In fact there have instead been several attempts to reach an agreement between the two peoples. The Canadiens of the time, who later became French Canadians, and still later Quebecers, invested all of their imagination, their goodwill, in getting along with Canada.
Les Canadiens d'alors, puis les Canadiens français, et enfin les Québécois, ont déployé toute leur imagination et leur bonne volonté pour s'entendre avec le Canada.