Sorry, I didn't express my thought too well.

First let me say that from a culturally interesting perspective I seriously doubt that there is any better place in North America to be than in Quebec, and especially Montreal.
Yes, there's snow and cold, but that's so for lots of other spots too.

Quebec certainly is NOT a "closed" province, at least no more so than any other province/state.

What I specifically had in mind is the recent change to close the 'loophole' regarding the public education of non-Francophones. It was such that a person proving that he/she was educated in English could legally send their children to English public schools, but now I understand that the option will now be limited to those who can prove that they were educated in English in QUEBEC. I think that's got to be a problem for people considering moving to Quebec if they have or plan to have kids.


>I'm sure you mean that it is harder for someone who doesn't understand and/or speak french to relocate to Quebec and not that we are a "closed" province...
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>OTOH, it is no harder for, let say, an American to relocate in Quebec than in France (or Italy, Sweden, China, etc.)
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>>I don't doubt that at all, Tom, BUT "relocation" to QUEBEC province can be real tough for someone who isn't originally from there.