La France : le beau et compatissant

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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

The above is the state motto for France (République française; French Republic). It means "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity", all the characeristics the French citizens associated with their country during the French Revolution of 1789.

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France was the original founder of Canada, before it lost it to the English in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, during the 7 Years War. The English took over and created Upper and Lower Canada, which became Canada East and Canada West, before it finally went through its total evolution to become what is present day Canada, with thousands of its citizens stranded in the warzone that is Lebannon.

The Canadian government has been slow to respond and only got one ship in, with a total of 261 Canadians officially evacuated. This figure excluded the initial number of Canadians who held dual citizenships and use them to escape on vessels belonging to other nation.

The slow response from Canada has created chaos. But, in the midst of this chaos, a country has come through for Canada - France. France, under President Jacques Chirac, who has offically extended France's help to Canada in order to evaucate its citizens along with remaining French from Lebannon.

France offers Canada evaucation help

PARIS (AP) - French president Jacques Chirac on Thursday offered a helping hand to Canada - which has up to 50,000 citizens in Lebanon - to evacuate the country under siege.

I thought there was something nice about France when I went to visit the nation about three years ago.

It doesn't matter if people see it as weak because it hasn't won a war, or any of the other negative stereotypes, because it can do something better - it can help its fellow man in a time of crisis. At Dunkirk, there were French vessels in addition to English ones that assisted with the evacuation.

In Lebannon, it is offering its help and ships to Canada to help gets Canadians out of the warzone.

"(Chirac) was very generous and spontaneously expressed the wish that we collaborate and, if the need is there, if possible, he offered French collaboration so that we can move people out," said Quebec Premier Jean Charest, after a meeting with Chirac.