First of all, to replace French as the official language and as a language of education is neither desirable nor possible. If, at least, we do not want to be late in arriving at the rendezvous of the year 2000. Indeed, we would require a period of two generations for us to be able to make one of our national languages an efficient tool for the teaching of the sciences and technology. And this would depend on the availability of financial and human resources that is, highly qualified scientists and technicians. However, in this second half of the twentieth century, forty to fifty years of backwardness cannot be wiped off.