I don't think Ms Wente is right about the resonance of Vimy in Quebec ... I accept that the popular modern majority opinion does not associate French Quebec with WW1 , however, the Royal 22 and Royal Montrealers were both at Vimy and that military part of the Quebec society is proud and engaged with that. As a result, (I argue) Quebec does not and has never had an army, or any sort of military, a fact that has been important to the unity of this country, then and now!