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More language hysteria in this morning’s Le Devoir: Quebec ridiculing Bill 101: Turns out this is about how Revenue Quebec makes tax forms available to corporations which must file a tax return in Quebec. The horror of this is that the State is breaking the French language charter by communicating with Quebec-based corporations in a language other than French.
The hysterical Le Devoir story is about how the internet sites of Revenu Québec, Investissement Québec et l'Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), make everything available in English for investors and corporations outside Quebec. Malheureusement, a Quebec corporation could use these to deal with the Quevbec government and its agencies in English. Imagine.
OQLF spokesman Gilbert Paquette says if the charter was properly applied, Quebec-registered and incorporated financial entities would be forced to file in French.
The commonsense argument is that the state will benefit by making the document-filing process simpler for everyone. Language transparency is part of that process.
But we all know that, in Quebec, language hysteria always trumps common sense. That's why the Quebec economy is so unattractive to so many businesses that would otherwise love to do business here. |
