Sans X, il n'y aurait pas Y / Si X n'avait pas fait Z, il n'y aurait pas Y

The “Sans X, il n’y aurait pas Y / Si X n’avait pas fait Z, il n’y aurait pas Y” is a meme where Steven Blaney, Canadian minister of Veteran Affair, talk about the Canada history with a funny conclusion at the end of the memes.

Origin

The May 5th 2013, after the Battle of the Atlantic’s ceremony at Quebec City, the Minister of Veteran Affair Steven Blaney tried to explain why the Conservative Gouvernment celebrated this event. His awser was:

“La Corée, c’est une autre démonstration éclatante de l’importance de connaître la contribution des Canadiens dans les grands conflits internationaux. On entend beaucoup le Gangnam Style et il n’y aurait jamais eu de Gangnam Style si ce n’était pas des Canadiens qui sont allés là-bas pour combattre le communisme.^[1]”

After this statement, Mr. Blaney was ridiculed by the leader of the official opposition in the House of Commons, the leader of the New Democratic Party, Thomas Mulcair. The latter told the minister of Veteran Affairs that : “Une chance […] que le ridicule ne tue pas parce qu’il y a quand même une limite à la bêtise.^[2]”

Media reaction

Some Canadians columnists and journalists was suprised about the Blaney’s declaration and tweeted the fact it was stupid to say that. Aaron Wherry, from the Maclean’s, was one of them. At 12:50 PM, he had an awser from the minister’s press secretary, Jean-Christophe de La Rue, tweeted this answer^[3]:

<a href="https://twitter.com/aaronwherry">aaronwherry</a> Thanks to the sacrifices of Cdn <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Vets">#Vets</a>, S.Korea is now economically strong & democratic. Clearly it's also a cultural superpower</p>— Jean-Christophe (JCDLR) 6 mai 2013

The meme

The Tumblr page Histoire du Québec memes^[4] start to make memes about Steven Blaney^[5]. On their Facebook page, they invite the fans to make some Blaney memes^[6].