Ilingual Status News Today

Under Quebec's Bill 96, municipalities in which fewer than 50 per cent of citizens have English as a mother tongue could lose the right to communicate with residents in English.

The Quebec government has acquiesced to the City of Dollard-des-Ormeaux’s defense of its bilingual status. DDO is one of several Quebec communities that were given the opportunity to retain their

Just days after Dollard-des-Ormeaux city council adopted a resolution to maintain that municipality’s bilingual status, other West Island communities have followed suit.

Dollard-des-Ormeaux city council has unanimously adopted a resolution to maintain the city’s bilingual status, just over a month after receiving notice from the OQLF that, according to the French language

Quebec’s Minister Responsible for the French Language, Simon Jolin-Barrette, recently stated he is considering changes to the Charter of the French Language that may cause some municipalities — including Côte-St-Luc, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Dorval and Kirkland — to lose the right to offer services to residents in English. The little s**t, I mean the distinguished gentleman, might be in for a fight.By Napoleon / Anthony Bonaparte The Suburban Tags