Consider this.<p>I am a Canadian anglophone from British Columbia with highschool French.  My children have been raised in the USA with no French.  It would be easier for me to take a job and move my family to The Netherlands than to Montreal.  (Not a hypothetical example.  I turned down an offer a few years ago at a company that wanted to hire me there.  My children would have had to learn Dutch, but would have gone to school in English.)<p>If you are founding a company and want access to anglophone talent, would you prefer to start it in Montreal or Amsterdam?  What are the economic implications of this fact for Quebec?<p>Quebec has made a decision to value remaining French above economic growth.  That&#x27;s somewhat reasonable.  But if you&#x27;ve chosen that, you should be honest with yourselves about the choice you made.  And shouldn&#x27;t be puzzled that your economy has not done so well.