Thanks for your kind comments Michael. Younger, I was a separatist because I kept hearing all those uglyness on how all the rest of the country hate us and want to kill our language. I even heard that I should rent a car in Ontario if I want to go there, because I would be insulted if they saw my Quebec driving licence... However, when talking with other Canadian citizens, I did not get that feeling and felt quite the opposite actually. I've heard lot of support for us like you just did. In fact, I went to Toronto about 3 weeks ago and I never felt unwelcome.

I'm more an more convinced that this is all generated by politicians who want to increase their popularity by creating problems where it does not exist. The Parti Quebecois is heavily criticized by Canadians for it's separatist ambition, but I have to admit that Canadians doesn't arrange things by voting for the Reform Party who had in their politics to kill the bilingual status of Canada. Now that the Reform Party is diyng, I hope that the dust will settle and we will stop hearing all these stupidity.

I had the same feeling about school here also, but in reverse direction. I learned more about the english language ouside of school than in the courses. When the english course became an optional choice in secondary 5, I didn't take it because I didn't learn anything new in the previous year at school.

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>Well said Sylvain!
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>I am not a french speaking Canadian, hoever I firmly believe that Canada is a much better place because of our french heritage. I find it repugnant though, that a few politicians seem to feel it necessary to destroy Canada to allow the language and culture to survive.
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>We need the french. They need us. It is part of what makes me a Canadian.
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>I feel cheated by the school system when I was growing up. I took french every day for 10 years (grade 2-12) and I still have difficulty reading the cereal boxes. (The school system had the nerve to call it conversational french.) I dare say that I learned more french from friends than any school course.
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>Long live Quebec! (as part of Canada, that is!)