Anglo Quebecers are not a threat to French, we shouldn’t be treated as such

I am not a threat to the French language, nor are my fellow Anglo citizens. And to make us feel unwelcome in the guise of promoting the French language is the worst kind of discrimination.

In the midst of the pandemic, Quebec Premier François Legault spent $5-million to hire new inspectors for the Quebec Office of the French Language (OQLF) to check signs and menus in restaurants and stores, writes Andrew Caddell.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

November 25, 2020

MONTREAL, QUE.—Sometimes things in life don’t happen as quickly as they should. An article in La Presse in September 2017 focused on my plans to move back to Quebec in 2018. Two years later, I have taken the step, moving to my ancestral home in Kamouraska and taking a pied à terre

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