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Hydro Québec & other Quebec govt entities will soon have the ability to identify you as a "historic anglophone" for giving you services in English. Everyone else will get govt services in French. CAQ govt. says it will implement this people identification system as a part of Bill 101 enhancements.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/english-government-s...

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Not saying I agree with it but Quebec's only official language is French so it doesn't have to offer services in English at all. This is just a case of granting special privileges to a certain group of people based on historical factors, as is the case with indigenous peoples.

If that's the meaning of "official language", then it seems they're illiberal, anti-democratic and unnecessary. I see no reason why the state shouldn't be able to use any convenient language when dealing with the people who live there.

Using the government's actions to define the natural rights of the government's subjects against the government is a little backwards.

I am more curious about the technology that Québec will use to identify groups of people online & offline to determine whether they are historic Anglophones in Québec or other anglophones from rest of Canada. Something like smart card ? It all seems a little bit crazy that how far Québec will go protect French in an English dominated world.

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