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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 11

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Canada, France

Oliver concludes this eleven-part series with a visit to Fort Chambry, where French and British armies fought over new Canadian territories. How did this affect the present? Olivier leaves us to draw our own conclusions and assures us that he is fond of the Québécois as much as they are fond of him. He shares his final impressions of Quebec in a lovely song at the end.
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Caption 7 [en]: There could have been three, four hundred soldiers around here with tents.
Caption 7 [fr]: Ils pouvaient être trois, quatre cents soldats autour ici avec des tentes.

Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 3

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Canada

The situation of the French language in Quebec is controversial and complex. Montreal was an English-speaking city until 1920, and it wasn't until the passage of Law 101 in 1977 that French became the official language of Quebec. According to some of the interviewees in this video, Québécois French is in a precarious position once again, with municipal signage and corporate names in Montreal reverting to English, as well as shopkeepers who refuse to speak French.
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Caption 23 [en]: We had to come up with a law, Law One Hundred One. It was elementary...
Caption 23 [fr]: On a dû se faire une loi, la Loi cent un. C'était élémentaire...

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