Montreal is a vibrant cosmopolitan city that is becoming increasingly multicultural.

... Montreal is a vibrant cosmopolitan city that is becoming increasingly multicultural. although this is the case Quebec's language laws have made it all but impossible to post outdoor signs in languages other than French. Other disadvantageous do not point just to those who do not speak French. Since Bill 101 was passed in 1977 many were skeptical over the change in the school system when it urged Quebec to change a law that requires most immigrant children to get their schooling in French. The law that now keeps most immigrant children out of English schools, Bill 101, was enacted 22 years ago under the authority of our good old friend Rene Levesque in response to nationalist fears that a pronounced tendency among Quebec allophones to choose an English education for their children - together with a low francophone birth rate - posed a long-term threat to the future of the

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