ESCQ situation in QC by Cheryl Gosselin

Question 1

What are the effects of language laws on Qc’s linguistic minorities

Answer 1

Loss of the critical mass, people have moved elsewhere, There is no renewal of the english population. the middle class is missing (either you are really poor or really rich). Less access to insitutions / education.

Anglophones becomes a vulnerable minority.

Question 2

What are some normative discourses on ESCQ?

Answer 2

They are colonizers (they are not anymore)

Stereotypes about them: RIch people from Westmount are angry phones - threats to the French language.

Question 3

What was cheryl’s argument of her paper?

Answer 3

Bill 101 actually forced anglophones to develop an identity on their own, building a network among themselves. It allowed them to develop a sense of belonging with the cost of being a minority.

Question 4

What are some principles of belonging?

Answer 4

1. Rules of citizenship
2. a group sharing culture and language withing a bounded space, co presence.

Question 5

According to the frameworks used like ethnolinguistic vitality model, cultural autonomy model, the production of space, and the interactionist perspective on identity building processes, the anglophones are…

Answer 5

a minority, weak vitality, no cultural autonomy, no recognition, no representation. The production of space is difficult since they are in a French dominant place which creates tension, isolation and marginalization.

Question 6

How does Bill 96 attacks ESCQ? according to Eva Ludwig.

Answer 6

1.4 billion should go towards enforcing French on English speaking people.

Saying that ES are a threat and that any federal support is an attempt to anglicize QC.

Accusing people of Qc Bashing when trying to have a rational debate.