The Quebec government is proposing an increase in tuition fees for international and out-of-province students attending English-language universities as a way to protect the French language.

  • frostbiker@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’m not asking anybody to forget anything. I’m saying that speaking a common language is highly beneficial to communication, and thus should be promoted.

    I’m also saying that it is hypocritical for people who expect immigrants to integrate, yet at the same time refuse to integrate themselves. Like it or not, English is the lingua franca since at least WW2, and even more so since the advent of the Internet.

    You and I would not even be having this conversation if it wasn’t for our ability to speak fluent English.