• Open Letter and Companion Resolution to Premier François Legault

    English-speaking Quebecers are not some folkloric ‘historic’ group. We are full-fledged Quebecers, who are committed to building an inclusive Quebec where French is the common language.

    Read our open letter to Premier François Legault

  • Read All About Our Unique and Exceptional Year


    Go to Our Annual Report

  • SAY NO TO BILL 96 — Language Rights are Human Rights

    Learn how the Government of Quebec’s proposed legislation will affect your daily life and how we can work together to oppose it.

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  • WORKING TOGETHER FOR A MORE VITAL COMMUNITY

    In order to best represent the interests of Quebec’s English-speaking community, the Quebec Community Groups Network supports stakeholders in identifying common needs, challenges, and priorities. Our Network is developing a framework for collective action to ensure more English-speaking Quebecers are engaged in decisions that affect the future of our community.

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  • FRONT LINE ADVOCACY

    QCGN, which takes action on the strategic issues affecting the development and vitality of English-speaking Quebec, is committed to protecting the language rights of English-speaking Quebecers.

    View our Language Rights page

  • DEFENDING THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE INSITUTIONS OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING QUEBEC

    Through its Health and Social Services Committee, the Quebec Community Groups Network works to ensure the interests of our community are protected and that our rights to access health and social services in our own language are respected.

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  • CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) RESPONSE

    Created by the QCGN in cooperation with members and stakeholders, this frequently updated hub provides links to information about new government programs as well as access to additional resources and online tools in English.

    Go to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Hub

  • SOCIAL INNOVATION IN ACTION

    The Community Innovation Fund (CIF) helps Quebec’s English-speaking communities put social innovation in action by supporting 10 innovative projects that addresses the needs of vulnerable English-speaking youth, seniors and newcomers.

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DAY OF ACTION AGAINST BILL 96

Organizers would like to thank one and all for your enthusiastic participation in Saturday’s protest against Bill 96. It was encouraging to see thousands of Quebecers calling for the repeal of this discriminatory legislation. Together we sent a clear message to our politicians that this proposed legislation is totally unacceptable. Our concerns were heard loud and clear. Let’s hope they will be heeded.

SAY NO TO BILL 96 Language Rights are Human Rights

Quebec’s Bill 96 is proposing to limit services to English-speaking Quebecers and pull back our rights and freedoms of under the cover of language legislation. Click here to read and sign our open letter to Premier Legault. Also click here to learn how Bill 96 would negatively affect your daily life. More details about this bill and other language legislations on our Language Rights page.

News

Statement by The Honourable Marlene Jennings, P.C. President of the Quebec Community Groups Network on the Adoption of Bill 96

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For more than a year, the QCGN has been doing its best to convince the Quebec government of the shortcomings of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec. Unfortunately, our concerns as well as those of countless Quebecers including organizations representing our business, education, health and social services, human […]

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Une société normale

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Though the QCGN has voiced its support for French being the official and common language of Quebec, Le Devoir columnist Robert Dutrisac accuses the organization of hypocrisy by speaking out against Bill 96. Dutrisac criticizes what he calls the QCGN’s desire to maintain the “status quo.” Read more

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(Video) Anglophone seniors living outside Montreal deplores limited access to English-language newspapers

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English-speaking residents outside the greater Montreal area say they feel cut off, even abandoned. For months, they haven’t been able to get their hands on publications of most English-language newspapers. “It really affects the vitality of our community in terms of access to what’s going on,” says Eva Ludvig, a board member of the Quebec […]

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Bill 96: Five reasons Quebec’s language law reform is stirring controversy

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A protest against Quebec’s proposed overhaul of its language law drew a large crowd in Montreal on Saturday. Marlene Jennings, president of the Quebec Community Groups Network, an anglophone advocacy group, says the law could prevent hundreds of thousands of English speakers from accessing health care in their language. Read more

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