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5 days ago · The Quebec government used the notwithstanding clause to bypass scrutiny for overriding the right to religious expression and language stated in the Canadian Charter. A 2021 Léger study found a distinct linguistic split over Bill 21 and Bill 96. Seventy per cent of anglophones who expressed an opinion said the laws were discriminatory.
4 days ago · Under the Quebec Act of 1774, French Canadians retained their language, religion, and other cultural institutions, which therefore allowed Quebec city to remain a centre of French culture. With the arrival of displaced Loyalists following American independence, settlement (mostly west of Quebec) increased, and so did trade with Britain, much of ...
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5 days ago · 40. Enshrined as a law in 1977, the Charter of the French Language preserves the quality and status of the French language in Québec as one basis of the province’s identity and distinct culture. The intent of the law is to ‘to make French the language of Government and the Law, as well as the normal and everyday language of work ...
5 days ago · Bill 96¹, passed on June 1 st, 2022, aims to further promote the use of the French language and reaffirm the formal recognition of French as the only official language in Quebec. In this spirit, several provisions have come into force, at different times since June 2022, all of which are intended to strengthening the use of French in the ...
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4 days ago · In an explanatory note to its legal clients a month after the passing of Bill 96, the international law firm Dentons outlined situations that could now violate Bill 96. Whereas products sold in Quebec (as well as their packaging and instructions for use) previously had to be in French, now the French Language Charter is more specific.
3 days ago · Generally, people have the right to use either the English or French language in communications with Canada's federal government and certain provincial governments. Specifically, the language laws in the Charter include: Section 16 English and French are the official languages of Canada and New Brunswick. Section 16.1
5 days ago · Safeguarding the French language remains a constant struggle in Quebec, but it is much more difficult in other Canadian provinces, where there is a phenomenon of assimilation of Francophones in ...
