Bill 96… sort of the same flavour:
Just over two years ago, the Quebec government gave itself more powers to police the language spoken in the halls and flowing through the digital networks of the businesses in the province. That includes the tech sector, source of about five per cent of Quebec’s GDP. The law itself is black and white,
allowing the state, among other things, to inspect said words and data and issue fines should it not contain enough French.
But it’s hard to measure the effect that
Bill 96, the “act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec,” has had on businesses since its passage, because it often means trying to prove a negative. How do you quantify what a company didn’t do as the result of legislation? What’s more, the businesses in question don’t want to talk about anything language-related, ever, for fear of angering the state policing it.
MONTREAL — Just over two years ago, the Quebec government gave itself more powers to police the language spoken in the halls and flowing through the digital networks of the businesses in the province. That includes the tech sector, source of about five per cent of Quebec’s GDP.
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