Bilingual Quebec Communities Lose Bid to Suspend Application of Language Law Rules

Bilingual Quebec Communities Lose Bid to Suspend Application of Language Law Rules
The Quebec Superior Court is seen in Montreal on March 27, 2019. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government’s French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts.

The communities asked the Quebec Superior Court last month to suspend the application of parts of Bill 96—as the language reform is known—arguing it would cause them serious and irreparable harm.