Being Quebecois = bad at math?
While I was reading an article in the newspaper this morning, I came across a news item which stated that Francophones would be in the minority by 2031, according to this new study. Upon further reading and understanding of the article, it is stated that: On the island of Montreal, by 2031, 47.4% of the population will be Francophone, 23% of the population will be Anglophone and 29% of the population will be Allophone (first language/mother tongue neither English or French) It also states in the article that in 2031, 77.9% of the population will be Francophone, while the study showed that in 2006, it was 79%. The PQ (Parti Québecois) and the QS (Québec Solidaire) are using this study to suggest the infamous Bill 101. The PQ wants to extend that to CEGEPs and the QS wants to apply that to companies with 25 employees or more. At the present moment, Bill 101 only applies until high school and to companies that have 50 employees or more. I don't buy this argument. 77.9% of population in Quebec is not a minority. A minority is determined as possibly less than 50%. Also, on the island of Montreal, 47.4% of the population is francophone, by 2031. Albeit that may be true, 29% of it is also Allophone. Bill 101 requires that children of Allophone parents go to French school and learn the French language. So, it's actually 47.4% + 29% = 76.4% that speak French, which is hardly a minority! I guess that politicians are not mathematicians. Clearly these mathematicians need to go back to school and relearn their math. They could experience the joy of the math reform here in Quebec!
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