Bill 96, which aims to better protect the French language, will have no impact on services provided to Quebec’s health institutions, said Premier François Legault, who lamented the “disinformation” in the same breath. accompanied by this reform of Law 101.
Anglophones and immigrants can be treated in the language of their choice, he assured on Tuesday at a press scrum organized in Laval.
Rule 96 [qui n’a pas encore été adoptée, NDLR] nothing really changes about our obligation as a government to provide services in English, even to newcomers who only speak English, the Prime Minister declared. So nothing has changed on that side.
Mr. Legault lamented the disinformation revolving around the bill, which states in English that staff of health establishments will not refuse to treat a patient in English if necessaryAnd this, whether their parents attended an English school or not.
Called to explain his refusal to participate in the English leaders ’debate that will take place on September 20-and it may be possible to explain to English speakers the intricacies of Bill 96-Mr. once again raised issues. Legault related to the tight schedules inherent in election campaigns.
But unlike last week, he also remembered that the French were the common language of Quebec and the Anglophones represent only 9% of Quebec’s population.
It is a question of survivalhe repeated several times on Tuesday, also used this expression to justify his government’s desire to limit the enrollment rate of Quebec students in English-speaking CEGEPs to 17%.
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Source: Radio-Canada
