Letters & Responses From: Literary Review of Canada | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright Literary Review of Canada Jun 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

To the Editor:

Regarding Reed Scowen's essay, "Good-bye, Quebec?" (May 2006), Canada is a complex country, the presence in its midst of a French-speaking society concentrated in one province being one important contributor. Language has huge social impact. It determines who we know, what we read, where we work, where we travel. Not surprisingly, the French language in Quebec has contributed to shaping a unique society, with distinctive values and beliefs, a strong attachment to its perpetuation and a high level of social trust. An "us" and "them" was created as a result, a sociological ...

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