Anti-English Protest planned for Wednesday

Around 400 people are expected to show up at Place des Festivals this Wednesday to protest the “increasing” use of English in Montreal.

According to the Gazette, les Partenaires pour une Quebec Francais, , the Société St-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal and the Mouvement national des Québécois as well as a group of large labour unions have organised the “en lumiere” protest.

They say they want to use the current “identity crisis” in the province to bring attention to underline the importance of the French language as the common language for all Quebecers.

Protestors will be given lights to place in the Place des Festivals to create a large “101” that will be photographed from above.