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Le parcours du fondateur de la chaîne de restauration rapide Chez Ashton. Ashton Leblond est un personnage unique en son genre. Son histoire et son parcours méritent d'être connus car ils s'avèrent une véritable source d'inspiration. Né sur une ferme du Québec rural de l'après-guerre, l'enfance d'Ashton Leblond est rude et dédiée au travail pénible qu'exige la vie à la campagne à cette époque. Il y apprend le sens de l'effort, la persévérance et l'autonomie.

Deerfield, Massachusetts--late February, 1704. Although the town is surrounded by a 12-foot-high wall and soldiers stand guard, Mercy Carter doesn't feel completely safe. Deerfield is one of the most remote settlements in the English colonies, and Indian raids are a constant threat. When the raid does come, the colony is overwhelmed. Mercy and the rest of the townspeople are forced to march 300 miles north through bitter cold into Canada. Adopted into Indian families or sold to French Canadians, the people of Deerfield vow to never forget their home.

In 2011, proclaiming the need for austerity, Québec's governing Liberal Party announced a draconian increase in tuition fees. Enraged that the government would destroy a legacy of public education, so hard won during the 1960s Quiet Revolution -- a legacy from which they themselves had reaped benefits -- the youth of Québec took to the streets in a student strike under the banner of the carrés rouges.