Shen Chiu-tang points out that this is possibly because the US and Canada are fundamentally countries of immigrants, and no one sees themselves as foreigners, and no one cares whether or not they can speak their mother tongue. Add to this a relatively liberal education system in this region, children who have no desire to study Chinese and parents who will not force them, and the result is unsurprising.
沈秋棠指出，很可能因為美、加本為移民國家，誰都不把自己當「外國人」，也不在乎能不能講母語；加上此區教育方式較自由放任，孩子沒有意願，父母也不會強迫他學，所以這個結果並不令人意外。