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After years of relative calm, Quebec’s anglophones stormed back into the spotlight for myriad reasons in 2019.

As far as most anglos were concerned, almost all of them were bad.

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The government ordered the closing of English elementary and high schools, proposed the eradication of Quebec’s school board system and promised to limit services in English to “historic anglos” without specifying what, exactly, that term means. All of which served to reignite anglo angst.

Less than a year into the first mandate of Premier François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec government, polls showed Quebec’s English speakers were far more concerned about the erosion of their rights, and held little faith in their new leadership. Given the government’s pledge to toughen up the French Language Charter known as Bill 101, and legal action launched by English-minority groups against school closures, the law banning religious apparel at work and the end of school boards, it appears the the turmoil will persist into 2020.