Quebec Anglos are alone in fight against Ottawa’s language bill: Liberal MP Anthony Housefather
Montreal-area Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says he would not vote for his government’s proposed amendment to the Official Languages Act if Quebec’s controversial new language legislation remains a part of it. Housefather, who represents Mount Royal which has a large Jewish population, said the federal Bill C-13 references Bill 96 as a model for the […]
Quebec’s Bill 96 with its stricter French-language rules is deeply worrying to the Jewish community
Bill 96, the Quebec government’s sweeping new legislation to strengthen the use of French, is being widely denounced by Jewish community members as violating the rights of not only anglophones, but all citizens. An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec, which became law on May 24, is the most transformative reform […]