A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

<figure id="attachment_561337" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-561337" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-561337" alt="Comedian Brent Butt attends the 2013 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards  on June 1, 2013 in Ottawa, Canada.  George Pimentel/Getty Images" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL.jpg" width="1600" height="900" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL.jpg 1600w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-300x168.jpg 300w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-660x371.jpg 660w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-680x382.jpg 680w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-360x202.jpg 360w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-120x67.jpg 120w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-510x286.jpg 510w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-270x151.jpg 270w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-640x360.jpg 640w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-123x69.jpg 123w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-273x153.jpg 273w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BRENT_BUTT_CAROUSEL-650x365.jpg 650w" sizes="(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-561337" class="wp-caption-text">Comedian Brent Butt, one of the creators of Corner Gas, at the 2013 Governor General&#8217;s Performing Arts Awards on June 1, 2013 in Ottawa, Canada. (George Pimentel/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
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<p>OTTAWA, ON &#8211; JUNE 01:  Comedian Brent Butt attends the 2013 Governor General&#8217;s Performing Arts Awards  on June 1, 2013 in Ottawa, Canada.  George Pimentel/Getty Images</p>


Mark Farrell sets the record straight on the making of Corner Gas

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