Alliance Quebec

Alliance Quebec is an English-language rights organization in the province of Quebec, founded in 1982. It fights for the constitutionally-protected rights of English-speaking citizens of that predominantly French-speaking Canadian province. It raises awareness and fights what it perceives as the linguistic discriminatory practices of the Quebec provincial government, including language laws. It also ensures that English-speakers have access to health and education services in their own language.

Related Topics:
Language rights - Quebec - 1982

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Alliance Quebec receives funding from Heritage Canada and private donations. The headquarters of the organization is in Montreal. Most of its members are White Protestants - however, over the past few years many people from Montreal's ethnic communities have also joined the organization, believing that it serves their interests and protects their rights.

Related Topics:
Heritage Canada - Montreal - Protestants - Ethnic

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Over the past decade, Alliance Quebec has been plagued by infighting and external contention with Quebecois nationalists.

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Many political analysts feel that Alliance Quebec is fighting a losing battle as the White Protestant community of Quebec dwindles and is losing its historical stature in the province. However, another point of view subscribes to the notion that with the pervasive influence of Hollywood, American television and "Anglophone" media influences in Quebec, English-language culture is stronger than ever and should be fostered and protected. Most Alliance Quebec supporters believe that the organization should stress a program focusing on the rights of linguistic minorities in Quebec to attend school in English, receive certain services in English, and to fight on constitutional grounds provincial legislation regarding the "Frenchification" of commercial signs, business communications, legislative tribunals, and community-government relations.

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