Quebec's French-language restrictions spark another legal challenge—and some cheek from Côte Saint-Luc

JL;DR SUMMARY A group of two dozen municipalities, including the heavily Jewish suburb of Cte Saint-Luc, has launched a legal challenge against Quebec's new French-language law, Bill 96, citing concerns over restrictions on English-speaking populations' access to government services for the next five years due to the notwithstanding clause being invoked. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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