81.8% French speakers within Quebec
19.1% French speakers within Canada
Can understand: The desire of the Quebec people to maintain their language and culture. The French custom is an important part of Canada's history and culture.
Cannot understand: The willingness of the PQ and BQ to break apart Canada and maintain an individual nation. This is despite numerous attempts of the Canadian government to offer compromises to the Quebecois. (read: Quebec as a nation within a United Canada). What would this nation look like? Army? Navy? Foreign ambassadors? Seems expensive to me, when Quebec consistently gets transfer payments from the Feds....
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