Has Official Bilingualism in Canada Finally Hit a Brick Wall (Part 1)?

For 1,3 million English-speaking Quebecers, Bill 96 was bad enough. However, the recently updated Official Languages Act accelerates the federal government’s own betrayal of the community

Up to now, the Government of Canada’s quasi-constitutional Official Languages Act (OLA) has for the most part given words to some of Canada’s most cherished principles and values:

1. A commitment to symmetrical official bilingualism, i.e., the equal status and treatment of the English and French languages within the national government, and in federally-re…