The Majority of people in Canada speak English as their first language, but in the Canadian province of Quebec

Question

The Majority of people in Canada speak English as their first language, but in the Canadian province of Quebec, most people speak French as their first language. This is one reason many people in Quebec have felt that Quebec should separate from Canada and become an independent country. Supporters of this idea have believed that




A) regions once defined should never be changed

B) political boundaries should reflect the cultural characteristics of regions.

C) economic boundaries are defined by the physical resources of a region

D) physical characteristics are more important than cultural characteristics in defining regions.

Answer 1

First of all, Stephan Dion is not Quebec's leader. He is the Leader of the Official Opposition in Ottawa, but also is the leader of the Liberal Party - NOT the Bloc or Parti Quebecois.

Indeed, Quebec does get more tax 'handouts' than any other Province. However, that is because it has opted out of the 'Established Services Funding', whereby it receives money to fund it's own services rather than have them provided by the Federal government. This is something that ANY province can opt out of.

old lady - you sound like a victim of English media propoganda - watch Global much?

That being said, I think that answer B is correct - in the context of the question, of course.

Answer 2

None of the above. There are several distinct regions in Quebec - regions where Inuit is the majority language, and other areas (such as Montreal) where English is the majority language. Quebec has never suggested that these areas should be separated from Quebec. They are a law unto themselves in many ways. They don't follow English jurisprudence, but have laws that are based on the French model instead. Quebec's leader, Stephan Dione, wants Quebec to separate and, as he is the official leader of the opposition party, the government of Canada pays him to sit in Parliament and figure out ways to split the country. Quebec would be crazy to leave because they get the lion's share of tax handouts - far more than their population entitles them to.

Answer 3

None of the above.While French is an official Canadian language, there are many other languages also spoken by the vast number of immigrants that come to this country, Italian and Chinese in Toronto for example and separation as no thought there.I believe the movement is dying out slowly after some 30 plus years particularly after the French Canadian realizes that his future is just as uncertain as the English Canadian.. We are now a minority.

Answer 4

Québec- that's the French-speaking part of Canada grew to become into initially settled by the French. French human beings got here there, French human beings lived there. subsequently as we talk, the final public of the inhabitants in Québec is French-Canadian first rate and talk French. Now in the different provinces, predominantly Ontario (that's the main important English speaking province) grew to become into governed by the British for the final public of its historic past. subsequently different British human beings got here to settle there- bringing the language of English with them.another province different than Québec grew to become into settled by the British which meant many English audio device in those provinces. French is spoken as a accepted language in Québec by approx eighty% of the inhabitants, observed by English at approx 8%. French Canadian is the dominant ethnic team at seventy 5%. As for English Canada, the Province of Ontario is approx eighty% English, Scottish,Canadian or Irish first rate. Language in Ontario is eighty% English and French as a house language is two.7%

Answer 5

B) political boundaries should reflect the cultural characteristics of regions.

Answer 6

i will favour point (b)