December 4, 2023
English-speakers’ advocate on Que. health bill
A last-minute amendment to Bill 15 sprung by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government – and subsequently dropped – was aimed at “bringing in elements of Bill 96 and the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) to the whole question of health care” under Bill 15, explains Eva Ludwig, president of the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN). Quebec Premier François Legault had earlier, she notes, specifically “reassured the (English-speaking) community that health and social services would not be impacted, and (this sector) was not included in Bill 96.”