RE: "All provinces should become bilingual"
I was referring to the acadians in NB, not the quebecois, thank you, learn the distinction. Speaking as someone who has worked for the federal government in Fredericton, I am aware that English is the mostly spoken language. It seems learning french is simply a way to create a larger concentration of ethnic french individuals. English speaking peoples in Fredericton are less likely to learn french because the fact is it is a minority entity in the city and rarely heard. Most of the television shows and other media outlets that are popular are either from the USA, UK, Ontario or Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia has only one official language but there are plenty of acadians there. Does that mean they are being "put in their place" or discriminated againt? Hanging onto "the good old days"? No, it is simply the majority of people speak English, which is also the case in NB, yet here there is much more hatred of English by the minority acadians and thusly they wish to gain power to perhaps take what they see as "Acadie" back. They have no interest in bi-lingualism whatsoever, it is purely in francophoizing NB. I have met so many university students from UNB and STU (perhaps one of the only things that keeps English alive in Fredericton, the Universities) who mostly say they are planning to move outside of NB to find jobs because there simply isn't any for English speakers even with degrees. Even when you are bi-lingual your chances of competing against and getting a job as opposed to that job being given to an ethnic acadian or through nepotism are slim.
