ISSUES IN FRENCH SPEAKING POPULATION OF MONTREAL.

ISSUES IN FRENCH SPEAKING POPULATION OF
MONTREAL

MONTREAL
 Largest province in Quebec
 French is the official language (49.8%)
 English speaking population (22.8%)
 Other language speaking population (18.3%)

Language issues in Montreal
 Resurgence with the Canadian police regarding the bitter language
used by the Francophone naturalists
 Conflicting viewpoints regarding hospitality of the shopkeepers
towards foreigners
 Critiques’ viewpoints regarding the claims of alarmists

Contd…
 Resistance towards change indicating preservation of the cultural
values
 Intervention of the French immigrants, adding to the political
instabilities

Recommendations to resolve the
issues
 Preparing Agenda for change
 Developing flexible policies
 Revising Right to Speech
 Promoting cultural diversity through tourism and events

References
 Bbc.com (2019). Canada province urges shopkeepers to stop saying
'Bonjour-Hi'. Retrieved 17th March 2019 from
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42200730
 Bbc.com (2019). Rebelling against Quebec's 'language police'.
Retrieved 17th March 2019 from
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22408248
 Nationalpost.com (2019). Ignore the alarmists, there is no language
crisis in Quebec, economists say. Retrieved 17th March 2019 from
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ignore-the-alarmists-there-is-
no-language-crisis-in-quebec-economists-say