Language politics in Quebec are often a numbers game. Statistics Canada detects a small decline in the use of French in the home, or the province’s auditor-general finds that programs to teach ...

Lacombe’s argument is based on data that isn’t very encouraging for Quebec’s cultural sector. Citing government data, Lacombe claims that 92 per cent of young people have difficulty identifying French ...

In 1977, passage of Bill 101 made French Quebec’s everyday business language, and obligated children of immigrants to attend elementary and high school in French, leading to the departure of many ...