Montreal - More French than the French?

Apparently this town was more like Paris than Quebec, or so the Lonely Planet said. What do they know anyway... Montreal is a cool city with a real vibe about it.
We managed to get here in time for the Comedy festival and spent the first night walking the streets watching more street performers and not getting the jokes (they were in French) we couldn't find English comedians but most of the shows translated fairly easily, they fall over we laugh - you get the idea.
The following day we had a look around the Olympic Parc and the Biodome (transformed Velodrome) they have changed it into a big Eco System with a Tropical Zone, Monkeys etc climbing around, Crocs in the water and such. Canadian Zone, mainly Bevers and Otters of interest also some Seagulls and Ducks which pretty much look the same the world over. Lastly a Polar Zone with the obligatory Pengiuns all dressed up with no where to go. We then went up the Tower overlooking the Olympic Stadium (Tour de Montreal)to see a panoramic view of the city. It's the worlds largest inclined structure (190 metres at a 45-degree angle) again with the big stuff.
Next up to the Jardin Boutanique for a stroll around Japanese and Chinese Gardens and it's just a really nice big park. Temperature over 30 so it didn't take long to work up a sweat.
Today has been really hot again +34 - so the stroll around the Old Town this morning was a bit too much like hard work, we had to escape to the underground internal mall/street complexes which have aircon working a treat. Cool in Summer, Warm in Winter - not much natural light but...
Something about local politics here. The French Prime Minister once, on the steps of Hotel de Ville here in Montreal, cried "Vive le Quebec libre!" (long live free Quebec) these four words were enough to fan the flames of seperatists for years.
Off to the Country's Capital Ottawa tomorrow which is in Ontario.