Quebec Language Reform

• Kahnawake school considering Grade 12 to avoid CEGEP language requirements

  Kahnawake is now considering adding Grade 12 to their high school because of Bill 96. The aim is to find ways to encourage students to pursue post-secondary studies.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2022
  
• Indigenous leaders say Quebec language law damages reconciliation efforts

  Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government is not ruling out a court challenge to Quebec's newly adopted language-reform law, known as Bill 96.

  Canada

  May 25, 2022
  
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• Quebec legislature adopts Bill 96 language reform by commanding margin

  The controversial bill passed by a vote of 78-29, with the opposition Liberals and Parti Québécois opposing it.

  Canada

  May 24, 2022
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• Parti Québécois amendment to extend Bill 101 to CEGEPs defeated in committee

  The CAQ government has reasserted its position that it will not apply Bill 101 to CEGEPs.

  Politics

  Feb 23, 2022
• Bilingual cities feel forgotten by Quebec

  Mayors of bilingual cities in Montreal says it speaks volumes that Premier François Legault failed to mention bilingual cities as one of the institutions important to anglophones.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2021
• Quebec nationalism push poses election challenge for Justin Trudeau

  Legault vowed to amend Canada's Constitution to recognize French as Quebec's only official language and to call Quebec a "nation" to underscore its distinct status.

  Politics

  May 28, 2021
• Quebec’s push to amend Constitution could impact all Canadians, experts say

  The provincial legislation, known as Bill 96, seeks to amend the Constitution to enshrine Quebec's status as a nation and its official language as French.

  Canada

  May 19, 2021
• Quebec can modify part of the Canadian Constitution unilaterally, Trudeau says

  The province's proposed language law reform seeks to change part of the Constitution to affirm that Quebec is a nation and that its official language is French.

  Canada

  May 18, 2021
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• Plan to cap spaces in English-language CEGEPs could have unintended consequences

  Quebec is proposing to cap the number of places in English-language CEGEPs, but critics say this plan could have unintended consequences.

  Education

  May 14, 2021