Text of the White Paper on Language - Bill 101 - Quebec 1977

Text of the White Paper on Language - Bill 101 - Quebec 1977 Introduction

Original copy of the defunct English language newspaper, The Montreal Star Charte de la langue française (1977) The René Lévesque government made the language issue its priority and enacted Bill 101, the Charte de la langue française (Charter of the French Language), in 1977. The objective behind the charter was to allow francophone Quebecers to live and assert themselves in French. This bill followed the publication of a controversial white paper (Bill 1) the same year. Camille Laurin, the “father of Bill 101,” made it a very specific law endowing Quebec with institutions like the Conseil de la langue française and the Commission de surveillance (which became the Commission de protection de la langue française in 1984). Bill 101 stipulates that French must be the language of legislation and the courts, administration, work, and business as well as education. Details: 12 pages. Condition as shown. S 04