Language: The government continued to his use of the English language

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The prime minister Philippe Couillard

Boris Proulx

Thursday, 18 January, 2018 21:11

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Thursday, 18 January, 2018 21:11

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The Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste account bring Friday a lawsuit against the government Couillard to force it to implement a law that 16-year old on the use of French by Quebec.

Act 104 was adopted unanimously at the national Assembly in 2002, and the Quebec government and its public corporations, the use of French in all correspondence with the corporations of the province and other governments.

The problem : in 16 years, no government has set a date for its implementation.

In the meantime, the officials, the public or pressure groups may only bring a complaint against the government on this aspect.

Bilingualism

According to the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste SOCIETY), the existing policies on the use of French is not sufficient to guarantee the use of the language.

“The quebec government practice a institutional bilingualism. It is an obvious reality, ” says the lawyer and president of the SOCIETY, Maxime Laporte.

A criticism that is shared by the president of the Union of the public service and parastatal Quebec, Christian Daigle.

“It is high time that this act enters into force, and that clear guidelines be established for truly making French the language of public administration in Quebec. “

The proceedings will be filed in the courthouse of Montreal in the morning.

The office of the minister responsible for the protection of the French, Marie Montpetit, did not wish to comment, given that this case will end up before the courts.