Immensely. We are in North America, after all. English is used everywhere. The way English can creep into French usage, into everyone's daily lives, can be insidious. Obviously, Quebec is not immune to this, and I would say that francophone minority communities are even less so. It is difficult in these communities to spend one's entire life, or rather one's days, in French. We must therefore be extremely vigilant. I believe that the federal government has an immensely important role to play in ensuring that French continues to thrive in Quebec and outside Quebec.
