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Eastern Townships election candidates and English-language community representatives are welcoming a Quebec Superior Court order requiring Élections Québec to prepare its election-day reminder card for mailing in French and English, with several pointing to seniors and voters who struggle with digital technology as examples of why mailed English information still matters. Justice Sylvain Lussier partially … Read more

Quebec Superior Court ordered Elections Quebec to send reminder cards in both French and English. The court also ruled that it would not force the agency to resend the original voter information cards, which were sent only in French. “The evidence on the record convinces the tribunal that this would be an impractical and extremely … Read more

“I don’t believe a moment of what you’re telling me (about the protection of French),” Quebec Liberal leader tells Christine Fréchette during TV debate. Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard accused the Coalition Avenir Québec government led by Christine Fréchette of creating a French-language policy that has no other objective than “to stir up trouble.” “I … Read more

La Cour supérieure suspend pour dix jours l’application de la Charte de la langue française qui empêche le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ) d’envoyer ses documents d’information aux électeurs en français et en anglais, comme il le faisait par le passé. Le jugement est tombé ce mercredi. Dans sa décision, le juge Sylvain … Read more

It announced in September it wouldn’t send English-language election mailouts. Élections Québec must prepare a bilingual version of the reminder card mailed to voters ahead of the provincial election, but it won’t have to mail out English versions of the registration notice and voter’s guide, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled on Wednesday. The decision … Read more

Plaintiff Geoffrey Chambers aims to reinstate English versions of the documents ahead of Oct. 5 vote. The French-only voter information documents being mailed ahead of the Quebec provincial election are officially the subject of legal action. The issue was briefly discussed at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday afternoon, a little over a week after Élections Québec announced it … Read more

An English-rights advocacy group says the CAQ’s decision not to send out voter information in English is a direct attack on democracy in Quebec. The president of Talking. Advocating. Living in Quebec (TALQ), Eva Ludvig, told the Low Down that her organization was “shocked” when it learned that Quebec language minister Jean-François Roberge denied a … Read more

On the eve of the 2018 Quebec election campaign, François Legault made a promise that would help define his nearly eight years as premier. A Coalition Avenir Québec government would table a bill on secularism within a year, he declared. Judges, police officers and teachers would no longer be allowed to wear religious symbols on … Read more

Élections Québec’s provincial election guide will be mailed exclusively in French for the first time during a Quebec general election. English information will be available online through a QR code. Photo courtesy of Élections Québec.   Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette is defending French-only election mailings after initially saying her government would examine the … Read more

Quebec Liberal leader demands reversal of French-only election mailouts. Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard has accused Premier Christine Fréchette of an “unjustifiable attack” on English-speaking Quebecers’ voting rights. In a letter addressed to the Coalition Avenir Québec leader on Thursday, Milliard demanded that she reverse her government’s refusal to let Élections Québec continue mailing voting information … Read more

Eva Ludvig joins Kim Sullivan on APTN Nouvelles nationales (French-language weekly newscast) to explain the decision of Election Quebec to provide vital voter information in French only and how this affects the English-speaking community’s democratic rights. The interview takes place in French and can be found at the 17:15-minute mark by clicking the link below

Les électeurs anglophones pourront scanner un code QR pour obtenir les informations dans leur langue.   Pour la première fois, les documents d’informations du vote, le guide pour les élections provinciales, l’avis d’inscription et la carte de rappel ne seront livrés aux électeurs qu’en français. Élections Québec, qui est responsable de la distribution de ces … Read more

Quebec voters will receive key provincial election documents in French only for the first time during the 2026 general election, prompting an English-language advocacy organization to warn that the change could make information harder to access. TALQ called on Élections Québec Tuesday to reverse the decision and mail essential information in both French and English. The … Read more

Élections Québec says it asked for exemptions, but it has to respect the law. Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette said Wednesday that her government would “look at” the decision to stop sending English-language election information to voters. She was responding to the fact that Élections Québec, for the first time, will not send English-language mailouts ahead of … Read more

Élections Québec’s decides to mail out voter information documents exclusively in French. Trudie Mason speaks with Eva Ludvig about the injustice stemming from this contreversal decision.   Speaking on CJAD’s Elias Makos show, TALQ president Eva Ludvig says every citizen has the right to receive “equitable information” to exercise their vote. For Ludvig, it’s a … Read more

A move to comply with Quebec’s language laws is causing controversy one month before voters head to the polls. For the first time in a Quebec general election, all eligible voters will received election information by mail in French only. Elections Quebec says the change is required under the province’s language laws but English information … Read more

For the first time in a general election, Élections Québec will send voters information documents in French only in order to comply with changes to Quebec’s language laws, the agency said in a news release on Tuesday. Although the documents typically mailed by Élections Québec ahead of voting day will be in French only, they … Read more

Electors in Quebec will be receiving their election guides and voter information cards in French only this election due to the language law, known as Bill 96, according to Elections Quebec. “Previously, Elections Quebec used French and English to inform electors about how they could exercise their right to vote,” the agency said Tuesday. “It … Read more

Thousands of English-speaking Quebecers may have difficulty finding out how and where to vote as election guides and notices are being mailed only in French for the first time in a provincial campaign. Voters seeking English versions will instead be directed to the Élections Québec website, either directly or through a QR code printed on … Read more

A group representing anglophones in Quebec is calling on the provincial elections authority to reverse its decision to only send out voter information in French. Élections Québec said Tuesday that printed voter cards will only be available in French for the first time in its history, in order to comply with language laws. In previous … Read more

“It is crucial,” said Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon about applying Bill 101 to CEGEPs in Quebec if his party is elected in the next provincial election. Gareth Madoc-Jones reports.  Days into the Quebec election campaign, the leader of the Parti Québécois announced several measures to reverse what he says is a decline of French … Read more

The party also wants to investigate “the language of socialization” of young people in Montreal and Laval schools. The Parti Québécois’s proposed plan to expand Bill 101 to CEGEPs prompted serious concerns in the province’s English-language community Monday, with one anglophone-rights group calling the move “overall disappointing and disheartening.” “It’s very disheartening to see that … Read more

TALQ is still trying to secure an English-language election event after plans for an official leaders’ debate in English collapsed when the CAQ and Parti Québécois declined to participate. TALQ says it is open to alternatives, such as a town hall or panel discussion, and argues that English-speaking Quebecers deserve direct engagement from party leaders. … Read more

As the Quebec election approaches, there are growing calls for greater English-language representation during the campaign. At least three leaders’ debates are planned in French, but none are currently scheduled in English. TALQ and the Mouvement National des Québecois et Québecoise, a Quebec sovereigntist organization are joining forces to call for more opportunities for English-speaking … Read more

TALQ and MNQ share an interest in getting provincial parties to address the English-speaking community. Speaking on CTV News, TALQ general director Sylvia Martin-Laforge says the organization has moved away from demanding a traditional televised debate and is instead pushing the five main parties to participate in an English-language town hall, panel or public meeting. … Read more