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Oops! Illegally accessed the Quebec National Assembly mobile website in English by accident. Do I turn myself in to the OQLF? #qcpoli #assnat #polqc Image
TIL that if I were still working as a journalist, I wouldn't be allowed to access, read and quote the English version of #Bill96 via the National Assembly website. #catch96 #qcpoli #assnat Image
That is, unless I drove to Ontario and did it from there. #catch96 #qcpoli #assnat
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I wrote this on Quebec's #bill96 and its effect on tech and business in the province.
A thread.

thelogic.co/news/quebec-in…

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"The law allows the state to enter your business based on an anonymous complaint, without warning or warrant, & inspect data on computer systems & electronic devices. The state can fine businesses up to $20,000 should said data not contain the requisite amount of French."

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More specifically, language inspectors can take photographs and obligate anyone on the premises to give these inspectors access to any “electronic device, computer system or other medium” so that they may “verify, examine, process, copy or print out such data.”

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Are health and social services exempted from the obligation #Bill96 imposes on the civil administration to use the French language?
I have been asked to clarify, especially after @francoislegault said at a news conference Tuesday that “there is no need to worry about receiving health-care services in English for any Quebecers”.
@JasonMagder reported in @mtlgazette that Legault said “the law won’t change guarantees enshrined in Section 15 of Quebec’s Act Respecting Health Services and Social Services”.
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