Quebec's independance

Well... There is another subject that I get all excited about... Quebec's independance from Canada. I mean, why would frenchies swear allegiance to the British Queen? Frankly there is a lot involved that I will not get into right now, simply because there is way too much involved in this subject. One thing though, Quebec has loads of resources and can sustain itself without Canada without a question. In fact it brings so much to Canada you would think the general population would have a good median income, but noooo... Anyway, instead of keeping my rants on, I'll let good writers explain the last "generous gesture" from federal Canada: Reuters article: OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian Parliament recognized Quebecers as a nation within a united Canada on Monday (...) "They (the separatists) will argue that if the Quebecois are a nation within Canada, then they are certainly a nation without Canada." More on the subject on wikipedia: The 1995 Referendum about the sovereignty: The "No" camp again won, but only by a very small margin — 50.6% to 49.4%. As in the previous referendum, the English-speaking (anglophone) minority in Quebec overwhelmingly (about 90%) rejected sovereignty, and support for sovereignty was also weak among allophones in immigrant communities and first-generation descendants. By contrast almost 60 per cent of francophones of all origins voted "Yes". (82 per cent of Quebecers are francophone.) So now that they have recognize Quebec as a nation, why is it that immigrants are not asked ANYMORE to speak both french AND english when immigrating to Quebec? Now they are asked to speak french OR english. Surprise suprise since the anglophone communities are ever growing there (voting overwhelmingly, as mentioned above, to keep Quebec Canadian), but since it is a french speaking NATION, recognized as such, when I go to the store and the clerk doesn't speak french, it makes me kind of angry! I am all for diverse communities, and I'm happy to speak all the languages I speak, but I don't understand not adapting to the culture you immigrate in! I speak english like an american (or as well as I can) and have tried my hardest to integrate this culture and be part of it, so why wouldn't other people do the same when immigrating to Quebec? Isn't it normal to at least attend some french classes when first living there? why would all the francophones speak english and the anglophones not speak french? That's what they expect! The attitude that you get from anglophones who don't speak french in Quebec is that you SHOULD speak english... It might sound a bit extreme considering it's just a language, but I don't believe that a language is just a language, it's a door to a culture! Anyway, I'm ranting again, but I feel strongly about this