::: First, "Montreal retains this distinction..." is not consistent with a NPOV, since it is not a "distinction" to be the second most populus French-speaking city: it is either a fact, or it is not.  Second, Montreal is behind not only Paris, but also Abidjan and Lyon in population; thus if there's a "distinction" of being the second most populus French-speaking city, it belongs to Abidjan (if not Kinshasa  which remains an open question).  Third, making a point about what city really is the second most populus French-speaking city is out of place in this article, although it would be useful to state why there is uncertainty about whether or not Kinshasa is a French-speaking city. In closing, it is odd that the primary language of the capital of the Deomocratic Repblic of the Congo cannot be determined in a referenceable way.  This seems to be an urgent need for this article  or, more specifically, it seems an urgent need to referencably quantify the linguistic makeup of the city.