QCGN chair blasts Francois Legault, compares French language bill to Ukraine
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As amendments to Quebec's language bill were accepted and rejected, the chair of QCGN took to Twitter to challenge Premier Francois Legault.
"I have to ask myself how does François Legault square his awesome support for Ukraine’s democratic society while at the same time his government wants, with Bill 96, to suspend all charter rights and freedoms of all Quebecers? Just asking," Marlene Jennings tweeted Thursday night.
Quebec's Bill 96, An act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec, aims to promote the French language amid growing concern among francophones that it is on the decline.
Some of the changes approved Wednesday include compelling students at English-language CEGEPs to take three of their courses in French and capping enrolments at English CEGEPs.
A proposal by the Parti Québécois (PQ) to make it mandatory for students from French-speaking schools to attend French-speaking CEGEPs was rejected.
