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Opinion: In Quebec, language is not a problem to be solved

A nation consists of a people sharing a historic connection to a territory. The people living in that territory may speak one or more languages. Essential to the idea of nationhood is the will of a ...
The Conversation

Bill 96 will harm Indigenous people in Québec. We need more equitable language laws

One of the reasons I moved to Québec in 2015 was because of the mélange of languages in which many Quebecers — especially in Montréal — live and work. Some are able to change languages from sentence ...
JD Supra

Quebec’s French language requirements for commerce and business: reform of the Charter of the French language

The French Charter was adopted in 1977 by the Quebec government to protect the French language. Through the French Charter, the French language holds status as the official language in the province of ...
Kotaku

New Quebec French Language Law Has Game Devs Fearful Of The Future

A new law recently passed in Quebec, Canada designed to force immigrants to learn and use French in a short amount of time has many game developers in the area worried. The new bill could make it ...
The New York Times

Quebec Language Debate Spurs Eerie Sense of Déjà-Vu

For a Montreal-based Times correspondent, proposed language legislation brings back memories of the 1970s. By Dan Bilefsky MONTREAL — When I go for a stroll in my Montreal neighborhood, the ...