>Sorry Sylvain, but I have to disagree a little here (conflict??). . .
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>I don't think that it is language that is a *major* cause of conflict between Canadian Quebeckers and Canadians outside of Quebec. I think that you'll find that it is the other things that many Quebeckers (at least according to their elected officials) want and claim to need. The politicians use language to stoke the fire, but it is really the other stuff which really wrankles many non-Quebeckers.
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>The language hasn't "died" in almost 400 years and today it is stronger than ever before. Again, "protecting the culture" is a smokescreen for other desires. Funny that in my 30 years living in Quebec (spoke French before I spoke English, actually) my neighbours and my co-workers always got along real nicely. It was only the politicians, aided by the media, who stirred things up.
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>Cheers,
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>Jim N
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>>The langage is a major cause of conflict between Quebecers and Canadians. Protecting our language is the top reason why many Quebecers want to separate from Canada.

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>I have noticed alot of the Canadian web sites listed here are bilingual? Could a kind Canadian answer a couple of questions for me.
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>>>What parts of Canada speak French and Why?

I'd have to agreew with Jim here. I had the chance to go babysit some kids in Calgary about 7-8 years ago. The parents wanted a French speaking babysitter to converse with the kids in French during the day since they were in a French emersion school. Apparently, these types of schools are pretty popular out west (can you vouch or confirm this Evan?). When I wasn in Victoria last summer, the people I stayed with told me this was also a fact in Victoria. As well, just to nail on the coffin, my brother's girlfriend took part in a government program to go out west (Kamloops in her case, but others were in Vancouver, Victoria and other BC locations) to teach French and Franco-Canadian culture and heritage.

Hugo