I'm convinced that if we really do want Canada's anglophones to keep French as a second language, Canadian bilingualism has to be valued. That may be the case, but it is no longer obvious.
Our young people are turning their backs on French. We have international programs because our young people want to learn other languages. They have understood that globalization means knowing other languages. What they do not readily understand, however, is that they need to learn French. Why should they learn French when there are so many other languages that I listed earlier?