At Issue: democracy in two official languages (by an anglo)

I was moved to blog when I listened to Chantal Hébert on CBC's At Issue list as one reason she was biased against believing that the GPC should be invited to the 2011 Leaders' Debates was the amount of suffering francophones had to endure last time. I'm less bilingual than Elizabeth but I could tell, thinking back. It is not a sustainable situation. Québec should be a fertile field for Green growth being more European in thought and culture but our vote numbers there are very disappointing. I was hopeful when Georges Laraque was appointed Deputy Leader; there doesn't seem to be much movement for us in the news or the polls dans la belle province or am I missing something? When I was day-dreaming possibilities forward to counter that stinging criticism from "Canada's Most Watched" political panel (@acoyne has been very solid with characteristically logical argument in favour of hearing us in national debate) I wondered why not have 2 leaders? 

At 75 seats Québec now accounts for only 1/4 of the House and is likely to diminish slightly in relative power in the future: an argument against my fantasy dually-led GPC. Lower Canada, Province du Bas-Canada, once the more populous half of the  United Province of Canada is dissolved into British North America history. But the culture Québecois is not in the foreseeable future going to homogenize with the rest of Canadian political culture. What realistic strategy does the Green Party have wrt attracting Quebec voters? It is unique politically as well as culturally: it is unacceptable when our Prime Minister can't communicate well in french, we should address this issue as a party as soon as possible. Less hierarchy would work for me. I live in a Winnipeg riding that voted 14% Green in 2008 and worry that a less national GPC strategy will take us in the wrong direction here, how much more so in Quebec? EKOS polling suggests that if only the youth voted, Québec would be 16% Green... How Parliament would look if only youth voted - The Globe and Mail. Then again the youth would probably move to separate if they had the power to. I don't have a quick fix anymore than anyone else does, reacting to criticism against the GPC not being ready for debates, I'm looking for discussion (and a leader in the debates).

And more democracy please. Democracy is a prime motivating factor in my political behaviour. Green Party principles are the most democratic I'm aware of in Canada's political scene. The ideal is not always realized in practice though, in my experience. I'm worried that if too much is sacrificed for short-term goals such as the focus on getting our leader elected in one of 308 ridings, "emergency" insider candidate installments and such, eventually democracy-seekers like myself will feel defeated before the election.