Sixteen years ago, Quebec mandated that all immigrants send their children to French schools.

16年前，魁北克省规定所有移民都要送孩子上法语学校。

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Rural Ireland was recommended as a friendly place for hitching, as was Quebec, Canada—"if you don't mind being criticized for not speaking French".

爱尔兰乡村被推荐为搭便车的好地方，还有加拿大的魁北克——“如果你不介意因为不会说法语而被批评的话”。

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If you live near Quebec, you will probably be able to pick up some French stations.

如果你住在魁北克附近，你或许会找到一些法语电台。

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We reached Esme French via Skype at the Canadian Stroke Congress meeting in Quebec City.

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With concerts of local fiddle bands, French Canadian acts from Quebec, fireworks displays and a French-language Acadian poetry contest, the shindig attracts thousands every year.

BBC: Driving through Canada��s Acadian history

As outsiders do not often understand, and perhaps should, the clash between Canada's centre and its provinces extends far beyond the status of French-speaking Quebec.

ECONOMIST: Ottawa against the provinces

And the language divide is much less contentious in Wales and Scotland than it is in Canada, where pressure for independence in Quebec is intimately bound up with French-speakers' worry about the survival of their language and culture.

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