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Analysis: Legault gets top marks from all sides amid COVID-19 crisis
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauQUEBEC — It is one of those ironies of politics that a leader can look at his or her best when things are at their worst. As the COVID-19 crisis rocks the planet, Premier François Legault finds himself in just that position. Suddenly even anglophones who did not vote for the Coalition Avenir Québec in the 2018 election — and disapprove of many of the government’s policies — think Legault is doing a good job leading the province through this sombre time.
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QCGN Welcomes Positive Measures for English-speaking Seniors
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauMontreal, March 10, 2020 – The Quebec Community Groups Network welcomes the injection of an additional $18.8 million into the Secretariat for Relations with English-speaking Quebecers over the next five years. This commitment promises to assist a sizeable number of English-speaking Quebecers, but other community needs remain unanswered.
In particular, the QCGN applauds new measures to sustain existing wellness centres for English-speaking seniors and create 25 additional centres. We look forward as well to details of a pledge to establish and support an employment strategy for English-speaking Quebecers; those details have yet to be released.
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To Anglos, CAQ Government’s Deeds Speak Louder than its Words
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauBy Geoffrey Chambers and Gerald Cutting, QCGN
Last fall, the government of Premier François Legault conducted a round of consultations with English-speaking Quebecers. A range of voices from across the English-speaking community laid out specific and very reasonable actions we need from his government. The process proved positive to the extent that it opened a dialogue. However, it was rushed and failed to build on, or to consider, previous strategic priority-setting work done by the community. Furthermore, the government is sending mixed messages when hosting a consultation while ignoring our fundamental disagreements with them on key policy initiatives that affect our vitality and our constitutional rights.
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Bill 40 may have been a law too far
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by Catheline MoreauWith the Quebec Community Groups Network, the Quebec English School Board Association, and the English Montreal School Board and others preparing to challenge the constitutionality of Bill 40, Education Minister Jean-François Roberge should have considered taking a more tender approach to abolishing school boards, says an op-ed in The Suburban.
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English School Boards will Challenge the Reform in Court
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauThe Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA) has announced Thursday that it will challenge Bill 40 in court even if the school elections are not abolished for the English school board, as is the case for Francophones.
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Several English-speaking organizations to challenge constitutionality of Bill 40 in court
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline Moreau“Over the coming weeks,” Geoff Kelley, chairperson of APPELLE-Québec says, “we will be preparing our case, recruiting parents and others to participate as plaintiffs, and determining who will be intervening on behalf of the community.” The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) is part of the steering committee.
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Quebec English School Boards Association to challenge Bill 40 in court
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauThe Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA) notes that the Quebec government forced Bill 40 through the National Assembly using closure – “despite unanimous opposition to the legislation and in complete disregard for the English-speaking community’s right to manage and control its minority language educational institutions.”
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English community groups in Quebec to challenge Bill 40 in court
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline Moreau“We believe minority rights are important in our society,” Geoffrey Kelley, chair of APPELE-Québec, tells Alessia Simona Maratta of Global News. “And this government does not have a very good track record in terms of respecting [those rights].”
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English community groups challenging constitutionality of Bill 40
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauGeoffrey Kelley, chair of APPELE-Québec and former member of the National Assembly, says Quebec could have easily exempted English school boards from Bill 40. Now, he adds, his group is concerned that the election process proposed is too complex and, as currently structured, makes it difficult for people within the English-speaking community to run for a director position at a service centre. His group has made concrete proposals to simplify the election process and to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the new directors.
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The English-speaking Community will challenge the Elimination of School Boards
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauThe Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA), along with several English-speaking groups, will challenge the elimination of school boards in court.
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Bill 40: English School Boards to go to Court
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauEnglish school boards have confirmed that they will challenge the constitutionality of Bill 40, a law that would transform school boards into Service centers.
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EMSB renounces $250,000 in federal funds for legal challenges
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline Moreau“It’s very improper for the ministry to implement policies and laws that compromise the community’s constitutional rights and for them to impede the community in verifying whether those constitutional rights have in fact been compromised,” said Geoffrey Chambers, president of the Quebec Community Groups Network. “It’s possible we have a disagreement among good faith parties and that the courts have to decide, but in that case the courts really have to decide. For one of those parties to obstruct, impede or intimidate the other which has fewer resources is just not right.”
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Local alliance determined to mount Bill 40 court challenge
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauAPPELE-Quebec announced last week that the community will be taking the Quebec government to court to challenge Bill 40. Quebec Community Groups Network President Geoffrey Chambers said the Bill cannot withstand serious constitutional scrutiny.
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Bill 40: Anglo organisations contest the reform
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauAn alliance of organizations which represents English-speaking parents and educators question the constitutionality of Bill 40 on school governance. It asks that the bill be sent back to appellate court, or else the organizations could undertake legal procedure themselves.
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Anglophone groups want court to decide the fate of school-board reform
/in Press Coverage /by Catheline MoreauAnglophone opponents of Bill 40 say they are ready for a “costly and prolonged court battle” against the Quebec government’s plan to abolish school boards that oversee elementary and high schools.
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