Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach 4:45 p.m., May 19, 2022
In the 17th century, French explorers wrote in their logbook that the inhabitants of New France mastered the French language better than anyone else.
Since then, the slightest questioning of its use in Quebec has been the subject of lively debate.
In the 1960s, the language crisis was in full swing in Quebec.
It opposes the partisans of the French language to those of the English language.
On August 26, 1977, Law 101 made French the language of state, education, commerce, business and work.
Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach tells you the story of Law 101 in perfect French.