Quebec Language Debate Spurs Eerie Sense of Déjà-Vu
For a Montreal-based Times correspondent, proposed language legislation brings back memories of the 1970s.
Source: nytimes.com
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For a Montreal-based Times correspondent, proposed language legislation brings back memories of the 1970s.
There are no simple paths out of the language quagmire, the same one that has dogged every Quebec government for the last 40 years.
Even before the language debate resumes next week in the National Assembly, Dominique Anglade's Liberals say they fear the Legault government wants to gag the opposition by forcing through Bill 96. Meanwhile, the list of speakers promises a fiery defence of Bill 101 and a critique of Bill 96 for not being strong enough.