The board says it will file the motion in Quebec Superior Court today after it received a warning about its internal communications from the province's language watchdog — Office québécois de la langue française.
It says the watchdog has interpreted the new language law — known as Bill 96 — to mean that English school boards must correspond with commissioners, principals and parents in French only. The Montreal board — the largest English school board in the province — says that the interpretation is shocking and would place an undue burden on staff.The EMSB has also brought one of several constitutional challenges to numerous other provisions of Bill 96.