Non paywall Link: Official bilingualism is officially dead in Canada
Statistics Canada surely did not time the release of language data from the 2021 Census to coincide with the launch of an election campaign in Quebec. But its publication of findings that confirm the decline of French within the province and across Canada are sure to light a fuse on the campaign trail as Premier François Legault calls for Ottawa to cede more powers to Quebec.
Can open... worms everywhere....
I'm sure they're right and this is going to be a pretty big issue in their election. And depending how things go it's bound to bleed over into the federal scene for the next election there as well. Fun times.