I'm Scottish by ancestry. When my Gaelic speaking ancestors found themselves sharing an island, and a country, with a bunch of English speakers who greatly outnumbered them, they took a typically pragmatic Scottish approach to the situation, and learned English. I commend that approach to the Quebecois.

No language, not even English, has inherent value. A language is a tool for communication. The more people a language allows you to communicate with, the better a tool it is. The world will be a better place when we ALL speak the same language.