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Quebec’s English community has ‘a fragile vitality,’ Concordia professor says

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“We need to be careful and respect our minorities — respect, protect and support our minorities,” says Lorraine O’Donnell, a specialist in the history of English-language Quebec.

Many in the English community feel that these are tough times for anglophones in Quebec, with English school boards in turmoil, Bill 101 set to be strengthened and reports that the federal government is contemplating revamping the Official Languages Act to strengthen protection of French in the province.

But Lorraine O’Donnell, a specialist in the history of English-language Quebec, prefers to give the situation more of a glass-half-full spin.

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