Already Minister of Justice and Minister responsible for Secularism and Parliamentary Reform, Simon Jolin-Barrette has agreed to the new post of Minister of the French Language.
In a press release published Wednesday, Premier François Legault’s office explained that following the adoption of Bill 96 on the official and common language of Quebec, Simon Jolin-Barrette has been appointed to the post of Minister of the French Language.
With Simon Jolin-Barrette as Minister of the French Language, I am confident that our government will continue to take the necessary steps to protect our language and reverse the main trend of recent years that has unfortunately led to the decline of French. in Quebec.François Legault’s explanation of the missive of his cabinet.
As for Simon Jolin-Barrette, who combines the roles of Minister of Justice, Minister responsible for Secularism and Parliamentary Reform, Minister responsible for Montérégie in addition to acting as Head of the House of Representatives, thanked he is the Prime Minister for His confidence.
The protection and enhancement of the French language are historical responsibilities of the Government of Quebeche explains.
” The enactment of Bill 96 represents the first step in a necessary linguistic revival. The future of Quebec will be written in French. “
Often ridiculed by his opponents who accuse him of trusting only a few super-ministers to govern, François Legault once again called on his young minister to compile the tastiest files since he came to the cabinet, Four years that ago.
He inherited the reform of the Charter of the French language, the law on State secularism, without forgetting the reform of family law, the law aimed at improving access to justice or the creation of specialized courts for sexual and domestic. violence, to name a few.
Note that he also underwent Immigration reform and the 18,000 unprocessed immigration files piled up in his ministry’s offices.
Source: Radio-Canada
