What I got from this article:
In order to increase the vitality of the french community: Speaking french has to be more financially rewarding than not speaking it.
This would be accomplished by the french spending as much or more time in school than the english, by cutting the drop out rate in french schools and by promoting entrepreneurship so the 80% of french own more business than the current 60% it owns right now.
The article says: "If people make more money working in french, then more will decide to join a french speaking workplace." It equates economic outcomes to the vitality of the language.
One astonishing point of data shows that speaking english only in Quebec does not come with a wage penalty.
In numbers:
French | English (others) | |
---|---|---|
Wages | Almost parity | Almost parity |
Population by language | 81.1% | 10% (8.9%) |
Business ownership | 60% | ? |
College degrees | 15% | 23% |
Drop out rate | 25% | 20% |
high school graduation rate | 75% | 84.5% |