Well, how on earth do you suppose all those visiting Americans get along?? Most French speaking Canadians, even many of those dreadful Separatists, speak very good English. In fact, I assume many New Yorkers, Vermont & New Hampshire are more familiar with Quebec than most Canadians are.I assume (and I apologize if I am wrong) that you are from Ontario. I am from a province where we do have French immersion and it is a optional class til grade 12. I have been a huge Montreal Canadiens fan for 40 years and that is my only interest in Quebec.our high schools offerred German as a very popular elective.why would I go to Quebec .i speak no French, read even less and it sounds like there is no accommodation for people like me.my uncle was an engineer who worked for the government. I don't know how many times they sent him to classes but he just couldn't speak French.We treat the people from Quebec very politely.one of my closest friends has lived out of Quebec for many years but has never spoken of abuse. As our premier spoke when Marois was on one of her rants, you are welcome here.
I am a Quebecer, and the Chateauguay Valley,(Where I reside) is close to Montreal . It used to be renown as one of the best dairy regions in the world. However, these days, working 7 days a week is no longer a favored occupation. The era of family dairy farms are a thing of the past. It is now famous for it's U-pick strawberry, apple and corn farms. The road I live on used to be all dairy farms, now I can count those farms remaining on one hand. What a difference,
So the world has changed and even the outlying regions of Quebec, now have access to Radio and Television Media. The present day French Canadian is very much connected to the outside world. Many of my French Speaking Quebecer friends do not attend church regularly and like many other areas of Canada, there are as many agnostics as there are those of a specific religion.
I find it sad that many Canadians know so little of Quebec but have the idea that Quebecers are very different from other Canadians. We have some nice, some not so, some smart and others not so,some are all mouth and cling to what they heard second, third or 10th hand, as has happened everywhere in Canada. Think back 25 to 30 years and note the difference in what has happened in your region of the world and realize the same has happened in parts of Canada as well.
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