So politicians are supposed to mandate more French music be played during Habs games at the Bell Centre now? That’s what book publisher Michel Brulé was calling for earlier this week. And he had a petition-yes, a petition!-to boot. Apparently, it’s high time the government step in and forcibly remove the C+C Music Factory CD from the arena DJ’s cold dead hands collection and replace it with, um, some Mononc’ Serge perhaps? Or maybe some Claude Dubois would be more appropriate, especially after the “racist and insulting” CBC did away with Dubois’s performance at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Thankfully, Quebec Culture Minister Christine St-Pierre quickly poo-pooed the idea of getting involved in the Bell Centre’s musical selections. That’s not to say it couldn’t use a bit of a makeover. But good taste isn’t exactly the Charest government’s forte.

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