By Marcus Bankuti  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Two of the largest Indigenous lobby groups in the province have joined forces to launch a legal challenge against Bill 96, now known as Law 14, citing the ancestral rights of First Nations in education. The application for judicial review has been jointly filed by the First Nations Education Council (FNEC) and Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL). “They are starting to refuse some of our students to attend college, and that’s a no-no. They pushed too far,” said Denis Gros-Louis, director of FNEC. Gros-Louis explained that it took time to gather the legal expertise, but that’s not the only reason the challenge is being launched now. Some students have been expected to provide an eligibility form to attend English-language CEGEPs, according

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