I am not against French, and yes, my wife took him without telling me that she planning to stay. She is French Canadian and I am not so she is not affected and what she did is selfish at least.

If you need to protect your language by law, then your culture is in trouble! I do not think that French, being so beautiful and culturally rich, is in any trouble. It was here for 200 years without a law. A law to protect the right of French speakers was due in the 70s, but not in diminishing of the English population that is as Quebequer as you are Quebecoise.

Bonne journée!

Bill 101 and Bill 104 are partially good in the sense that they protect the right of French speaking people, but at expenses of English speakers and allophones. I move to Ontario 10 years ago and for reasons BEYOND my control I have to move to Quebec (my wife took my kid here “temporarly” then divorced me). I speak no French, but I have not right to educate my son in English because I was not born in Canada. I did not come to Qubec, I came to Ontario, and by cirrcumstances had to came. Why the government is going to control the language of education of MY kid? Why the government is going to control the language of a sign I want to put in my business?

Well firstly let me thank you for this site. I discovered it a few days ago and I’ve been reading the articles and user comments ever since. Fascinating and interesting reading. I can’t say I agree with a lot of what I’ve seen, but I certainly appreciate the viewpoints.

I picked this particular article to introduce myself because of a comparison to 101 school laws that I’ve always noticed, but never see mentioned. That being the rules regarding who is allowed to attend French-language schools in other provinces.

I’m an Atlantic Canadian and a unilingual Anglophone who went to school in English. And even though there was a French-language high school in the area, I wouldn’t have been able to attend that school. Why? Because I’m a unilingual anglophone, Irish, no familial ties to Francophones and only basic grade school french classes.

Now, does this not seem remarkably similar to the rules regarding who can attend English schools in Quebec?

Quebec is a province with a Francophone majority. It offers its Anglo minority schooling in English and sets rules on who can attend. My province has an Anglophone majority and French-language schooling is offered to our Francophone minority with rules on who is able to attend. Seems to make sense to me.

The difference being that here there is no law. It is a school board rule. And there are certainly no real or perceived threats to English driving these rules.

Kinda lost my train of thought there. Hopefully it made a bit of sense.

Second, the reason why Jewish schools exist, is because up until a few years a go, there was only a Catholic School Board and a Protestant School Board. Why not allow minorities to have their own curriculum, which by the way is semi-private and not fully funded by government. In fact the deal is, Jewish schools get tuition covered for the same amount it costs the Quebec government to fund a student in the public school system. Parents make up the difference. Every time a majority in Quebec redefines itself,

Lastly, Francophones did not/do no fund the English school board exclusively. Remember, English language speakers contribute their fair share to the Quebec tax system themselves. In fact, if you left schools to be funded at the local/municipal level, i’m sure you would see a vibrant English language school system fully funded by English dollars, just like English language schools and hospitals were before they were nationalised. Your logic reminds me of the thief who steals the television and then demands thanks from the victim for leaving the stero behind.

Lastly to the ridiculous logic regarding racism and segregation of the english school system. The difference here is choice. The English have been operating in Quebec for well over 200 years. They attend the English school system VOLUNTARILY. The injustic of segregation is when a minority or majority is FORCED to be separated. The English of Quebec have a choice, its the French who are restricted from choosing what’s good for themselves and their children.