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QUEBEC CITY - Quebec's premier may unleash the language police to crack down on the growing use of English in workplaces around the province.
A report released on Monday found English continues to gain ground in the province. Premier Jean Charest says he favours doing whatever needs to be done to promote the French language and culture.
That could include asking Quebec's language watchdog to tighten up enforcement of the rules, he said.
Under Bill 101, the controversial language law passed in the 1970s, the Office de la Langue Française, can order businesses with more than 50 employees to translate all internal correspondence into French.
"The English language has become very much – throughout the world – the language of business," Charest said.
"So the constant pressure will be there."
The report, released on Monday by the language watchdog, says the French language is in a "precarious" state in Quebec as English usage continues to expand.
It says efforts to require businesses to comply with language laws aren't halting the trend.
The report also finds that although immigrants are still more likely to learn French, English is the language of choice for more than half of all new arrivals to the province.
These people are insane, for real.