Quebec wants federal language law reform to drop reference about promoting English

The Quebec federal government wants the proposed federal language legislation reform to acquire a distinct technique toward the province’s English-talking minority and francophone minorities in other pieces of the region.

The province has sent 14 prompt amendments to associates of a parliamentary committee at present finding out the bill.

These amendments would take out language from the monthly bill calling for the promotion of English and add recognition that French is Quebec’s prevalent language.

The amendments would also have to have senior professionals of federal establishments and federally regulated firms to talk French and subject them to the province’s language regulation.

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, who is also Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Quebec lieutenant, told reporters Friday French is the only language in North America that is threatened, but the federal govt will guidance both minority language communities.

The Quebec Community Groups Network, a Quebec anglophone legal rights team, described the 14 proposed amendments as section of the Coalition Avenir Québec government’s “war” on the province’s English-speaking neighborhood.

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