“The protection of French begins with concern for the quality of one’s spoken French,” he writes. He adds that “to communicate in the 21st century, in North America, also means being able to do it in English, and if possible a third language.”

Concern about the protection of Quebec’s cultural identity from outside influences — a major theme of the PQ campaign — fails to resonate with a generation that has grown up among people of different races and religions, Mr. Bouchard writes: “Tolerance and openness to others comes naturally to you.”
Lucien Bouchard