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In these elections, that is not much of a factor. Goodcanuck pretty well explained it as it is. I'll elaborate ...
The majority of francophones live in Quebec, the 2nd largest province, where the Bloc Quebecois is leading with a VAST majority ... they do not have candidates in any of the other provinces [BQ is Canada's third largest party]. There is a lot of support for Canadian Alliance in the west [CA is the 2nd largest party], the leading opposition. * The largest province, Ontario, is likely to support the Liberals [to the chagrin of some], for the 3rd consecutive time if all goes according to the polls.
BTW, the liberals have had a majority government since the last two elections.
As you may be aware, USA does not have an official language. Canada has two: English and French. All of the leaders of the parties understand both languages; has was evident during the televised debates that were recently held.
As for day to day happenings, whether one is a anglophone, francophone, italian, polish, portuguese, chinese, japanese, german, belgium, vietnamese, etc, everyone as an impact on the Canadian way of life. IMHO, a typical Canadian relates more to the American way of life than to the European one [partly due to the location and television], while at the same time retaining his/her own unique identity as a proud Canadian ... as most would be of their own country.
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