COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSIONS REGARDING RESTRICTIONS ON CEGEP ADMISSIONS

The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday resumed its clause-by-clause reading of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. The Committee discussed clause 58, which relates to CEGEP admissions. Bill 96 amends the Charter of the French Language.

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FUTURE RESTRICTIONS FOR ADMISSIONS TO ENGLISH-LANGUAGE CEGEPS SCRUTINIZED

The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday resumed its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. Committee members discussed clause 58, covering Articles 88.0.1 through 88.0.4 of the soon-tobe modified Charter of the French Language. This controversial clause focuses on the language of collegial and university instruction. It sets out new conditions to restrict which students – and how many – would in future be permitted to attend English-language CEGEPs.

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COMMITTEE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF LANGUAGE RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING CEGEP ADMISSIONS

The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday resumed its clause-by-clause reading of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. The Committee discussed clauses 56 to 58, and revisited clause 50. Bill 96 amends the Charter of the French Language.

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COMMITTEE EXAMINES LANGUAGE RULES GOVERNING BUSINESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION

The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday resumed its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. The Committee discussed clauses 38 through 56, covering Articles 49 to 84 of the soon-to-be-modified Charter of the French Language. These clauses add and amplify rules regarding French as the language of commerce and as the language of public primary- and secondary-school education.

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COMMITTEE EXAMINES RULES FOR POSTING BILINGUAL POSITIONS

The provincial Committee on Culture and Education yesterday continued its clause-by-clause reading of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec, with clauses 35 and 36 of the bill. This section modifies Art. 46 of the Charter of the French Language. It also adds a new article, 46.1, relating to positions designated as “bilingual” within any organization (both public and private).

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COMMITTEE DISCUSSES USE OF FRENCH IN PROFESSIONAL ORDERS AND THE WORKPLACE

The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday resumed its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. The Committee discussed clauses 20 to 34, covering Articles 30.1 through 45.1 of the soon-to-be-modified Charter of the French Language (CFL).

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COMMITTEE EXAMINES OBLIGATIONS OF PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION IN FRENCH

The Committee on Culture and Education continued its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. The committee continued its revision of Art. 19 of the bill, which adds Art. 29.2 to 29.23 to the Charter of the French Language.

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COMMITTEE EXAMINES EFFECTS OF AGENCY DIRECTIVES ON QUEBEC IMMIGRANTS

The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday continued its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. The Committee proceeded in its study of clause 19 of the bill, covering Article 29.6 to 29.14 of the soon-to-be-modified Charter of the French Language.

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COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO CARVE OUT EXCEPTIONS TO EXEMPLARY USE OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE

The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education resumed its clause-by-clause study of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec on Tuesday. They continued evaluating article 25 of the bill, which introduces articles 22.2 to 22.5 of the Charter of the French Language 

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EXEMPTIONS TO THE USE OF FRENCH BY GOVERNMENT UNDER SCRUTINY BY COMMITTEE

The Committee on Culture and Education continued its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec yesterday, discussing clause 15 of the proposed legislation. This portion of the Bill deals with exceptions to the requirement that agencies of the civil administration (i.e. government institutions) communicate in the official language.

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