The Parti Québécois went there Thursday with its own bill to strengthen Bill 101 and a motion extending the provisions of the Charter on French-language education to the college network.
Pascal Bérubé, spokesperson for the third opposition party for culture and communications issues, tabled his bill 190, which deals with both French as a working language and as a host language , among others.
It includes the right to learning services in French, the right to be received in French in health and social services establishments, public utility companies, professional orders and employee associations.
His motion on teaching in French could not be debated, however, as the leader of the Caquist government refused to give his assent.
The motion called for taking note of the fact that the allophone clientele has been growing in the English-speaking college network for 20 years.
It was mentioned that this is a “major factor in anglicization in Quebec”, particularly in the greater Montreal area.
the Journal of Quebec reported in its Wednesday edition that some English-speaking CEGEPs received a large allophone clientele, such as Cégep Vanier with 52% and Dawson with 41.6%.
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