It was said of us Franco-Ontarians that we were not the cream of the country, but rather the glue of the country, because by speaking English and French, we were able to forge ties between unilingual francophones and the majority of unilingual anglophones.
On disait de nous, les Franco-Ontariens, que nous étions non pas la crème du pays, mais la colle du pays. Car en parlant anglais et français, on venait à bout de faire des liens avec les francophones unilingues et la majorité des anglophones unilingues.