Opinion: Forty years after Bill 101

On the 40th anniversary of Bill 101, both sides to the tumultuous debate of the 1980s should feel humbled. How wrong we all were! And how right!
First, let us consider the proponents of the law. History has shown that they were right on the principle of protecting French. Freedom of choice in education would have led to a catastrophic decline of French, at least in Montreal and that has been avoided. It made no sense for commercial signs to be in English only, and legislating the obligation