June 11, 2023
EMSB urges Senate to amend C-13
Joe Ortona, chair of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) writes to each member of the Senate urging the upper chamber to fulfill its role “as the Chamber of sober second thought” and propose amendments to Bill C-13 “to ensure the rights of minority-language communities in this country are not mutually exclusive.” Ortona’s appeal cites a Quebec Community Groups Network open letter – signed by more than 3,000 Quebecers – that says C-13 forsakes half a century of official language policy based on the principle that both official languages and official language minority communities have equal rights under law.