The government of Québec should only be in French, require the parties sovereignists

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Tuesday, 13 February 2018 14:14

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QUEBEC – The parties, sovereignists in the national Assembly were supported on Tuesday a petition, which sum the government Couillard to compel the State to communicate only in French with other governments and the companies established in Quebec.

This provision is embodied in article 1 of the Act amending the Charter of the French language, but the article is never entered into force, said the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste SOCIETY), the origin of the petition.

“It’s been more than 15 years, the national Assembly, unanimously, adopted this provision. The government, who had been entrusted with the task of putting into effect this provision, it has not fulfilled the task entrusted to it by the legislature,” said Maxime Laporte, president of the SOCIETY.

According to Mr. Laporte, this “institutional bilingualism” is “one of the main factors of anglicization in Quebec”.

“If our own regulations do not comply with the status of the official language, how do you want our brothers and sisters allophones, the newcomers, who joined our adventure collective, will give all the importance it should to the French language?” he added.

“Pissous”

The spokesperson of Québec solidaire (QS), Manon Massé, has lamented the lack of courage of the liberal government in the folder.

“For QS, this is a no-brainer: the province of Quebec, it is in French. There is a law that says very well what to do. But it was governments pissous, which have not assumed the responsibility of section 1 of act 104,” said Ms. Massey.

Mp pq Maka Kotto, has clarified that it is not a matter of “declare war” to the “individual bilingualism”, but rather “institutional bilingualism”.

Barrier to career advancement

For its part, the Union of the public service and parastatal du Québec (SFPQ) believes that the current situation has the effect of penalizing workers unilingual francophones.

“For people who do not speak English, it has had repercussions on their career advancement or their ability to fill certain positions,” said Christian Daigle, president of the SFPQ.

“Their annual evaluation depends on it, and their promotion level also depends on, and so on”, he added.

The petition was launched a few days after the proceedings instituted by the SOCIETY against the government of Québec in order to be applied to the article 1 of the law n.104.