Twenty-three municipalities in Quebec have joined together to ask the courts to suspend parts of Quebec’s new language law, which they describe as abusive, while they contest it.
All of the cities and towns taking part in the challenge, including Côte St-Luc, Beaconsfield, Dorval, Kirkland, Montreal West and Westmount have bilingual status.
The Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec, amends several pieces of Quebec legislation, including the Charter of the French Language, making it more difficult to receive services in English.
The mayors say they are concerned about communications, illegal searches and seizures, government grants and the obligation, set out
