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The point you're trying to make in your first paragraph is completely irrelevant. Quebec isn't a nation. Canada is. In Canada, Anglophones massively outnumber Francophones (by at least 3-1, and possibly more now that Canada has absorbed large numbers of immigrants from non-Francophone countries who generally learn only English upon moving to Canada). And a nation should have a uniform language policy across it.

To further clarify my position, my issue with Quebec and its language policy isn't that most Quebecers speak French. My issue is that, according to the most recent Canadian census, fully half of Quebecers cannot have a conversation in English. That is just completely and utterly appalling, a massive and purposeful failure on the part of the Quebec provincial government that has enormous economic and social consequences for Quebec. And most of the problem could be solved if, as I said above, Quebec is forced to separate language and state - i.e. abolish the OQLF, allow parents to send their kids to whatever language schools they want, repeal the ban on non-French commercial signs, and most importantly, repeal Bill 101, an evil piece of hate legislation against Anglophones. In other words, the provincial government of Quebec needs to stop propping up the French language, accept that their province is surrounded by English speakers on three sides (and on the fourth side by ice), and then let the linguistic chips fall as they may.

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