Inspectors are now watching whether store staff are “spontaneous” with their French greetings. What’s next? Extra points for ...

Quebec has for decades clandestinely monitored the language in which stores greet and serve. A Gazette analysis takes readers ...

A Gazette analysis of OQLF studies shows the growing emphasis on being served in French without having to ask.

OTTAWA — A day after many Liberal MPs argued that their next leader must speak French and understand Quebec, one of their caucus colleagues — who doesn’t speak the language — announced his candidacy ...

she didn’t proactively speak the more common untruth about the French language in Quebec — namely, that it is mortally imperilled, and that “Louisianisation” is at hand. “(Speaking to ...

“Here are a few reminders about the application of Bill 96 (‘An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec’). All signage must be in French (Italian is accepted at ...

Dr Dubois came to Quebec from France in 2012 and completed a doctorate at a French-language university. The biology graduate said she alternated between "laughing and not understanding" when she ...

Celebrated local paper The Victory stopped publishing in the ’80s. Under Quebec’s latest French language protection law, Bill 96, the city’s own website is no longer allowed to post any ...

Where speaking English is a problem Many in Quebec see their French identity as being under threat. It is the only Canadian province where French is the sole official language. However ...

Quebec’s French language commissioner wants to see more courses in French in the province’s universities. In a November report that examined trends surrounding the fragility of French in Quebec, ...