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Originally Posted by Acajack
Probably not because the goal of Quebec's policies isn't to take little Anglo-Quebecers and turn them into little francophones. Their educational rights are already protected and always have been.
Whereas the goal of the ROC provinces was precisely to take little Acadiens, Franco-Ontariens, Franco-Manitobains, etc. and turn them into little Anglo-Canadians. A half century or century later, one can say that they were relatively successful.
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So the difference then is between a
very tight leash (chokehold really) in Quebec vs extirpation in the ROC (at least in your mind's eye).
Yet in a number of regions in the ROC, there are a number of vibrant francophone communities where French is used in everyday business discourse, and in normal social interactions, generally free from government interference. Meanwhile in Quebec, such activities are openly frowned upon and for the most part, outside of downtown and west island Montreal, is becoming increasingly impossible. This is actively encouraged by the Quebec government.
I would say that the worm has turned and the goal is now extirpation in Quebec, and loose control (indifference) in the ROC. Francophone communities
hors Quebec are increasing safe spaces. Anglophone communities in Quebec are increasingly becoming tiny highly regulated exclaves.