Hi Denis,

>You have to understand that those laws were not made against english, spanish or italian. They were made to preserve french. To you (english speaking Canadians or americans) it seems to be as simple as letting go and winner takes it all. To us (french speaking people in the province of Quebec) it's a matter of being able to keep our identity. If we don't have laws to protect our language and in the same process our culture then we will lose a lot.

But how does forcing bilingualism in all aspects of business preserve your identity? Miami Cubans preserve both language and culture without any laws of this sort. Are you saying that you can't raise your children to speak French or to respect Quebecois culture without these laws? And isn't it in their best interests to be fluent in French and English?

>If there are no rules forcing radio stations to play french music what will be the language of choice heard in radio stations? Why would any radio station bother to play french songs because english music is more popular in the world than french music.

What does it matter? Seriously, is the French Quebecois culture so weak that they have to worry about popular music?

>So if there are no french songs played than the french artists don't get as much publicity so they won't sell as much CDs. If they don't sell enough CDs than maybe they won't be able to make other CDs or play live music because who wants to go see a show given by somebody or a band that almost nobody knows. So in the end no more french music only english music.

The Miami Spanish-language salsa music culture is alive and well, without laws. Culture and language are handed down by family without the need for governmental intervention.

>The same principle can be applied to many other industries. Because english is so present around us french does'nt have a chance to survive without laws to protect it.

Again, Denis, you have the freedom to promote any language and culture you want at home, right? And the freedom to converse in any language you want, right? Why -- WHY -- force anything on the public? It makes little sense.