Gee crazyaviator, is your apology for the remark which preceeds the apology, or the remark which follows it? Letting alone for the moment the highly inappropriate generalization about aircraft maintenance in Quebec, I think that if there is a maintenance failing associated with the SAS Q400 landing gear failure, it was probably a failing which occurred outside both Quebec and Canada. The Q400 is Toronto designed and built, but I don't believe that one was maintained in Canada. The landing gear is a well designed arrangement proven one hundreds of aircraft world wide. I don't see what Quebec has to do with this, or why the people of Quebec deserve this poor treatment from you.
Just in case there is a misunderstanding crazyaviator, the "Q" in Q400 does not stand for Quebec, it stands for quiet.
Perhaps reflection on that last term would be worthwhile....