French Language and Culture: Challenges Faced by Immigrants in Canada

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Article summaries Part A
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/census-2016-immigration-1.4368970
the most important issue that an French speaking people can face in Canada is the problem of
immigration. It is evident that the rate of immigrants in Canada has reached its peak within a
year according to the statistics of 2016 census. In this context, the statistical data of Canada
shows that the population of indigenous culture has increased intensively with almost 1.7
million in the year 2016. Almost 21.9% of the native Canadians reported about the presence
of immigrant to be the permanent resident of the country (winter, 2015). It can be estimated
that there is a high possibility of 30% increase in the rate of French speaking immigrants in
Canada. This increase in the numbers of new immigrants in Canada is largely due to the
presence of Quebec that makes huge effort in retaining French speaking populations. Since
the period of quiet revolution the issue of language barrier has become a hot topic in Canada.
There have been several language bills and laws passes to create linguistic provision. The
most important problem that the French speaking immigrants face in Canada is in creating a
self-identity. It is due to the stark rise of French speaking population that the ownership of the
non-immigrant population is falling down drastically. In Quebec nearly 20% amongst the
entire minority ration are English Canadians. On the contrary Simon & St-Pierre (2015)
stated that French Canadians form significant minority populations in Canada. The problem
of French population in Canada lies in the dual nationality that is approved by the
government. The general Canadians are not able to absorb the presence of French speaking
immigrants in their native place. However, Higginbottom et al., (2017) argued that the major
issue that flared up between French speaking people and Canadians is the Conscription.
Apart from this the issue has also speeded from just a language issue to the ownership. It has
been seen from the article that data estimated in the census shows that French speaking
minorities millennials are less likely to get hold of the ownership of homes than their parents
in the current years. It has been stated since long that the interaction between both the
language French and English has a huge amount of borrowing in between them (Gierveld,
Van der Pas & Keating, 2015). Therefore, the problem lies in the fact that French language
has evolved in isolation and is static in nature. As a result of which it can never be a dynamic
form of language. Borrowing by the Quebec was mostly anglicised and partial. Therefore, the
issue here is that the French speaking people are not properly appreciated by the native
Canadians and majorly due to the poorly spoken grammars and phonetics (Slavina &

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Khairova, 2016). The language spoken by the native Quebec lacks the feeling of culture and
the quality which becomes difficult for the generals Canadians to understand their language.
Several campaigns and educational steps have been taken to improve the quality of the
language but nothing much could be done. Nevertheless, it is evident that the number of
French speaking immigrants is increasing in Canada which is inevitable situation of the
minority.
Article discussion Part B
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/planning-a-move-to-canada-here-s-
everything-you-need-to-know-1.3544560
The news article explores some of the practical problems that might be faced by the French
speaking immigrants while they are planning to relocate in Canada. In this aspect, the article
presents a statistical estimation for the new permanent residents of Canada those are likely to
increase by the year 2020. It is the international experience in Canada that makes it easier for
the population aged in between 18 to 35 to move in work almost two year of work permission
for the Irish population (Chouinard, 2014). Toronto is the major spots for employment
sources for the immigrants in the areas of construction, mining location. However, when it
comes to the French speaking populations the problems occurs in the first six month of the
relocation. The initial problem that the population face is during the course of visa rules
where the authority asks endless questions to the French population. According to the IEC
rules people visiting Canada needs to have at least 2500 Canadian dollars in their account
after the arrival to Canada (Ross et al., 2018). Owing to the lack of understanding of language
they may run out of the amount quickly. Statistics on this context has released that current
French speaking immigrants may tend to remain highly unemployed more than the native
Canadian population. Most of these problems may be because of the different fount and
language of CV, resume, list of phonetical error and grammatical error that are usually not
favoured by Canadians. These issues may be major barriers for the French speaking job
finders in Canada. In case of health and educations they are often considered as minority
population, as a result of which they do not get the chance to avail proper health and
educational requirements.
Despite of the problems it is evident that countries like Australia, US are putting a strict
restriction on the immigration programs whereas Canada is offering an open invitation to the
immigrants. It has been clearly stated in the article that by the year 2020 there is a high