Lise Ravary: Canada Day, la Saint-Jean and me

Some people live between 1st and 2nd Aves. Others, between a rock and a hard place.
All my life, I’ve lived between Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day and Canada Day. Between two identities, one acquired at birth, the second by inclination.
Note that I did not call la Saint-Jean by its real name since 1977, the Fête nationale. A year after gaining power, René Lévesque made the change to create a more inclusive holiday, as opposed to a Catholic, French-Canadians-only-need-attend ce