The decline of French in Quebec is a nationalist myth

The growth in the use of French by non-French mother tongue citizens, should be celebrated, not ignored.

Bill 96, introduced by Quebec Premier François Legault’s CAQ government, comes after a mind-numbing barrage from nationalist politicians, columnists, and demographers over the past two years, who have taken statistics and twisted them to suit their narrow agenda, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Instagram

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

May 26, 2021

MONTREAL—Let Us Compare Mythologies. The title of Leonard Cohen’s first book of poetry seems pertinent in a new context: the introduction of the clumsy and fatuous Bill 96 by the CAQ government. The 100-page language law’s proposals are built on the mythology of the “decline” of F...

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