StatsCan isn’t doing Quebec’s anglophones any favours

A recent Statistics Canada report provides a clearer picture of who can speak English in Quebec, but that doesn’t define the province’s English-speaking community.

Premier François Legault’s traditional reaction to media analysis of the ‘incursion’ of English is that Quebec will become another Louisiana in two generations without overbearing language laws like Bill 96, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

August 30, 2023

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—“Lies, damned, lies, and statistics.” It is a quote attributed to Mark Twain, but its genesis is murky at best. It is safe to say it’s not a phrase staff at Statistics Canada often use. Nonetheless, it is one that comes to mind when perusing a couple...

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