Opposition NDP concerned by state of French in Quebec

Posted By: Jason Mayoff · 10/24/2012 5:26:00 PM

The opposition NDP in Ottawa says it's concerned by the state of the French language in Quebec.

The NDP's critic for the Francophonie says it's time the conservatives put their words into action.

Pierre Dionne Labelle says the government has turned its back on Francophones and Quebecers by appointing unilingual anglophones to key positions like Supreme Court judges and the Auditor General.

Language critic Yvon Godin says he's encouraged by the figures that show More allophones are adopting the French language in Quebec.

“French as a mother tongue is declining in Canada, Quebec and Montreal. Quebec and particularly Montreal is welcome territory for immigration. But fortunately, some data are encouraging. More and more Allophones are adopting the French language in Quebec,” he said.

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  1. Ghislain Laframboise posted on 10/24/2012 07:19 PM
    Wow ! no comments on how the french language decline everywhere in Canada and specially here in Quebec. It's seems that people who comes here are more interested on what happened to they english counterparts than their french counterparts. Sad but true !
    1. Jean posted on 10/25/2012 06:01 AM
      @Ghislain Laframboise Please read carefully. I am sure most of these mother tongue non francophone are also fluent in french. That I do not consider decline but enrichness.
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