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Reactions to Bill 14 <\/b><\/i>
\nBy Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Nelligan’s representative in the Quebec legislature is concerned about provisions of Quebec’s proposed new language law, Bill 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially the section touching the new political police that they have created, giving the [language] minister unusual powers that didn’t exist before,\u201d Yolande James told The Suburban.<\/i> On election night, the feisty former cabinet minister had vowed to stand in the way of any Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois efforts that will prejudice cultural communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, it speaks of the whole way that the Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois sees the language issue,\u201d she said in an interview, Dec. 13. <\/p>\n

She described the p\u00e9quistes’ strategy as a zero-sum game, in which the only way that one side can win is for the other to lose. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey approach it as one against the other, as opposed to seeing the reality that people in Quebec are more bilingual than they have ever been in. That’s a very positive thing.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole premise that French has lost ground in Quebec because [some] people don’t use French as their first language at home is wrong,\u201d James continued. \u201cPeople are speaking French.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cObviously it is always important to remain vigilant about protecting the French language,\u201d she added. \u201cI believe in that.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cBut the way that you do that is by encouraging people to learn the language and not pitting people one against another, which is the way I have always seen the Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois act.\u201d <\/p>\n

Small business threatened <\/b>
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\nJames is also wary of provisions of Bill 14 that will force small businesses\u2014which create more jobs than large corporations\u2014to francicize once their complement reaches 26 employees. Current, Quebec’s language laws force them to do so when they reach 50 employees. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be encouraging small businesses rather than burdening them with a load of bureaucracy in the name of what?\u201d she asked. \u201cThis is attacking the wrong people for the wrong reasons. We’re in the midst of a global economic slowdown. We should be supporting businesses and encouraging them to conduct their affairs in French.” <\/p>\n

James said that while she will respect the review process for the newly tabled bill, \u201cIf there was a vote on it today, you don’t have to guess which side I would be on. I would obviously not be favourable to that sort of thing.\u201d <\/p>\n

She concluded by promising to continue to hold the Quebec government accountable in 2013, and repeated her election night declaration, promising that \u201cI will still be in the government’s way next year.\u201d <\/p>\n

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