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"The government is eliminating the essential and critical decision-making power of the community in relation to the revocation of the bilingual status of our institutions.”

TORONTO — Following the announcement of the Montreal Gazette Community Advisory Council last week, Postmedia today announced the founding members of the…

An advisory council has been assembled to help keep more journalists in the newsroom at the Montreal Gazette, according to Postmedias CEO. Andrew MacLeod said consultations with the new 11-person council have already produced adjustments to help retain staff.

Businessman Mitch Garber says hes ready and willing to buy the Montreal Gazette either by himself or with a group of local shareholders as the citys oldest newspaper could soon lose up to a quarter of its staff.

New language law "has the potential to fundamentally change the constitutional order in Quebec — it sets French above fundamental rights and freedoms."

"Whats the most disturbing is this is publicly signed by the government of Quebec, not the Coalition Avenir Québec, although its clearly political."

Under the new law some people will still be able to receive government services in a language other than French. But it's still a mystery as to how government employees will determine who's eligible.

The Collège des médecins du Québec is calling on the government to modify Bill 96 so that it does not cause disruptions in health care services.

Demonstrators streamed through downtown Montreal to protest Quebecs contentious language bill on Saturday, demanding it be scrapped to preserve the rights of anglophones, allophones and Indigenous communities.

The term, first evoked by Bill 96 architect Simon Jolin-Barrette in November 2019, has been criticized as "an old, backward kind of framing."