How francophones outside Quebec became the minority English Canada forgot about
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The Quebec government of Premier François Legault has been criticized, and with good reason, for invoking the notwithstanding clause to curtail the rights of the province’s English-speakers in his flagship language reform, Bill 96. It’s no excuse – as Mr. Legault sometimes falsely suggests – but francophones outside of Quebec often face an even less hospitable reality.
Some will ask: Why should English Canadians care? Quebec will protect French in Quebec; we can wash our hands of francophones outside Quebec. But that’s not how the country is supposed to work. And in any case, the province’s vexed relationship with its linguistic minority makes it an unreliable ally for francophones beyond its borders.
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