National Assembly wraps for the summer.
He said all government employees would receive a directive on how to apply the rules. Special training would be provided and new signage would be installed for Quebecers seeking to obtain services in English from such agencies as the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec or Hydro-Québec.
The Liberal MNA for Jacques-Cartier, Greg Kelley, said he received a letter about a 95-year-old anglophone woman who was trying to sort out some papers at the counter with a SAAQ employee who refused to speak English upfront. “This is the reality on the ground,” Kelley said. “It frustrates people that they have to prove they’re English. They pay taxes. It offends them.Article content
“One day, far off when I am in my rocking chair, I will say it was our government that stopped the decline of French and set off in the opposite direction,” Legault said.Article content Despite his talk of rocking chairs, Legault, who recently turned 65, insisted he has no plans to retire any time soon.He said he has told his MNAs to get some rest in the summer months because with negotiations to renew the contracts with public-sector workers plodding, the unions will be in a strike position as of Sept. 1.Article contentThe opposition parties, however, were less generous in their assessment of the session.
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