Let's not turn this into a debate again please, but actually there are less French first speakers in Quebec than other languages, the natural French or Francophone population has grown very little in the past 30 years, but the Alophone (other languaes than English or French) has spiked and is responsible for the majority of Quebec's population groth. Needless to say the Anglophone (or English first speakers) population has been on a steady decline for the past 20 years or so.
And those are facts...not opinions...as to the importance that is up to the individual
I love Quebec, but I also love Canada, and I think we should all speak two or three languages and be united.
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