Served in french in Montreal B****h

Yet again, I have to be a ballbuster to french-canadian nationalists. First and foremost, writing a blog post in english with actual data(!) on the condition of the french language in Québec will probably be the biggest ballbuster that I can do. Second of all, I got data that invalidates arguments like those of Pierre Curzi (PQ member of the National Assembly for Borduas) who believes that 2012 apocalypse that the Mayas predicted will come in the form of not being served in french on the island of Montreal(!).

Basically, between the 1996 and the 2006 census, the knowledge of french in the retail and services industry in Montreal has remained stable above 95 percent. Considering that the immigration ceillings were raised by 22 percent since 1998, this stabilization should be quite reassuring for nationalists and linguistic crusaders. Furthermore, 85,1 percent of immigrants employed within the retail and services industry on the island of Montreal speak french. If that was not enough for you, 87 percent of those who register english as their mother tongue and work in the retail and services industry speak french.

Can you see the linguistic crisis? Because I still can't...