The politics of language and the Quebec premier’s quest to revive hockey

Today it is a courageous political leader who attempts to make an observation or statement or, heaven forbid, policy, about our languages.

Premier of Quebec François Legault, pictured in September 2020, recently struck a 14-member investigating committee to examine why there are fewer successors for the Richards, Lemieuxs, and Roys in the NHL. The premier is right to see if something can be done to alter the power internationally, writes Gar Pardy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

December 30, 2021

Language is “humanity’s greatest invention” but with it came controversy and the two are never far apart in either lexicon or politics. Their long-standing relationship makes them lovers of some familiarity and today, language is politics and is often a matter of deep anguish. This is the esse...

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