it comes out that if french is not about to disappear among francophones, neither is it the predominant language in the quebec labour market. french seems useful only to francophones. in quebec even, it is in the end a marginal language, since non-francophones need it very little. a great number of francophones in important tasks use english as often, and sometimes more, than their mother tongue. and that, even though francophones in quebec are a strong majority, in the work force as well as in the total population.