I can't think of this country without Quebec. Je parle francais. And when I think about being a Canadian, speaking French is part of it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You know, now there is always half of the new Quebecers who are going to the English CEGEP. After that, often they are going to work in English. So for us, that is so important. We are a real minority in North America. Two per cent of the population are French-speaking. We have to protect this reality.
All of us in Quebec - and I mean all of us - have allowed language to become a preoccupation that works to the disadvantage of all of us - and I mean all of us.
People forget that there are villages and communities that are still speaking French all over Canada. I went to a bar and spoke with some French people there, and they were saying: 'I went to English school, but at home it was always French, and that's going to be the way it is for my kids.' It's important for them to keep that language alive.
The anglophones are Quebecers, as are the French, as are the new Quebecers.
French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.
I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.
You know, I would like to ask to the other parts of Canada to respect the minority of the French Canadians.
It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English.
I want my own country, not against Canada but for Quebec.
Make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it is less bilingual today than it has ever been.