The support for bill 14 is also "not large".

42% are thinking of leaving but that's because most of the ones that wanted to leave in 95 have already left.

defending French does not mean attacking English especially when it's the non-francophones speaking proper french while the "pure-laine" and he "de-souche" are speaking french so badly with so many anglisims and other errors that french is declining in Quebec.

Quebec was free, then the PQ starting limiting the rights of all in order to have poweres they wouldn't know how to use.

The minister is being generous , despite the Gazettes headline reading " Hundreds " , Umaga's newspaper of choice ( when he wants to know what is really going on in this smoked meat and bagel paradise) the Journal de Montreal put the crowd at 125 ( since the Angry -Anglo media provided no complete crowd photos ) I'm goin' with that number . And that my Tommy Schnurmaker lovin' friends equals lunatic fringe numbers .
The rest of us have learned a language moved on and are better for it , thankyou Bill 101 !

"In '95, 80 percent of anglos said that they were thinking of leaving and now its 42 percent. That's 42 percent too many, but it's some measure of progress," he says.

It's 42 percent now because the other 40 percent already escaped this hellhole

Well as one of the more then 500 people who was there, I have to say that yes it was a small showing. Though it is always like this when civil liberties are being taken away from they common public. As long as nobodies paycheck is affected right away that is. This bill will only serve to hurt the everyday quebecer. This will make it harder for smaller business' to expand, and larger ones to come here. This bill is not progress, its regress. The last time a leadership started implementing laws like this, it went down hill. The leader then was that of Germany. There was a world war fought, and the idea of one race being better than another was supposed to have died with that war. So why is the 32% minority gouvernment so hell bent on trying to force everyone into speaking french. Maybe they should try making incentives, instead of punishments. I would be down for that. Spend your 122 million on giving grants to all french companies, not fining those who choose to operate in the free world in the language of their choice if its other then french. Or how about letting a parent decide what language to teach their kids. Unless the government thinks it knows better then every parent in the province. What about students leaving highschool, why make it difficult for them to go any cegep of their wishing. And what if a student who isn't great at french wants to be a nurse, guess they will have to leave the province, because they can't pass the new rules for that either...
And yes I do realize I'm all over the map, but so are the rules and regulations of this bill. I believe the whole language law should be revoked, and instead of these laws, place incentives. Allow the people of Quebec the free will to make their own decisions. If a store only serves in English, then it won't last very long in Quebec, we all know this. But if a store can't work at all in English, then it won't last very long outside Quebec either.
The government needs to open its eyes, and mind as to what it is doing. I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way. And I'm certain, that myself being young in my twenties, am not part of the "old guard of Anglophones leadership."

As for the stat on why less anglophones said they would consider leaving is because the PQ have the smallest minority government in memory, and have two parties to keep them in line. And what most of the protestors are hoping, is for those two parties to vote down this bill, and possibly treat them to a vote of no confidence. Because who can be confident in a party that votes down their own legislature unanimously...

And my final response to this article, if you are to write and publish something, at least make sure you know the size of the group, who was there, and why they are there. Otherwise you're just writing empty words.

Lisée math is, 42% to a PQ minority is an improvement over an 80% pending referendum?

can we get a new anglo minister please, preferably one who is anglo?

Finally the wolf removes his sheep clothing.

Mr Lisée, your seperatsit math is finally accurate.
There is indeed only 42% of alngophone wishing to leave Quebec still left.
That's because 38% is already gone. I also agree the 42% is to many. But don't worry when they leave your next propaganda campaign can say the is 0% of anglophone wishing to leave.

Yes, M Lisée, we have a small problem with the leadership side on language rights side at the moment, but it does not give you the right to throw out our reasonable requests. 'Stay tuned', as they say. These diveders and anti-separatist provocateurs do not represent us, but because they have monopolized the debate for decades, together with the radicals on the French side, such as Mario Beaulieu and Pierre Curzi (and the Parti Québécois, you have to admit it), you understand that it is difficult to get rid of it.

Several people were not there for them, they were there because:

- Removing the bilingual status of cities on the island - it's unfair

- Mandating a French exam for anglophones only - this is unfair. My colleagues at work are francophones and they write in french worse than I do

- Having to go to court to prove that the employee you need, must be bilingual - it's unfair

- Requiring all small businesses to translate everything, with fines, but no support - this is unfair

Have you seen the Facebook page Quebec Français? Montreal Français? McGill Français?

This is the kind of radicals that are born due to this language war in which you participated yourself.

And I am not even talking about the fact, that certain clauses of Bill 101 infringe on rights of francophones and allophones - such as the right to receive an education that truly bilingual in Montreal, meaning both languages are at a satisfactory level upon graduation. Or the right to bilingual media. Or to bilingual transport.

Here in Montreal, it is a bilingual city. No matter what the charter of Montreal says, it is an undeniable fact. The history of both cultures has made Montreal what it is today. And now - it is 52% bilingual, dear Mr. Lisée. And we want to preserve and celebrate both languages. So if you bully one or pro-unilingual Anglophones bully yours - we will be in the streets.

And in the National Assembly

Why does CJAD constantly censor my postings by not publishing them when there is nothing over the top in them. With respect to this topic at hand: Bill14 is an odious piece of legislation as it provides the state the tools to make non francophones second class citizens if we speak alnguage other then french.