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40 Years of Bill 101 in QuébecEdited by François Vaillancourt
[Language Problems and Language Planning 43:2] 2019
► pp. 179–197
Quebec’s language policy and economic globalization
Gilles Grenier | University of Ottawa
This article examines the economic situation of language groups in Quebec since the 1970s. Particular attention is
paid to the contexts of economic globalization, where English has become the most used world lingua franca, and of immigration now
being the major source of population growth. Viewing language as a market where supply and demand determine outcomes, the purpose
of Bill 101 was to increase the value and the use of French. The relative economic position of Francophones has improved and they
now have better purchasing power and control of the economy. However, the number of Francophones in the population is not expected
to increase much and their proportion in the population will drop significantly. Due to immigration, the number and proportion of
Allophones will increase, but Anglophones will also benefit since the proportion of immigrants who assimilate to English is larger
than the proportion of Anglophones in the population. In the labor market, working in English pays more than working in French for
immigrants. In spite of the progresses made by Francophones, the situation of French in Quebec remains a concern. The challenge is
to integrate more immigrants into the French-speaking majority.
Keywords: language policy, language market, Quebec, globalization, immigration
Article outline
- Introduction
- The Quebec language market
- Empirical evidence
- English as a lingua franca, languages used at work and immigration
- Policy implications
- Conclusions and prospects for the future
- Notes
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Published online: 22 July 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.00041.gre
https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.00041.gre
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