any mothers or even the cannon fodder who rotted in the trenches.

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“not fear anyone on Earth.
I shall fear only God.
I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.
– Mahatma Gandhi

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Oops that’s not it. No, I have nothing against good men. I admire Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr.

I just feel that Canadian women have their stories too and I wonder whether the women who helped build this country were justly served by historians and educators and politicians and powerful entities that developed as a result of Womens’ work and sacrifice.

I wonder what those early Canadian women would think about how Canada has developed.