Wow. All the sudden, everyone can speak french. Don't kid yourselves, french IS a requirement. Very few have made it in without it. The company would have to be strapped for pilots and only after exhausting the french pool would they consider hiring anglos only. You would have to make some commitment to learning the language. Then they would have to get permition from the language nazi police in Quebec City to hire the anglos.
This could very well all be changed as my info is from long ago.
One more thing, I don't know if they have changed the contract, but not long ago they use to consider a layover as part of your monthly time off. Ouch. N'est pas?