Merely remined that "good fries" and North America aren't a natural match.

Poutine is best forgotten! Since you've been here, it has spread to the rest of the country, and it is spreading to the US now. One day, we'll be accused of genocide. The last one I've eaten was like 15 years ago, and I don't miss it.

As for learning to make good fries from Belgian immigrants, we certainly won't complain! Foodwise, there's certainly nothing to complain about with the wave of immigration from France and Belgium we got in the last ten years (in Montréal, it's more like an invasion! A lot are from the food industry, bakers, butchers, cheese makers etc. as it's become so hard to establish yourself in France in those trades apparently)