Quebec’s language watchdog will stay away from ‘Go! Habs Go!’ from now on, minister says [Video]

The minister responsible for French in Quebec says the province’s language watchdog will, from now on, ignore complaints related to the use of English in the phrase “Go! Habs Go!” 

The Montreal Gazette first reported that city buses changed the message of support to the Montreal Canadiens on their electronic displays to avoid using the word “Go” because it was an Anglicism. 

On Friday, Jean-François Roberge posted on X that the Office québécois de la langue française, or OQLF, has been receiving a flurry of backlash.

“OQLF employees are currently receiving threats. This is completely unacceptable. It must stop,” he wrote. 

Roberge said the office would no longer respond to complaints about “Go! Habs Go!” because it is “an expression that is a part of our DNA, our identity.”

WATCH | Go! Habs Go! is a no-go: Montreal’s transit authority is re-wording written support for the NHL team on all of its buses after Quebec’s French-language watchdog recommended the change. The OQLF says the word ‘go’ is an Anglicism.

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