Francophones exist in Quebec and practically nowhere else. French is as foreign to Western, centeral, northern and far eastern (sort of) Canada as it is to the average American.
We have everything in french across the country. Canned foods, packages on toys, instruction manuals etc.. But very few notice it or give a damn.
Quebec has already once tried to break away from Canada and there are people still pushing for it. The vote in 1995 was very close, 45% of the votes within Quebec were in favor of the sovereignty a la quebec movenment. The frenchy who championed the referendum attributed the loss to Anglophones within the province and older generation Francophones. There are laws now in Quebec were french signs must be bigger than english store signs etc..
This is so fluffy, dude. There must be a standard for communication. You can't have a country with 300 million people and not have a set in stone language of choice.
Seriously, don't worry about offending spanish speakers. They came to this country knowing the laws and knowing what the national language was, the burden of learning and adapting, and holy fuck, immigrating into society is on their shoulders.
This post has been edited by Jordan: 04 October 2007 - 10:48 AM