Bilingualism is flourishing in Montreal, and that’s a political problem

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Bilingualism is flourishing in Montreal, and that’s a political problem
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Montreal’s bilingualism is a major economic asset, and does not have to be a threat to French in Quebec

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from the rest of Canada than there were Quebeckers at universities outside the province. Quebec City says that’s costing it more than $100-million a year. Montreal was the centre of Canada’s artistic life not just in French, but also in English, from Stephen Leacock, to Leonard Cohen to Hugh MacLennan .

That’s ancient history, of course. And much of what’s past deserved to be, such as when francophones couldn’t advance in business unless they did it in English. Since the late 1970s, immigrants to Quebec have had to send their children to French schools. Before, the waves of Italians, Greeks, Portuguese, Jews and others who arrived in the early- to mid-20th century mostly sent their kids to English schools, and adopted English as their language. Bill 101, the Charter of the French language, aimed to change that.can hold a conversation in French – a higher figure than in the 1950s.learning English – especially in Montreal.

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