Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Wed. August 19th, 2026

For a panicked few days in early September, it looked like LaSalle College in downtown Montreal was going to close for good, forced into bankruptcy by the Quebec government for temporarily teaching too many students in English. It was politically unusual. In the middle of any other provincial election, campaigning political parties would likely rally to support an institute of higher education that was dying, even indirectly, because of government punishment. But Quebec, which goes to the polls Oct. 5, is determinedly unique. In 2022, Quebec strengthened the province’s language...