The Parti Quebecois converged to discuss language, cultural identity and immigration at a convention at the Palais des Congres Saturday.
Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois has united PQ politicians in Montreal to begin building a new policy that will be adopted in 2011.
Marois also announced that the PQ will next week table a bill in the National Assembly proclaiming Quebec's secular nature, equality between men and women and the dominance of the French language.
Some 500 PQ members discussed the language issue within Quebec's largest city.
"Sometimes I'm upset when I cannot buy a bagel in French and be served in French, but sometimes I'm very proud to live in Montreal when we can close streets because Algeria just won its qualification into the World Cup," said PQ party president Jonathan Valois.
Talks began Friday to discuss whether Bill 101 should apply to Cegeps and daycare centres in the province, arguing that pre-schools teach the leaders of the next generation.
"If we want a workplace working in French, we need that these future leaders be convinced of that so that's why," said executive party member Marc Laviolette.
Though the education issue remains up for debate, pequistes agreed on the central role of French for all Quebecers.
"We think that the French culture must be enriched by the people coming from outside and we must find a way to help them integrate that culture," said PQ member Pierre Curzi.
Marois agreed, but said the PQ would maintain a firm stance on reasonable accommodation, chastising the Liberal government for doing "nothing" with last year's report of the Bouchard-Taylor commission.
"When accommodations are not reasonable they should be forbidden and it's the state which must set the framework, draw the line," Marois said.
