Wedging

	French Canadians centered in Quebec during the 1970s forced a complacent English-speaking majority to legislate it into a French language province. The 1977 passage of Bill 101 created the requirement for French to be the primary language of Quebec and limited the use of English in signage and official documents.
Gradually over decades French speakers managed to force their language upon the entire province. New immigrants to the province are required to educate their children in French. The eventual election of a separatist provincial government had a negative effect on Montreal's economy. A number of organizations, most notably Sun-Life Insurance Company, moved from Quebec to Toronto. Since 1977, Toronto has surpassed Montreal as Canada's largest city and primary financial center.
Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, Montreal experienced a relatively slow rate of job growth as compared to other major Canadian cities.
Canadian lawmakers have struggled to clearly identify Canada as a bilingual nation even though French-speaking Canadians reside almost exclusively in the province of Quebec. Today before being appointed to, or running for national offices, candidates must pass a French proficiency test. Their objective is to ensure that everything from cereal boxes to store signage to highway signs are written in both French and English. Today that is the case everywhere except in the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec. In Quebec, English has been eliminated from most officially sanctioned language usage.
Quebec is home to a powerful faction that continues to work to separate Quebec from Canada. The Quebec separatist movement's objective is Quebec succession from Canada and formation of an independent Quebec nation. The remaining Canada would quickly become a different nation in most important aspects. Changes would ripple throughout Canada's economy, politics, culture, trading, financial and taxation revenues, and global power.
Consider how different Americans and Mexicans are. Are those differences caused by language or is there a fundamental difference in culture, approach to work and lifestyles?