Bill 96

• Bilingual municipalities ask judge to suspend portions of Quebec language law

  A group of 23 bilingual municipalities are in Quebec Superior Court on Monday to ask a judge to suspend the application of several portions of the province's 2022 language reform. 

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2024
  
• Protesters, advocates worry Quebec is complicating access to healthcare in English

  Several dozen protesters gathered in front of a Montreal hospital on Saturday to protest Quebec’s French language laws on Saturday.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2024
  
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• ‘Waste of time and money’: Quebec business owner slams new language rules

  Quebec business owners are frustrated over the new language laws coming into effect in 2025.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2024
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• Indigenous students say Quebec’s language law sets them up for ‘failure’

  Quebec cabinet ministers defended Bill 96, saying the government has eased some of the French-language requirements for Indigenous students.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2024
• English school board calls judge’s stay on parts of Quebec language law a ‘win’

  A Quebec Superior Court judge has stayed sections of Bill 96 requiring English school boards to communicate in French even when working with other English-speaking institutions.

  Apr 18, 2024
• Quebec language policies lack nuance, some experts say

  Despite the Quebec government's repeated claim the French language is in decline in Quebec, a recent study suggests otherwise when it comes to the public sphere. 

  Politics

  Apr 5, 2024
• Quebecers warned new language rules might lead to fewer products, higher prices

  Popular consumer products risk disappearing from stores across Quebec — and the goods that remain could be more expensive — because of the province's French-language reform.

  Consumer

  Mar 26, 2024
• Biden administration raises ‘concerns’ about aspects of Quebec language law

  Michel Rochette, president of the Quebec branch of the Retail Council of Canada, sees the Biden administration's message as a "signal'' couched in diplomatic language.

  Politics

  Jan 27, 2024
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• Stricter language laws coming for Quebec businesses. Not everyone is happy

  Some Quebec businesses will soon have to change their signs to display two times more French than English.

  Politics

  Jan 12, 2024
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• English Montreal School Board sues after being forced to communicate in French

  The EMSB has also brought one of several constitutional challenges to numerous other provisions of Bill 96.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2023