Even during the political dog days of summer, we can’t seem to escape the absurdity and frustration caused by Quebec language law excesses. Every few weeks something else provokes a head slap.

This week we learned about a barbershop owner in St-Léonard who — six months after opening his local business — started being hounded by Quebec’s French-language watchdog (OQLF) regarding everything from his store signage to his online presence — informed, as the owner put it, that he was being “too loud on Instagram with my English.”

Earlier this month, we discovered that LaSalle College, a bilingual institution, is being fined $30 million by the CAQ government for enrolling too many students in its English-language programs, exceeding a cap established by Bill 96 aimed at public CEGEPs and subsidized private colleges like LaSalle. The school says international students, who make up about 70 per cent of those enrolled in English-language Attestation of College Studies, where the government claims it exceeded its cap, are entirely

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