Yes, we had French week and English week, when all "official" stuff had to take place in the language of the week. I was CWPMC in 1980/81 and I decided to have a general mess meeting during French week [note that mess meetings were notoriously long with a few people standing on their soap boxes]. At the time, it was the shortest meeting on record because all discussion had to take place in French, and many anglophones (the majority at RMC at the time) were not bilingual ;-)

I was there during the beginning of integration of language/culture, and vividly remember a visit to CMR in 1977 as well as the Quebec Referendum of 1980, when I was still a cadet. I arrived at RMC during my third year, so I didn't have a roommate. I have many good friends from RMC, and one close francophone friend in my Squadron who died several years ago in an accident.

I was a unilingual anglophone from RRMC who was able to become bilingual at RMC, due to several unique circumstances, including a lovely young lady in Quebec.