Quebec French Language

• Quebec’s French-language health directive sows confusion, Liberal MPs say

  Two Montreal Liberal MPs are raising concerns about a controversial Quebec directive that outlines when health-care providers can offer services in a language other than French.

  Politics

  Aug 8, 2024
  
• Quebec to invest $603M to protect French language. Critics say province has it all wrong

  Critics say the province is relying on data that reflects the private sphere versus the public, and intends on using coercive measures to bolster and protect the French language.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2024
  
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• No more ‘bonjour-hi’? Montreal mayor calls for French only greetings

  The Montreal mayor's remarks came on the heels of a new study by the Office Québécois de la Langue Française on how shoppers are welcomed by merchants.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2024
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• Quebec invests $1.5 million to promote French language in Montreal

  Although the metropolis is officially a French-speaking city, it's where English is used the most in Quebec and officials want to change that.

  Politics

  Sep 1, 2023
• Hoping to immigrate to Quebec? You’ll have to know French, premier says

  Quebec Premier François Legault says the province will require that the vast majority of economic immigrants to Quebec speak French before they arrive.

  Economy

  May 25, 2023
• Quebec government rejects Trudeau plan, seeks full control of immigration

  Provincial legislature members adopted a motion on Wednesday declaring Canada's plan incompatible with the protection of French in Quebec.

  Politics

  May 10, 2023
• New federal funding for Quebec’s anglophone community creates controversy

  The federal government announced new money to support Quebec's minority anglophone community, but opinions differ on how it should be used.

  Politics

  Apr 27, 2023
• Montreal municipalities take action to keep bilingual status under Quebec’s Bill 96

  Bilingual designation in Quebec allows municipalities to offer services, signage and communications in Canada's two official languages, but several areas are at risk of losing it.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2023
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• Quebec language law could push young Jews to leave Quebec, B’nai Brith says

  B'nai Brith is concerned that many Jewish immigrants, including elderly people from Ukraine and the former Soviet Union, will no longer be able to access services in English.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2022
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• Air Canada CEO apologizes to Quebecers, pledges to improve his French

  His statement Thursday comes after Quebec Premier François Legault demanded he apologize for saying he had not learned how to speak French despite living in Quebec for 14 years.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2021