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Old Posted Mar 24, 2023, 8:47 PM
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Originally Posted by New Brisavoine View Post
It's also leading to a major clash between Québec and the federal government at some point. That sort of level of immigration is not sustainable for Québec, as it will drown the Francophones in a sea of non-Francophone immigrants. It's comparable to the 19th century at this point (except back then the Québécois fertility rate was very high, whereas today it is very low, so they cannot expect to keep a distinct Francophone culture if 20 or 30 million immigrants arrive in Canada).

Most immigrants to Quebec are French-speaking or are at least more likely to use French than English in day-to-day life though (it'd be an odd choice for an English-speaking immigrant to the one part of the country where they don't speak the language!). Even in the face of sustained levels of high immigration in recent years, the French language hasn't really diminished in either its usage or its institutional dominance.

The global Francophonie is certainly a large enough pool to draw from, with no shortage of prospective emigrants from France's various former colonies who'd be happy to move to Quebec - not to mention the French themselves, which are today one of the largest immigrant groups in the province.
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