Awarded by the Premier on the strength of recommendations from the Conseil de l'Ordre, the Ordre national du Québec is the highest distinction given by the Québec government.
The National Order of Quebec was founded in 1984.
The title of Grand Officer, Officer or Knight is bestowed upon distinguished notables who have contributed in an exemplary fashion to the development of Québec in all fields of human activity and who have enabled Québec to shine regionally, nationally or internationally.
Among the inductees of the order are Oscar Peterson (jazz musician) , Gérard Depardieu (actor) and Guy Lafleur (hockey player). Wales needs a similar honour system to help promote our talents internationally.
Brian wrote...
"The title of Grand Officer, Officer or Knight". Thats sounds to pompous and English to me. There is far to many English passing them selfs off as Welsh so they can rule supreme. We are the native`s here, why beg for what is ours, when we all should be strong and take our lives back before the English have all our land. Old ways
Posted by: Brian | February 4, 2008 2:19 AM