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Here's another idea - put more thought into immigration.
Quebec could really reinforce its distinct status by selecting immigrants that would have a high probability of integrating into its French-speaking majority.
Of course, this would include more native Francophones from Europe. With high unemployment in France, this shouldn't be that hard.
Argentina seems untapped. Argentinians are lapsed Catholic Latins, highly educated. But, their economy is a mess. Quebec could do some good marketing there. Once you get a few, you increase your likelihood of getting more.
Here's another idea - put more thought into immigration.
Quebec could really reinforce its distinct status by selecting immigrants that would have a high probability of integrating into its French-speaking majority.
Of course, this would include more native Francophones from Europe. With high unemployment in France, this shouldn't be that hard.
Argentina seems untapped. Argentinians are lapsed Catholic Latins, highly educated. But, their economy is a mess. Quebec could do some good marketing there. Once you get a few, you increase your likelihood of getting more.
We're already doing this. It just takes a bit of time to turn the Titanic around.
Bring back the now defunct Latin Union... make its headquarters in Montreal... to encourage cultural, scientific, and educational exchange among members and to strengthen Latin-based languages in the world.
Here's another idea - put more thought into immigration.
Quebec could really reinforce its distinct status by selecting immigrants that would have a high probability of integrating into its French-speaking majority.
Of course, this would include more native Francophones from Europe. With high unemployment in France, this shouldn't be that hard.
Argentina seems untapped. Argentinians are lapsed Catholic Latins, highly educated. But, their economy is a mess. Quebec could do some good marketing there. Once you get a few, you increase your likelihood of getting more.
I tend not to support such an idea because it goes against the principle of free will. In as much as there are immigrants who don't speak a word of English or know anything about [North] American culture immigrating to the U.S. and the rest of Canada, emigrating to Quebec should be no different except of course the language and culture they must assimilate to is French. I just don't like the idea that just because a person can't speak the local language, he/she ought to be barred from moving to a certain place nor do I encourage the selection of only a handful of countries in the world to pitch Quebec immigration to. Canada's neighbour to the south had instituted similar measures in the past to limit the number of non-English speaking immigrants (the Chinese Exclusion Act if 1882 comes to my mind) and increase the number of English speaking immigrants, primarily from Great Britain and Ireland. To this day, many (though sadly not all) Americans regarded such acts as shameful and bigoted. It would seem highly ironic and demeaning that any part of America's neighbor to the north would re-institute bigoted concepts from well over a century ago.
I tend not to support such an idea because it goes against the principle of free will. In as much as there are immigrants who don't speak a word of English or know anything about [North] American culture immigrating to the U.S. and the rest of Canada, emigrating to Quebec should be no different except of course the language and culture they must assimilate to is French. I just don't like the idea that just because a person can't speak the local language, he/she ought to be barred from moving to a certain place nor do I encourage the selection of only a handful of countries in the world to pitch Quebec immigration to. Canada's neighbour to the south had instituted similar measures in the past to limit the number of non-English speaking immigrants (the Chinese Exclusion Act if 1882 comes to my mind) and increase the number of English speaking immigrants, primarily from Great Britain and Ireland. To this day, many (though sadly not all) Americans regarded such acts as shameful and bigoted. It would seem highly ironic and demeaning that any part of America's neighbor to the north would re-institute bigoted concepts from well over a century ago.
In Quebec (as in the ROC and the US), the unborn child has no legally recognized rights. Legalized abortion is state-sponsored murder and Quebec is a leader in the field -- pretty shameful.
I just don't like the idea that just because a person can't speak the local language, he/she ought to be barred from moving to a certain place nor do I encourage the selection of only a handful of countries in the world to pitch Quebec immigration to. Canada's neighbour to the south had instituted similar measures in the past to limit the number of non-English speaking immigrants (the Chinese Exclusion Act if 1882 comes to my mind) and increase the number of English speaking immigrants, primarily from Great Britain and Ireland. To this day, many (though sadly not all) Americans regarded such acts as shameful and bigoted. It would seem highly ironic and demeaning that any part of America's neighbor to the north would re-institute bigoted concepts from well over a century ago.
"At the beginning of the Great British Migration. Canadians of French descent, outnumbered those of British descent. The total population of the provinces of Canada was approximately half a million. At the end the period, the English Canadian population was double that of the French Canadian population out of a total of 2.4 million." If it wasn't for the UK's rule, Canada would now be French majority!
+ honestly, I don't think that US-Americans know about the Chinese Exclusion Act, etc., and I think most US-Americans are indifferent towards languages other than English, therefore they don't even think of them as shameful. We have seen it in this topic...Anglos feel very entitled and won't be happy until all of Canada is theirs.
Well for that you'd really need Quebec to become an independent country and a mightily authoritarian or fascist one at that. You'd have to set up checkpoints and questioners to thoroughly question all immigrants to make sure they can speak conversational French, you'd have to hire a special governmental bureau to routinely inspect all schools to make sure students are taught proper French and that teachers are indeed speaking French, and you'd have to limit or even prohibit certain American goods that promote English speaking culture such as CDs into Quebec. You say the English language to Quebec and especially Montreal is like a narcotic, too addictive and corrupting to the Allophones and youth of Montreal and yet causes harm to society, well so be it. Fascism does not come for free though. Everyone would have to routinely work hard to preserve the system over their own individual rights and the country would have to be entirely self-sufficient. You said Quebecois don't like to work longer hours because they believe in the right for everyone to enjoy life. Well don't be surprised if that can no longer work and everyone has to work two shifts just to make ends meet. How would the fun loving Montrealers feel about that? Not to mention I'm sure many of your fellow Quebecois would not appreciate losing the privilege of driving over to Ontario or New Brunswick without a passport so you will have inconvenienced them too.
1.You'd have to set up checkpoints and questioners to thoroughly question all immigrants to make sure they can speak conversational French,
2 .you'd have to hire a special governmental bureau to routinely inspect all schools to make sure students are taught proper French and that teachers are indeed speaking French,
3. and you'd have to limit or even prohibit certain American goods that promote English speaking culture such as CDs into Quebec.
4. Everyone would have to routinely work hard to preserve the system over their own individual rights and the country would have to be entirely self-sufficient. You said Quebecois don't like to work longer hours because they believe in the right for everyone to enjoy life. Well don't be surprised if that can no longer work and everyone has to work two shifts just to make ends meet. How would the fun loving Montrealers feel about that?
5. Not to mention I'm sure many of your fellow Quebecois would not appreciate losing the privilege of driving over to Ontario or New Brunswick without a passport so you will have inconvenienced them too.
2. Teachers for French schools must have studied in French (except for English as a foreign language teachers), so in some way they will be good in French, which will be hopefully reflected in the way they teach French. I wouldn't proceed on the assumption that they will speak English to their pupils, if they would have wanted to speak English, they would probably have become teachers for English schools in first place and Bill 101 makes speaking French mandatory in the instruction of subjects in French schools, each kid has the right to receive education in French, so if there is a class of 25 pupils, only 1 of them would need to complain to dismiss the teacher.
But maybe you mean French in French immersion schools? Yes, I heard, that not all programs that are labelled as French, are French in the end. So if parents are told, their kids will get 47% or 62% education in French, yes, it's likely that it will only be 35% or 48% French. But the kids in these schools are anglophone anyway, and they forever will be anglophone, so it doesn't matter how much french they get.
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So Québec does have the moral right to select migrants with a focus on French skills! 
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