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QCGN Creates Information Hub in Response to Coronavirus Crisis
/in QCGN News /by Catheline MoreauThe Quebec Community Groups Network believes that during this unprecedented crisis, it is essential that members of linguistic minority communities have access to quality information in our language. In response, QCGN’s team has created an online information tool that provides access to reliable information in English from trusted sources. Our coronavirus response hub, put together by QCGN […]
West Island’s Family Resource Centre ready to help families during COVID-19 crisis
/in Press Coverage, QCGN News /by Catheline MoreauThe phone has been ringing quite a bit at the Family Resource Centre in Pierrefonds “Over this week, I’m sure we’ve received easily over 100 calls,” said Ron Swan, executive director of the Family Resource Centre, which helps families and children dealing with behavioural issues. Read more
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 […]
Quebec’s English-speaking Community and Official Languages
/in QCGN News, QCGN News /by Catheline MoreauOn March 11, the Quebec Community Groups Network hosted a conference surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Official Languages Act. This important piece of legislation that sets out constitutional rights for minority language communities across Canada is often misunderstood by English-speaking Quebecers. To help conference participants and our community take a deeper look at the […]
QCGN Responds to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
/in QCGN News /by Catheline MoreauAs COVID-19 continues to spread, our thoughts go out to anyone who has been infected or impacted. The Quebec Community Groups Network hopes that you, your family and friends are safe, and that you are taking the necessary precautions to ensure you and your loved ones remain healthy. The QCGN is adapting to this ever-changing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Structural Issues Continue to Marginalize English-speaking Quebecers
/in QCGN News /by Catheline MoreauLast fall, representatives of the QCGN attended the community consultation sessions organized by the Secretariat for Relations with English-speaking Quebecers. The QCGN maintains that while the consultation opened a dialogue, the process addressed surface symptoms. It largely failed to identify specific pragmatic solutions – in language instruction, health care, education, and elsewhere – required to […]
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. Read more
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. Read more (In French)
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. Read more
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.” Read more
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].” Read more
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 […]
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. Read more (In French)