Harold,

I fully understand your position. I'm from Quebec and we are facing some similar issues. Since French is the primary language here and English is everywhere else around us, it would only make sense if our kids could take English immersion, but this right is legally restricted. To keep it simple, in Quebec, a kid can only go to a public English school if:

- one of the parent went to english school,
- the kid went to english school for most of his previous school years,
- One of the parents is in the military.

So, for the majority of Quebec kids, English immersion is not even an option. This has a huge impact right now, especially in Quebec City where I live, since many companies can't find bilingual employees and therefore have difficulties to deal with providers or customers outside Quebec. Of course, kids are thaught English in french school, but my experience is that you learn very little unless you are immersed.

I'm lucky enough to be able to send my kids to English school since my wife did her high school in english and I use to be in the military (still am as a reservist). But for most of the kids in our neibourhood, they won't have this opportunity and will likely be stuck with sucking jobs unless they take private English lessons.