{"id":51155,"date":"2023-02-13T11:46:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cotesaintluc.org\/?p=51155"},"modified":"2023-02-13T11:46:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:46:44","slug":"municipalities-bilingual-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cotesaintluc.org\/en\/announcements\/municipalities-bilingual-status\/","title":{"rendered":"All 48 municipalities threatened with the loss of bilingual status have adopted the necessary resolutions to preserve it\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
All 48 municipalities required to adopt a resolution to maintain their bilingual status have now done so, according to research by the City of C\u00f4te Saint-Luc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 1977, it has been illegal for Quebec municipalities to, among other things, send a bilingual tax bill, erect bilingual signage, or send a bilingual memo to city workers. An exception was made for some municipalities, which came to be known as bilingual status. This status doesn\u2019t require a municipality to provide services in English. It merely allows it to so do, to whatever extent it wishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Quebec, 91 municipalities<\/a> have bilingual status. However, the Charter of the French Language<\/a> was amended in 2022 by the National Assembly of Quebec, with the adoption of Bill 96. One of the provisions stated that a municipality\u2019s bilingual status will be revoked in places where fewer than 50 per cent of residents have English as a mother tongue, which is defined in the federal census as the language first learned and still understood. Bill 96 stated that the municipality can avoid losing its status by adopting a resolution within 120 days of receiving notice from the province. There are 48 municipalities with a population where less than 50 percent of residents have \u201cEnglish as mother tongue.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n