Original sentence: English is still often made a requirement by employers in Montreal and, to a lesser extent, in Gatineau and Quebec City.Many have alleged that the Charter has hindered the province's economy.Montreal's workforce is largely bilingual (French and English), unlike that of Toronto where the francophone minority is smaller.The charter is claimed by opponents to have caused up to 244,000 people to emigrate from Quebec to other provinces since the 1970s.The extensive powers of these enforcers including the levying of fines of up to $7000 per offence to punish legal persons who contravene the charter's provisions or regulations have been criticized
Edited sentence: According to Statistics Canada, up to 244,000 English-speaking people have emigrated from Quebec to other provinces since the 1970s, and that the population of those whose mother tongue is English had dropped from 789,000 in 1971 to 190,000 in 1996.English is still often made a requirement by employers in Montreal and, to a lesser extent, in Gatineau and Quebec City, with the workforce in Montreal remaining largely billingual despite the Charter.Many have suggested that the Charter has hindered the province's economy and allowed Toronto to overtake Montreal as Canada's business centre.The extensive powers of these enforcers including the levying of fines of up to $7000 per offence to punish persons who contravene the charter's provisions or regulations have been criticized