Jean-Francois Roberge

• Quebec judge worries changes to language law could lead to unfair court delays

  A Quebec court judge is warning Bill 96 could lead to unreasonable delays in criminal trials, but some are accusing him of seeing problems where there aren't any.

  Politics

  May 3, 2024
  
• Quebec to invest $603M to protect French language. Critics say province has it all wrong

  Critics say the province is relying on data that reflects the private sphere versus the public, and intends on using coercive measures to bolster and protect the French language.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2024
  
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• Quebec politicians rail against ‘English week’ at French-language CEGEP

  "There's already enough English among young people in general in Quebec,'' Premier François Legault said to reporters on Wednesday.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2023
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• Quebec invests $1.5 million to promote French language in Montreal

  Although the metropolis is officially a French-speaking city, it's where English is used the most in Quebec and officials want to change that.

  Politics

  Sep 1, 2023
• All bilingual towns in Quebec choose to keep right to serve people in English and French

  Under Quebec's Bill 96, municipalities in which fewer than 50 per cent of citizens have English as a mother tongue could lose the right to communicate with residents in English.

  Canada

  May 16, 2023
• New federal funding for Quebec’s anglophone community creates controversy

  The federal government announced new money to support Quebec's minority anglophone community, but opinions differ on how it should be used.

  Politics

  Apr 27, 2023
• Quebec takes aim at ‘Franglais’ in new ad campaign

  Quebec has released a new ad campaign with the goal of stopping francophones from using words like "chill" and "sketch" in the middle of French sentences,

  Politics

  Mar 15, 2023
• Quebec calls for resignation of federal government’s anti-Islamophobia representative

  Quebec Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says Ottawa should fire Amira Elghawaby immediately if she chooses not to resign.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2023
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• Quebec speaks out about New Brunswick’s ‘very worrying’ French immersion reforms

  New Brunswick's current immersion program offers up to 90 per cent of class time in French, while the new program will devote half the day to learning in French.

  Education

  Jan 27, 2023
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• Quebec set to end COVID-19 curfew, Legault believes province close to hospitalization peak

  Premier François Legault said the curfew will end Monday and believes the province is 'going in the right direction' with COVID-19 and the Omicron variant

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2022