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The QCGN is funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage.
English school boards dismayed by Sept. 26 election call
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by Joshua AllanThe Legault government this week decided to go ahead with the English school board elections after postponing them several times. The elections will be held Sept. 26. Reaction was swift, with the boards expressing disappointment the vote is not being held at the same time as the municipal elections across Quebec, which are set for […]
LE PROJET DE LOI NO 96 ET LA COMMUNAUTÉ SOURDE : LES CONSÉQUENCES IMPRÉVUES DE LA LÉGISLATION
/in Language Blog, Language News, QCGN News /by Catheline MoreauQuébec a récemment dévoilé ses plans de modifier la Charte de la langue française en passant par le projet de loi no 96, une Loi sur la langue officielle et commune du Québec, le français. L’objectif du projet de loi no 96 est d’« affirmer que la seule langue officielle du Québec est le français. […]
BILL 96 AND THE DEAF: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF LEGISLATION
/in Language Blog, Language News, QCGN News /by QCGN CommunicationsQuebec recently unveiled plans to make substantial changes to the Charter of the French Language through Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec. The purpose of Bill 96 is “to affirm that the only official language of Quebec is French.” It also affirms that French is the common language […]
Senate committee highlights key points in language reform document
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by Joshua AllanPrior to the federal government tabling Bill C-32, an Act for the Substantive Equality of French and English and the Strengthening of the Official Languages Act, the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages studied the original proposed reform document. Although they were unable to meet in the senate, the committee managed to hold two meetings […]
Lack of anglo representation at Bill 96 hearings is ‘deplorable,’ groups say
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by Joshua AllanQuebec anglophone groups say they will be dramatically under-represented at this fall’s Bill 96 hearings. Out of 50 speakers invited to take part in the hearings for the government’s proposed overhaul of language legislation, Sept. 21 to Oct. 7, there are just three groups representing the anglophone community. “We’re calling for broader participation in those hearings,” […]
Bill C-32 as seen by Quebec Anglophones
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by QCGN CommunicationsBill C-32, which amends the Official Languages Act, has been welcomed by groups representing francophone communities outside Quebec. For Quebec Anglophones, the reception has been much more mixed, although most of their concerns are focused on the Quebec government’s Bill 96 (the reform of Bill 101). Francopresse spoke – in French – with Marlene Jennings, […]
Joly, Skeete address language “anxiety”
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by QCGN CommunicationsFederal minister of official languages Mélanie Joly and MNA Christopher Skeete, parliamentary assistant to Premier François Legault for relations with English-speaking Quebecers, are trying to reassure members of the English-speaking community concerned about recently tabled language legislation. Skeete and Joly spoke on June 22 during a conference organized by the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) […]
QCGN Highly Critical of CAQ Government’s Bill 96
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by Catheline MoreauPanelists suggest Trudeau’s support is motivated by ‘political calculation’ After more than a half-century of rising and falling tensions between Quebecers over the use of English and French, concerns are rising among stakeholders that some rights and protections Quebec anglophones fought for since the introduction of Bill 101 more than 40 years ago are threatened […]
Joly and Skeete address Anglo Concerns at QCGN Conference
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by Catheline MoreauDuring a panel discussion moderated by former Alliance Quebec president and radio host Royal Orr at the Quebec Community Groups Network Zoom Conference themed “Our Place in Quebec and Canada,” former MNA and MP Clifford Lincoln says he believes the CAQ government’s long-term plan is to “make Quebec an independent state with French as the […]
QCGN Statement on National Assembly Hearings on Bill 96
/in Press Releases, QCGN News /by Joshua AllanThe Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) is deeply disappointed that the Government of Quebec is severely limiting participation in public hearings on Bill 96 and that it did not issue a wider invitation to Quebecers. Instead, government officials pre-selected participants with a strong bias in favour of the legislation. The Committee on Culture and Education […]
RAWQ Statement on the Official Languages of Quebec and Canada
/in Press Releases, QCGN News /by Joshua AllanThe members of the elected Board of Directors of the Regional Association of West Quebecers (RAWQ) issue the following statement on the official languages of Québec and Canada. Canada is a country constituted of ten provinces and three territories. We support an Official Languages Act of Canada that recognizes two official languages, English and French, […]
Robert Libman: This summer is no time for Quebec anglos to relax
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by Joshua AllanThis weekend marks the unofficial end of the political season. The National Assembly and House of Commons have broken for their summer recesses, and politics takes a deep breath for two months. For Quebec’s anglophone community, however, this is no time to sit back and relax. In the fall, the community will be facing one […]
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: A MIXED RECORD
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by QCGN CommunicationsAnglo-Quebecers also reject Bill C-32, but on completely different grounds than the Bloc Québécois. The asymmetrical approach of Bill C-32, which recognizes French as the more endangered of the country’s two official languages, is “a clear attack on the equality of Canada’s official languages,” according to the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) “Traditionally, the Official […]
Bill 96: English rights group decries draconian details
/in Press Coverage /by QCGN CommunicationsIf the current draft of Bill 96 passes, language police can come into businesses without a warrant to search through phones, computers, and documents to ensure that communications are in French. This was a main point of discussion during English language advocacy organization Quebec Community Groups Network’s conference on draft Bill 96 on June 21. […]
Anglophones and Francophones Share Strong Affinity for Their Respective Communities
/in Press Releases, QCGN News /by Joshua AllanWhile English-speaking Quebecers express a greater sense of attachment to Canada and French-speaking Quebecers say they are more attached to Quebec, both possess similar levels of attachment to their respective language communities and to their cities, towns, or regions. Results from a survey conducted by Léger Marketing for the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) and […]