French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope Fillon during the salute to Samuel de Champlain in Quebec City, as it celebrates its founding and also 400 years of French-speaking peoples in North America, July 3, 2008 in Quebec City, Canada. Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer who in the spring of 1608 crossed the North Atlantic Ocean and headed up the Saint Lawrence River to establish the city with 30 other men. AFP PHOTO/ ROGERIO BARBOSA / AFP PHOTO / ROGERIO BARBOSA