Re: Potential Campaign: Alpha Flight or Superhero Socialism
French and English language skills will vary greatly by region, age, and education. My parents, retired in Alberta, have 0 points in French. I have about 1 point although I had a decade of French courses a very long time ago, I know a few people who are fluently bilingual, and I have a friend with Quebecois relatives who have 0 points in English.
Public employees are expected to be able to get by in both official languages.
Keep in mind that Canada is really really big and pretty much empty. As the crow flies it's 5046 km from Vancouver to Saint John's. In comparison New York to L.A. is only 3961 km. And IIRC Canada is larger North to South than it is East to West.
Most of the population of Canada is within a few hundred miles of the American border, so anything North of that is pretty deserted.
I don't really see why your campaign needs to occur in Canada. There's already precedent for groups funded by or operating under the auspices of the American government. All-Star Squadron during WWII, the Avengers, SHIELD.
Not every super group has a genius that makes billions of dollars off of patents that never ever show up in technology outside of other super groups. And how do solo superheroes get by working part-time and needing so much health insurance?
As a Canadian I'd rather play in Avengers or Superhero Litigation.
In today's episode we learn that nobody on the planet will insure the Avengers and the world doesn't have enough lawyers to cover all the property damage and personal injury lawsuits filed against them.
Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four are in a quandary when the Human Torch can't use his powers due to a restraining order. Little Bobby Smith lit himself on fire because of the Human Torch...