Couillard thinks positive approach will strengthen French language

With less than a week left before Quebecers head to the polls, Liberal leader Philippe Couillardspoke with CBC Montreal's Debra Arbecon both the past and future of the party.

Couillardaddressed the province's language politics, which recently surfaced during the last leaders's debate.

He says the PartiQubcois are using "coercion" to promote the Frenchin businesses instead of helping businessesadopt the language.

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Today, Couillardsaid thatalthough he does not have any plans to change Bill 101, he describedthe 2013 "Pastagate" incident involving theOffice qubcois de la langue franaise(OQLF) as "ridiculous."

"It was not good for Quebecs image, obviously, abroad and it should not happen again," said Couillard.

"We want to engage people in french and the promotion of French in a positive way"