"A poll commissioned by Le Devoir this past winter found 70 per cent of respondents believe French faces an existential threat in Quebec."

Of course it does and will do so for the foreseeable future. But I think most Francophone Quebecers are aware this will be the case whether or not Quebec remains in the Canadian federation. The international influence of the English language is at this point essentially unassailable. Quebec shares the northern part of the continent with both the mainly English-speaking U.S. as well as English-speaking Canada, rendering its exposure to English unavoidable. My Francophone grandfather used to say that 'English is the language of money.' Quebecers have learned to accommodate this reality.