04-05-2019, 08:46 PM
I count as an "allophone" in Quebec since my mother tongue is neither English nor French. Functionally it's really English, although, like many people growing up in Montreal, I'm fluent in French as well. Montreal is pretty bilingual these days.
I agree that for the most part French isn't going to be the necessary qualification for a job around here. It can be useful sometimes and both my spouse and I have used French professionally in various contexts; I've been on committees run out of Quebec and done a radio interview in French on Radio-Canada for a nonprofit, while my spouse produced a document in French on behalf of her employer this week.
I kind of hear more French in other parts of Canada than Ontario. There was a lot in the Yukon.
Anyway, sure, this is great.
I agree that for the most part French isn't going to be the necessary qualification for a job around here. It can be useful sometimes and both my spouse and I have used French professionally in various contexts; I've been on committees run out of Quebec and done a radio interview in French on Radio-Canada for a nonprofit, while my spouse produced a document in French on behalf of her employer this week.
I kind of hear more French in other parts of Canada than Ontario. There was a lot in the Yukon.
Anyway, sure, this is great.