Something strange is happening in Quebec these days: everyone is rooting for the Blue Jays. Even Montrealers, who remain deeply nostalgic for the Expos, hope that the Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (who was born in Montreal) will win the World Series.

Add that phenomenon to the fact that a majority of Quebec ridings elected Liberal MPs in last spring’s federal election, despite Prime Minister Mark Carney’s under-par command of French. Have Quebecers suddenly become more “Canadian”?

For years, “What does Quebec want?” was the question asked by perplexed English-Canadian politicians and intellectuals who were preoccupied with national unity. Following the unsuccessful constitutional negotiations of the 1980s and ’90s, for many, the question morphed into a frustrated, “Who cares what Quebec

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