Racism Quebec style

In 1969, I flew from Manchester to Montreal to take up a position for which I had been interviewed in London. My professor at Manchester University had tried to dissuade me from going. He had known students who had gone to Canada, and found themselves in a static work environment unable to move up in their careers. I thought that it might be different for me, since I spoke French fluently which might be a point in my favour in this French speaking province of Canada.
It did not take long for me to realize that speaking French that I had learned in France would not be a point in my favour. I found it extremely difficult to adapt to and understand Quebec French. I was immediately categorized as being English, and socially part of Quebec English society. The door to French Quebec society was slammed in my face.
I arrived in Montreal in the midst of the FLQ crisis. The British High Commisioner, Cross, had been kidnapped, and a Provincial minister, Pierre Laporte, was executed by the FlQ. I discovered that there was professional jealousy by English Canadians against imports like myself, as they considiered that we were taking away their jobs. I was unacceptable to the Quebec French and also to the English Quebecers.
I tried to find a way to become part of Quebec society by becoming a member of the Quebec Liberal party, but found that I was only allowed to be a member as a show front that they were not anti-English. Since I lived in Quebec for thirty years, I had a lot of time to unearth the Quebec racist style.