Bill 96— Language Law or Final Straw?
Quebec, the only province in Canada where French remains the sole official language, is once again poised on the brink of another language war. Anglophones in and out the province don’t really want a war, but this time the language the issue has definitely gone too far. A series of studies conducted by Quebec’s language watchdog, Office de la Langue Francaise, found that the language is in decline, and in an unsurpassed endeavor to combat this seeming setback the Quebec government introduced major changes to its language laws. On May 13, at 10.00 a.m. in the National Assembly Bill 96, …