Violations of Bill 101 filed in Montreal

The Office Quebecoise de la langue Francaise has plenty of complaints regarding numerous violations of Bill 101.

In a report by CTV News, 850 complaints were filed with the OQLF on Wednesday. These complaints have been encourged by the Societe Saint-Jean Baptiste and the Mouvement Quebec Francais. 300 of the them were filed by one retired worker who goes around the city looking for violations himself.

English flyers posted on the bust of the father of Bill 101, Camille Laurin were examples of the complaintsfiled. The majority of the complaints were found in Cote-des-Neiges and the St. Laurent industrial park. Many employees ask their employers for bilingualism in the workplace.

The leaders of OQLF ans the SSJB blame the fact that Montreal is becoming increasingly Englishover the past 15 years. A recent editorial in the French newspaper, L'actualite blamed the demise of the French language on anglos not following Bill 101.

Under the tenure of the Quebec Liberals, the OQLF has added 10 new inspectors to the 50 already there.

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