The DIEC says that the mascarell is a "sea bird of the sulid family, about 90 centimeters long, with white plumage and a black spot around its eyes" that has the peculiarity of diving into the sea like crazy. In the Catalan-Valencià-Balear Dictionary Another meaning of the word is added: "Masked, stained with mask." This is also the title of the Catalan translation of the thriller psychological work written by the Quebec author, playwright and poet Anne Hébert (1916-2000), a work that in 1983 won the Femina Prize and the Governor of Central Canada Award, among others, and which, in French, is titled The fous of Bassan.

The Catalan independence movement has tended to be reflected in Quebec. Its case is unique, with two referendums held, in 1980 and 1995, and two defeats. Even its clear agreement on independence was an example for the government of Pere Aragonès, which drafted an academic council to emulate. Now, there is another similarity in both cases: after the failed independence processes, nationalism has prioritized language and also the debate on immigration. To what extent is the same happening in both places, after the impasse of 1-O and the loss of the pro-independence majority in Parliament?