Simple and efficient
This is the best and easiest way to ensure that immigrants adopt French as the language of communication in Quebec.
Bertrand-Isabelle
Yes, but not only!
The decline of French in Quebec is very real. I fully agree with aiming for a high rate of francophone immigrants. Nevertheless, immigrants will have to come with work and academic study skills.
Denis Rioux
A damper
I do not agree. I propose that immigration also comes from several Latin-speaking countries: people from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Mexico and countries in Central and South America can quickly learn French. Not to mention that it is easier for these people to join the culture and values of Quebecers.
Elizabeth Moreau Guertin
With open arms
Yes, and especially when this French-speaking workforce is educated and available. Let’s stop putting obstacles in the way of these immigrants and let’s welcome them with open arms.
Gisele Cadieux
Are we ready?
I fully agree with the objective, but for that, Quebec society will have to open up to the diversity that this implies. It must be realized that the pool of massive Francophone immigration is found in countries with customs, beliefs and profiles very different from ours. For the moment, Quebec shows little openness on this subject, with the law on secularism, the DNA of the CAQ electorate and its deputies. Serious reflection is needed on this issue and painful choices will have to be made.
Raynald Marin
The French fact
I don’t believe that francophone immigration is the solution. Of course, I agree that the majority of immigration should be francophone, but we must diversify immigration. We very often saw French people arriving in Quebec to study in English. The most important thing is that immigrants from all over the world learn French and accept the French fact.
Luc Jodoin
The ability to express oneself
Yes, I agree with the idea of 100% Francophone immigration. It does not have to be their mother tongue, but immigrants should be able to express themselves in French.
Sylvie Brazeau, Gatineau
Revenge of the Cradles
History has shown us that the one and only effective way to ensure the survival of French as the main language in Quebec and its demographic weight is the revenge of the cradles. Consequently, any debate around Francophone immigration is futile and only serves to flatter the nationalist fiber of part of the population in order to derive electoral benefits from it.
Richard Morin
Why stop at French speakers?
Yes, we must favor francophone immigrants. However, it is also possible to accommodate those whose mother tongue is not French. We need to better support them in learning our language. Whether they are mothers, fathers or children. Learning a language can be difficult, but if you do a total immersion, this learning will happen more quickly.
Caroline Lewis
Simplify paperwork!
I agree with this fact of speaking French to immigrate, but you also need to have skills and the deadlines for being able to work need to be reviewed in order to be on the labor market more quickly. The government needs to simplify red tape and stop getting stuck in the carpet. If the federal government can allow shorter delays for French immigrants in other provinces, we should be able to do better at home.
Pierre Bisson
Counter the decline
Our language has been in decline for too long. I agree with the Legault government to promote immigration with immigrants who want to integrate into our culture and our language.
Yves Comtois
An acknowledgment of failure, a disavowal
A 100% Francophone immigration is above all an acknowledgment of failure for the francization of new Quebecers. Learning French is certainly a difficult challenge, but far from being insurmountable with constant effort. On the other hand, we should certainly help newcomers to put in the effort, by making our language attractive to them, a task in which we have visibly failed in recent decades.
I’m not talking here about simplifying the conjugation of past participles, although that could be welcome, but rather about making people want to learn French, by giving newcomers good reasons to participate in our common culture. The popularity of Korean language courses in recent years should have demonstrated that what drives people to learn a language is above all an attraction for the culture associated with it. From this attraction comes the desire to gain a greater understanding of this culture.
100% Francophone immigration is above all a disavowal of our Quebec culture. This stems from a certain fatalism, which wants us to believe that it is impossible to compete with Anglo-American culture. Why not make the revitalization of our culture a national project? This would require investing in our film industry, our music industry, our literature, creating a set of content to share with new Quebecers. New French-speaking content that invites you to join us. This seems to me to be a vision that is more focused on the front, on the future, than an immigration policy on the defensive, in retreat before the English-speaking world.
Etienne Gagnon