There is a significant percentage of the Quebec population that can't speak any english at all, although they are unlikely to be frequenters of TOD.

That said, my partner is a fluently bilingual francophone and a senior official of the Canadian government. Even still, she finds it difficult to read highly technical information in english and has particular difficulty with numerical information where the discussion is in english. So, if she were to read TOD, she would appreciate articles in french.

Finally, Quebecers are more likely to use search engines in french. So they might become peak oil aware through french sites from Europe, but would be unlikely to immediately discover any of the good work TOD is doing.

So, the odd french article on TOD:Canada is a good thing. Most of the Quebecers who discover TOD through a french article will probably be able to follow along quite well in english after discovering the site.

Except for along the Quebec border, there are virtually no towns or cities in Canada that break the 5% french speaking threshold needed for in-french services. But, there are hundreds of communities with significant european, asian or east indian populations that approach the 60% levels. Unfortunately, they are likely as unwelcome to post at TOD-Canada in their native tongue as they would be generally in Quebec.

I believe immigrants to Quebec are still banned from attending English schools ore erecting English signs outside and within their business premises.

Rant over...

There's some people speaking french in europe too...