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From: clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: can.politics,can.francais
Subject: Re: Notwithstanding clause -- truly a sad day for Canada
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Date: 2 Jan 89 05:06:49 GMT
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In article <433@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> freedman@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Daniel Freedman) writes:

>Why does Quebec not forbid English speaking people from moving to
>Quebec?  It seems to me that this is in some sense a more reasonable
>policy than forcing people to use a language that they don't want to
>(they obviously dont want to, since if they did want to, they wouldn't
>need to be forced).  Since the French have a majority in Quebec, and
>assuming that they have kids at the same speed (or greater) as the
>English in Quebec, then as time goes on the province would become more
>and more French-speaking, thus preserving the language and hence the
>culture.

It's called evangelism (sort of) - they want to import and convert people
to French.  Which is why Bill 101 also requires French education for everyone
whose parents weren't educated in English.  Eg: immigration - Quebec has
wangled some sort of deal such that they get a slightly higher percentage
of the immigrants coming into this country than they normally would, and
these immigrants must join the French education system.  (This is rather
oversimplified, but essentially correct I think)

Last I heard (please correct me if I'm wrong) is that the birthrate
in Quebec is actually very *low* now.  Which is particularly odd since 
historically their birthrate used to be considerably higher than English 
Canada.
-- 
Chris Lewis, Markham, Ontario, Canada
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