Of course I think the whole graduate student being rejected residency for an English thesis chapter is complete nonsense. In the end only about 37% of Quebec voted for the CAQ and I’m not one of them!! I also have no control about what’s asked of people in other provinces; however in practice except at the federal service level nothing extreme is being asked in other province. Nobody is being denied services in Quebec. Define « denied ».

>You might as well say that quebecoi [sic] don't want to learn the language of the rest of the country.

"Between 2006 and 2011, the number of persons who reported that they were able to conduct a conversation in both of Canada's official languages increased by 350,000 to 5.8 million. The English‑French bilingualism rate within the overall population went from 17.4% to 17.5%."

"The growth of English-French bilingualism in Canada was mainly due to the increased number of Quebecers reporting that they were able to conduct a conversation in French and English. Quebec accounted for 90% of the net increase in the number of bilingual persons between 2006 and 2011. In fact, 71% of the net increase in English-French bilingualism in Canada is attributable to the population with French as a mother tongue in Quebec, in particular to the population aged 15 to 49."

"In Quebec, the English-French bilingualism rate increased from 40.6% in 2006 to 42.6% in 2011. In the other provinces, bilingualism declined slightly. The largest decreases were recorded in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia, where in each case, the bilingualism rate decreased by half a percentage point."

- https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98...

That's why there is a huge brain drain out of the province, resulting in Quebec being one of the poorest provinces in Canada with a lot of unemployment (and high taxes) spinning a vicious cycle...

Just check this one example, to see the sheer stupidity of the language police:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastagate

    You might as well say that quebecoi don't want to
    learn the language of the rest of the country.

You are conveniently proposing a revisionist view of history.

The word "Canada" has had multiple meanings which have been thoroughly perverted. Technically, Canada is not a country per se, rather it is a federation. Canada referred to the nation of what were later called "French Canadians" long before English settlers came. This [1] map from 1579 uses the word Canada almost 200 years before the English conquest. The process of nation building was underway a _long_ time before any English settlers joined. The English appropriated the name (and the flag, and the national anthem) for themselves and promptly outlawed giving or receiving education in French in _all provinces except Quebec_. Some are still fighting against it _to this day_. These facts would not be disputed by any party at he national assembly because... they are facts.

So did the English not want to learn the language of the rest of the country, even when they were vastly outnumbered? No, they did not (and still don't). Yet for example, they generously split their debt between all of the inhabitants of the federation, at a time when the English were vastly outnumbered yet millions of dollars in debt, and the French were much more numerous yet had budget surpluses!

The Quebecois (Canadiens) have absolutely no lesson whatsoever to receive from anybody. The English minority in the province receives many times more funding than it would pro rata. It is cited by the UN as the world's most well treated minority. You, like a lot of other English Canadians, are merely expressing your disdain for Canadiens. The history of this federation is clear, if only more people would learn about it.

[1]: https://www.loc.gov/item/2017585794/

This will end soon, because the new generation is growing with the internet learning English from the web and tv and no amount of suppression laws will stop them...

You won't believe how many people from the older generations never went on vacation outside Quebec, because they don't speak English and are ashamed... Even the "real" French from France are mocking them when they get the chance...

It is actually a sad story...

This is included in what you write, but it should be noted for emphasis that Bill 101 prevents Anglophone immigrants from receiving (public) education in English. That is, a family that moves from Ontario to Québec can receive English-language education for their children, but not one that moves from the UK to Québec (even after naturalization as citizens).

To the extent legally permissible (Québec has a special exemption from a portion of the constitution's minority-language education section), the province takes a model of education where English-education should only be provided to the existing minority, and immigration must bolster the Francophone majority.