Mouvement Québec français
Mouvement Québec français (MQF) is a group in Quebec that works to protect and defend the French language. It started in early March 1971 after François-Albert Angers, leader of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal, and Matthias Rioux, leader of the Alliance des professeurs de Montréal, decided not to renew the earlier Front du Québec français project. They were unhappy with a French-language law passed by Quebec’s National Assembly.
Angers was MQF president from 1972 to 1980, followed by Guy Bouthillier. On March 22, Angers sent invitations to 11 organizations. Three business groups pulled out, leaving eight organizations to form MQF. The movement officially launched on November 29, 1971.
MQF decided that the presidents or chief executives of member organizations would speak for the group in turn. Four spokespeople led the movement between 1971 and 1976: Albert Allain, Jacques-Yvan Morin, Fernand Daoust, and François-Albert Angers.
The initial goals were to make French the sole official language of Quebec and to abrogate the Act to promote the French language in Quebec. MQF prepared two draft bills and explained them in a 13-page document published on January 18, 1972.
During the 1973 Quebec general election campaign, MQF became very active and worked to raise public awareness about language issues. It printed 25,000 copies of a 96-page brochure, “Je vote pour le Québec français,” written by André Gaulin, Henri Laberge, and François-Albert Angers.
In 1974, the National Assembly passed the Official Language Act (Bill 22). MQF opposed the act, saying it did not do enough to protect French.
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