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Originally Posted by EddyTheDog
If I moved to Quebec and couldn't speak french would it be an issue?
How do they deal with customer services for example - If I phoned a bank would they answer in French?
The whole thing seems strange - most countries that have different languages end up with a 'winner' that becomes the default - Canada seems almost split into 2 countries....
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No, not an issue at at all. I don't agree to the peoples that said yes....
In Montreal for sure no problem, half speak english primary and the other half mostly understand and speak English
Even in Quebec my town where everybody is French, its not really a concern, only the older people doesn't speak a lot english, but almost everybody under 40 can understand and speak basic english, and services place are use to that..
Only in small cities in region could be a lil problematic..
And for all the laws and the things about the french protection, but i think they have to do it to preserve the culture and the unique identity. Yes sometimes its too much and they take bad decision, but who doesn't, hard to draw the perfect line between protection and doing too much.... So i will take the too much before the not enough/non-action
Its a debate that been here for years, and will stay forever i guess, and hard to judge from far when you dont know all the situation.
Theres english all around Quebec Province, and more and more english inside the province so its ok to be pro active... that beiing said im against separation and im pretty happy in the Canada
Voila mon point de vue !