Ford’s Francophone Fracas

By Alex Usher. Among those legislative and oversight offices abolished last week was that of the French Language Services Commissioner, which is widely – and correctly – viewed as a key pillar supporting minority language rights in the province.  Ontario francophones – and to some degree francophones in Québec as well (see Patrick Lagacé’s forceful piece  in English (!) in yesterday’s La Presse) are rightly angry. More...