Prosequence, bilingual government workers are not putting translators out of work. Why? Because many of them ARE translators. I was one myself and there has never been a shortage of work. The reason bilingual government employees are favoured is because every Canadian citizen should be able to access federal services in either French or English, our country's two official languages.
As I've said before, actual distribution of francophones and anglophones vary greatly, which explains why, for example, one is most likely to hear French in Quebec and English in Ontario.
Monroe, I too wish Quebec could be entirely bilingual. I wish all Canadians could speak French and English fluently (it would sure greatly cut down the separatist sentiment), but as you've said, the reality of things often makes this unnecessary. Someone who grows up in a French-speaking town is not very likely to learn English, unless said person would want to communicate with anglophones and vice-versa. By the way, how would you feel if a francophone wished that every province was bilingual as well?
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