In his speech to the French Academy in Paris on Thursday, Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette presented the challenges facing the French language in Quebec and the policy levers used by the government to deal with them.
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Nearly 50 years after the first adoption of the Charter of the French language, “we are continuing the tradition of a Quebec determined to develop entirely in French”, declared the Minister of the French Language before the academicians.
The Minister’s speech was indeed very tradition- and history-oriented. Before presenting the “interest and importance” of the Act respecting the official and common language of Quebec, French, better known as Bill 96, Mr. Jolin-Barrette made a long sketch of the history of Quebec. He thus wanted to indicate to the academicians that the French language has always been an “engine of resistance and rebirth” for the people of Quebec.
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