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Quebec's controversial language law explained

Quebec's controversial language law explained

10/3: Canada Covered

May 31, 202225m 4s

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Show Notes

Quebec’s controversial new language bill was passed in the legislature last week.

It governs wide swaths of Quebec life, including college spaces and in what language people can access healthcare.

Montreal Gazette columnist Allison Hanes joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss why the bill is so controversial, how it could affect relations between Anglophones and francophones, and whether it offers Quebec’s premier a federal punching bag when voters go to the polls in September.

Background reading: Hanes: After divisive Bill 96 debate, what happens next for Quebec anglophones?


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