This article focuses primarily on a language group that, by and large, flies under the radar of federal government policies: Quebec’s 6.5 million Francophones. After identifying some sources of concern about the future of French as a common public language in Quebec, I will attempt to explain the causes, taking inspiration from the work of demolinguists René Houle and Jean-Pierre Corbeil. The problems posed by the consequences for Quebec of Canadian federal policies will then be discussed, policies that make it difficult to integrate migrants into a society that seeks to make French the common public language of Quebec.