Quebecker vs. Quebecer

So is it Quebecker or Quebecer (or Quebecois). I was sending an email and wasn't sure whether to put in a "k" or not. So I hit wikipedia and found an interesting page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_Quebecer) and... Seems both are in wide use - perhaps one is more French and one more English, but I didn't care to look that much.

Then there's the Quebecker vs. Quebecois issue. I guess I usually interpret Quebecois as a person of french upbringing, though some may say ancestry, some say just living in the province. During the recent Nation-within-a-Nation issue, I saw several interviews of minorities living in Quebec (some recent immigrants, some who'd been here for more than a generation). A common theme was they felt they would never be considered Quebecois regardless of how long they lived in Quebec. Personally, I feel about as Quebecois living in Montreal as I did American living in San Francisco (granted I've only been here a handful of months).

Has the Immigrant Code of Conduct being making headlines elsewhere? Several smaller communities in Quebec have brought out these rules or conducts for immigrants (aka behaviour "expected" from newcomers or Reasonable Accommodation for Religious Groups). The code touches on everything from the tradition of Christmas trees to forbidding stoning of women, genital mutilation and women from covering their faces in schools. Of course most of us will agree that stoning women isn't really acceptable, though I personally wouldn't have thought the Charter or Human Rights already covered that stoning anyone, especially based on their race, religion, sex, etc. is unconstitutional. So it's already law that you can't stone women, unless of course you use the Not-Withstanding Clause, then it might be legal :)

Some of the quoted responses on this issue (mostly from the first CBC article I found) range from strong to "I'm not sure whether they agree with it or not given such wishy washy political responses" (i.e., the exact same response could be applied to the trade of a hockey player, the trend in Canadian currency, the warm winter, etc.).

Mario Dumont, Opposition Party Leader (Parti Action Democratique)
"Anybody who looks at the way things are evolving in the last year or so, it's obvious that things are slipping."

Gilles Duceppe, Leader of Bloc Quebecois (Federal Party)
"I think that we have to take that more seriously, and we have to take time, and discuss it with those people."

Jean Charest (somewhat indirectly), Provincial Premiere (Liberal)
"In my view, [it is] a very exaggerated phenomenon, that is linked with ignorance,"

André Veillette, Mayor of Sainte-Thècle (neighbouring town in region of Maurice)
"The real Mauricie is welcoming," he said. "It's a region where quality of life is exceptional, and we have no reservations about accepting newcomers here."

And my favourite:

Andre Drouin, Councillor in Herouxville
It's not that the community of about 1,300 doesn't want immigrants - it doesn't have any - but it just wants them to fit in.

On the wikipedia site they have the following table, which is a very appropriate summation to the Reasonable Accomodation topic (worth noting that the first Quebec Independence referendum was in 1980):

Interprovincial Migration Between Quebec and Other Provinces and Territories by Mother Tongue Source: Statistics Canada

Mother Tongue / Year	1971–1976	1976–1981	1981–1986	1986–1991	1991–1996	1996–2001	Total
French	-4,100	-18,000	-12,900	5,200	1,200	-8,900	-37,500
English	-52,200	-106,300	-41,600	-22,200	-24,500	-29,200	-276,000
Other	-5,700	-17,400	-8,700	-8,600	-14,100	-19,100	-73,600