Language Commissioner’s report fails to come to grips with anglophone angst in Quebec

The report fails in so many ways, but it also ignores the purpose of the original Official Languages Act.

Astonishingly, Official Languages Commissioner Raymond Théberge's recent report barely mentions either Quebec's Bill 96, or the federal Bill C-13, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

August 14, 2024

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—In the fall of 1988, a song titled “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” by Bobby McFerrin was everywhere. Following the economic collapse in October 1987, it had a certain irony: things were not going well, the economy sucked. The song was a musical diversi...

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