Liberal MPs to join fight against Quebec's controversial language bill | CBC News by danlebla
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather has criticized the fact that Quebec has preemptively invoked the notwithstanding clause, which will limit the possibility of a legal challenge to the language bill.
Organized by groups that represent the province's English-speaking minority, Saturday's protest is scheduled to start at Dawson College and end at the Montreal offices of Quebec Premier François Legault. Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia, who represents the western-most riding on Montreal Island, has voiced his opposition to Bill 96.
In order to ensure that French is "the official and common language of Quebec", the government would impose new obligations related to the use of French in companies with 25 to 49 employees. It would also control access to English colleges, and would regulate interactions in a language other than French between the Quebec government and the province's citizens and businesses.
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