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Originally Posted by Allan83
That’s like telling the Quebecois that they need some more immigrants from France to help them clean up their language.
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Not at all. The HUGE difference is that many immigrants to Quebec end up learning French. Do Colombian, Chinese, Philipino, etc. immigrants really learn Ukrainian and become fluent in it after they've permanently settled in Saskatchewan nowadays? Really? I have a hard time believing it.
Quebec doesn't "need" an influx of French (or Belgian, Swiss, etc.) immigrants for the survival of its language, unlike the Ukrainian language which does need an influx of Ukrainians if it wants to survive long term on the Prairies.
Edit: the comparison, and differences, between the two situations is actually a good example of the "free language market" Anglo America swallowing the Ukrainians over a few generations and leaving only traces of them in the end (like the French heritage bits of modern Louisiana).