“Hi Donald,I have just finished reading “Window of Hope and Reconciliation” English version. You have taken a very complicated problem and not only explained it in a way that anyone can understand but also offered the only solution. This is a “must read” for everyone in Canada. Sure hope you make this book widely known.” Congratulations!
- Stan, Peterborough Ontario

“Window of Hope’ has not only been a great eye-opener; but has challenged me to examine and change the way I think about Quebec and the First Nations. As a U.S. citizen my thinking about Canadians in general has had to change since I came to live in Canada. Unfortunately resentment against the English and people of color is still ‘alive and well’ in the U.S., especially in the South where I was born and spent much of my childhood. This book should be required reading in all the Canadian schools; but that is not likely to happen as pride will always seek to stop the power of God manifested in lives by true reconciliation.”
- Winnie Lyn, Quebec

“Another strong initiative is the newly-released book, “Window of Hope… and Reconciliation”, by Donald Gingras of Montreal {a former separatist!} Offers a captivating “must-read” for each of us. Contains thorough background from our earliest history, insightful evaluation of the “why’s” of our current tensions, and an actual solution that works ! I encourage all to obtain a copy, as we join forces for reconciliation!”
- Allen, Three Hills, Alberta.

“Once I started reading it I couldn’t put it down. The impact it has had and will continue to have on me is unfathomable. Gingras was talking directly to me my family and children. To better understand our place in history is so interesting yet doesn’t compare to the relationship we must have with each through God. Gingras teaches us that there is a solution through reconciliation. It is our story to share and share it we must! Thanks for your understanding.”
- Peter, Kingstons, Ontario

“I have read your book from cover to cover and found it VERY interesting and it makes so much sense and it easy to understand, I’m sure it wasn’t an easy task but you did it very well. I really enjoyed it and didn’t want to put it down… I know the book will explain a lot of misunderstanding between the English and the French. You went into a lot of history and I found that to be very interesting to hear the other side of the story because when I was in French Catholic school as a child we were taught how the priest did so much and sacrificed for the people which they did but there is soooo much more to the history. It’s too bad that they don’t tell the whole story at least back in the 60’s.”
- Nancy, Thunder Bay, Ontario

“Just finished reading your good book. Thanks for your hard work, honesty, openness re. your own spiritual journey. I loved the part where you equated your own spiritual journey (with it’s emptiness and lack of purpose, to Quebec’s experience). Hope you tell our young people in Quebec about the book. I learned so much as an Anglo Canadian about the history of Quebec, not just recent, but going all the way back 400 years. . .thanks for helping me understand.
- Terri & Joan, Valley Center, California, USA

“I have just finished reading your book. Although I ‘m not normally a fan of history books, I do like reading biographies, and the format in which you have written the book made for very interesting reading, and I really enjoyed the book and the message it conveyed. It helpes us see ourselves more clearly as well as our country as a whole and how we have come to the place we are in our relationships with Quebec as well as the natives population as well as ourselves. I agree with you, the only way this will ever be solved is not by re-opening old wounds or by distancing ourselves from each other, but by the grace of God, through sincere reconciliation. I am eager to recommend this book to anyone - for its content, its readability and for its message. My son-in-law who is a pilot for West Jet is eager to read the book as he feels it may help him as he interfaces regularly with crew members from Quebec.
- Donna Leuw, Calgary, Alberya

” Your book is excellent and very illuminating. We gave a French copy to a Christian friend who still needs a lot of reconciliation when it comes to the Catholic Church. At times her hurt overwhelms her… She is finding your book very interesting.”
- Roy, Wakefield, Quebec

 “This book was the missing link in my understanding of the French, English and Native conflicts. I can only wonder how much greater Canada would have been, had this book’s conclusion been read and applied 400 years ago.”
- Jean Nicolas Laperle, Law ‘93, University of Sherbrooke; Founding President of Sonomax Canada, Montreal.

“It is not more money, more power, and certainly it is not more isolation in our reserves that will resolve our issues. I welcome this book on Reconciliation that reminds us that we are called for a greater purpose.”
- Bert Genaille, Native singer and conference speaker, Regina.

“I had hesitations at first about this odd approach but I decided to continue on and the book grabbed me. I was at times moved and at times mentally stimulated. This is an important look at French-English relations and also at the obstacles to faith in Quebec.”
- Richard Lougheed, Ph.D (Church History); professor at the Faculty of Evangelical Theology, University of Montreal.

“This book beams light on our Canadian roots in recognizing how we have failed in the area of relationships. I think it will have a great impact to transform our fractured country.”
- Harold Lutzer, former Executive Director of Canadian Revival Fellowship, Regina.

“Donald has written an entertaining and yet scholarly book that has deepened my understanding, respect, and affection for the people and history of Quebec. But he has also pointed the way forward to a promising mountain-top future that can only be reached through hard work and honesty in the valley of reconciliation.”
- Dr. Rad Zdero, Ph.D (Biomedical researcher); conference speaker; author, Toronto.

“Sleeping Belle Province, how many more tears will have to run under the bridge of your sighs before the sweet kiss of Reconciliation comes and gets you out of your sleep riddled with old dreams?”
- Marie-Andrée Gagnon, Translator; editor; Québécoise despite all opposition, Quebec.

“In a social context where diversity must include not only the celebration of our separate identity, as a people group, but also the ability to celebrate and show tolerance for others who differ from us, Donald, as a member of the French Canadian experience, shares with us the story of his own struggle to overcome the exclusion he felt so deeply, and to create an honest reaching out to those other communities of exclusion with welcoming arms of embrace. His story opens a window of hope for us all, as we also seek to deal with this issue of diversity. I am grateful for how Donald’s long 20 year friendship has embrace me and enriched me as an Anglophone person and his book that reflects him. ”
- Dr. Bob Seale, Ph.D (theologian), professor, conference speaker, Caronport, Saskatchewan