 None of his views on the colonial administration has survived, but the very absence of serious repercussions for Canadian officials following his return to France in 1741 suggests that he was reasonably satisfied.Then too, Hocquart, who left nothing to chance, was careful to send him off bathed in praise.Monsieur de Lalanne's two years in New-France was the first time anyone in the family had set foot in Canada, but the connection did not end there.