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Young Quebec anglophones earn less and have higher unemployment than their francophone counterparts, according to new statistics from PERT, the Provincial Employment Roundtable.
There will be no English-language debate among the leaders of Quebec’s political parties prior to the October general election.
More than 11,000 complaints were filed with Quebec’s language watchdog last fiscal year, setting another record for the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF).
The Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) is committing to invest an additional $380 million over four years to promote and protect the French language, if it forms the government after Oct. 5.
The Quebec government says it has reached a new partnership with the province’s English-language universities aimed at increasing the percentage of out-of-province students who graduate with a functional knowledge of French.
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette said she intends to make herself more accessible to English-language media and that the racism scandal rocking the province’s largest municipal police force is “unacceptable.”
Quebec’s French-language watchdog has its eye on a popular brunch spot in Montreal’s Saint-Henri neighbourhood. The controversy is over the word “nosh.”
Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard says protecting the French language will be a top priority ahead of the general election scheduled for October.
Saying he shares the French Language Commissioner’s concerns about the decline of French, Liberal leader Charles Milliard said that his plan for French will be “better” than that of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
The Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community south of Montreal is again calling out the Quebec government over its imposition of French-language laws in education.
A Quebec bill that would expand the province’s strict language laws to adult education and vocational training is drawing criticism.
French Language Commissioner Benoît Dubreuil believes that financial assistance should be improved with a loan system to facilitate the francization of immigrants.
Premier Christine Fréchette offered an olive branch to anglophones on Monday in a speech to the Montreal Chamber of Commerce.
WestJet, the country’s second-largest airline, is making English proficiency a hiring requirement, with the result that none of its 16,000 current employees speaks only French—a situation that has led to accusations of discrimination.
Many of Quebec’s largest government agencies continue to operate bilingual websites despite stricter requirements under the province’s language law, said the office of the French-language commissioner.
During a budget study at the National Assembly, French-language Minister Jean-Francois Roberge said 27,000 students could migrate to the French network.
