A nation consists of a people sharing a historic connection to a territory. The people living in that territory may speak one or more languages. Essential to the idea of nationhood is the will of a ...

One of the reasons I moved to Québec in 2015 was because of the mélange of languages in which many Quebecers — especially in Montréal — live and work. Some are able to change languages from sentence ...

French in Quebec isn’t just a language; it’s the heartbeat of a culture that has fought to stay alive for centuries. In a continent where English dominates nearly every corner of daily life, Quebec ...

Bill 96, key legislation that will amend Québec’s Charter of the French Language (the “Charter”) and affect many businesses, has just been passed in the Québec National Assembly. It will not have ...

The French Charter was adopted in 1977 by the Quebec government to protect the French language. Through the French Charter, the French language holds status as the official language in the province of ...

For a Montreal-based Times correspondent, proposed language legislation brings back memories of the 1970s. By Dan Bilefsky MONTREAL — When I go for a stroll in my Montreal neighborhood, the ...