If elected, the PQ would nix the bilingual status of municipalities where anglophones make up less than 33 per cent of residents. That’s one of the promises PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon made on the campaign trail on Monday. Having bilingual status allows a city or borough to offer services and communicate with its residents in French and English, as well as having signage in both languages. But St-Pierre Plamondon says it’s not helping ensure the perennity of French in Quebec. Global’s Gloria Henriquez has more.
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