French language

Quebec is "going on the offensive" to protect and promote French, Minister Jean-François Roberge said on Sunday as he presented a $603-million plan to counter what he described as the language's decline.

Acknowledging that Quebecers are among the highest taxed people in Canada, the two top parties running in Quebec's election campaign held competing news conferences in the provincial capital on Monday to promise income tax cuts if they are elected on Oct. 3.

New census data showing a decline of French in Canada is "extremely troubling," the prime minister said on Friday, August 19, 2022, but he added that Ottawa still has a responsibility to protect linguistic minorities across the country — including in Quebec.

New census data released on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, shows that French is in danger, according to Quebec's political class, but an anglophone rights group says it worries the data will be used to portray English speakers as a threat ahead of the fall provincial election.

Language and immigration politics were back at the forefront in Quebec’s national assembly last week, as Premier François Legault drew criticism for sounding the alarm over a decline in the number of people who speak French at home.

The federal government will join a legal challenge to Quebec's religious symbols law if it reaches the country's highest court, Justice Minister David Lametti said on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Quebec Premier François Legault sought to reassure anglophones that his government's language law reform, adopted on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, won't prevent people from accessing health care in English.

It was a common refrain heard from Conservative party members gathered in Edmonton to watch the leadership debate: I like Leslyn Lewis, but I'm picking Pierre Poilievre.

Quebec is proposing setting aside one day every year to celebrate the Canadian Francophonie as part of a three-year plan to reinforce the French language across the country.

Quebec won't legislate to prevent retail workers from welcoming their customers with "bonjour-hi," Quebec's immigration minister said on Monday, October 7, 2019, — three days after he raised the possibility of outlawing the bilingual greeting.

There's little doubt about what greeting customers will hear when they enter Dave Plant's soon-to-be opened Cafe Bonjour/Hi, even as the Quebec government looks for ways to ban the popular bilingual greeting.

Quebec's first female premier has found a new role since leaving office: that of champion for the French language.

Viewers' choice awards celebrating the most popular stars on Quebec television will be handed out next month, and all of the 70 stars nominated are white.

The federal government is launching a review of the Official Languages Act, saying it is time to modernize the decades-old law.

In the wake of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to cancel francophone services in the province, Federal Tourism and Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly said "I think Mr. Ford needs a history lesson about bilingualism and the linguistic duality of the country. I invite him to look at history books.”