Reason Magazine
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Frida Ghitis: Quebec is zealously defending the primacy of the French language.
She says it's a noble goal to preserve spoken French , but strict linguistic regulation is counterproductive.
Ghitis says it would be impossible to regulate how 8.8 million Quebecers speak without engaging in some silly battles.
The government has tried to ban that favorite Montrealer greeting, "bonjour, hi," including at private businesses, Ghitis writes.
Quebec 's Charter of the French Language forced Kentucky Fried Chicken to give up its English label.
In 2000 , a far-left separatist group carried out a series of firebombings against several Second Cup café locations because the Canada -based chain's name was in English .
A new policy mandated that only music by Quebecois artists may be played in provincial government buildings and on government-run phone lines.
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