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Looking to buttress its arguments for a debate on the state of the French language in Quebec, the Mouvement Québec français (MQF) has launched a petition calling for the provisions of Bill 101 to be extended to the province’s CEGEPs.

The issue is back in the news after the controversy surrounding the opening in Montreal of an English-language campus of the CEGEP de la Gaspésie et des Îles, as well as plans for a bilingual CEGEP in Vaudreuil-Dorion. Meanwhile, last autumn the Legault government cited the possibility of strengthening the French language charter while it intensified efforts to have immigrants learn French.

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Against that backdrop, the MQF has decided to launch its petition at loi101aucegep.quebec.

While the use of French in the workplace and in government institutions has often been central to the state of the language in Quebec, MQF president Maxime Laporte argues that the presence of French in provincial colleges is a “crucial issue” in the debate.