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August 29, 2012

Quebec's Dangerous Language Debate

Celine Cooper, Montreal Gazette

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To deny Quebec citizens - new, old, or otherwise - the democratic right to participate in our political process simply because they may not be able to pass a French test runs counter to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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TAGGED: Parti Quebecois, Quebec, Canada, French

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