the immigrants arrived in quebec to improve their material condition and to insure a better future for their children. they were obliged to work in english to live and they saw french canadians give them the example. they observed that in montreal at least, a part of the french-canadian parents were sending their children to english schools and private schools, each time they had the financial means to do it. they therefore followed the same path. their bilingualism seemed absolutely necessary to them, and they never stopped demanding neutral bilingual schools, so that their children could get the best possible training.