Universities can take Quebec to court over tuition hikes and French requirements, lawyers say

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Michael Norman Bergman is no stranger to fighting Quebec in court.

As the lawyer representing the Task Force on Linguistic Policy, an English-language advocacy organization, he has challenged Bill 96 — a law that restricts the use of English and other minority languages in the province. 

Earlier this week, the Quebec government revised its plan to hike tuition fees for out-of-province students, bringing fees up by several thousand dollars.

But the revisions didn’t end there. Citing what it calls a decline in French in Montreal, the government announced that 80 per cent of out-of-province students enrolled at a school will need to attain intermediate

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