Quebec French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge says that his government will issue a reworded directive on language in health care to reassure those who are concerned about accessing health services in a language other than French. The QCGN was among the groups that were not initially invited to meet with Roberge to discuss the directives. … Read more
QCGN Director General Sylvia Martin-Laforge explains why the group turned down a “last minute” offer to attend a meeting with Quebec French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge. “This is not really about language, this is about health,” she told CTV News, adding that the QCGN turned down the offer because provincial Health Minister Christian Dubé would … Read more
After initially being left off the list of invitees to discuss government-issued directives on language in health care with Quebec French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge, the QCGN received an invite to a second meeting, but declined upon learning that provincial Health Minister Christian Dubé would not be present. “We have made it clear from the … Read more
The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) was left off the invite list for the initial meeting with Quebec French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge to discuss government directives on language in health care. The minister’s press attaché Marie-Joëlle Dorval-Robitaille, told CityNews that QCGN was invited to a second meeting and declined when they heard that Health … Read more
The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), a group representing Quebec’s English-speaking minority population, was not initially invited to the meeting with provincial French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge to discuss the government’s language directives in health care. The QCGN and other organizations have stated that the presence of provincial Health Minister Christian Dubé would be necessary … Read more
The Quebec government’s new directives dictating when languages other than French can be used in health and social services settings should be scrapped, not edited to make them “clearer” to the English-speaking community, Quebec Community Groups Network Director General Sylvia Martin-Laforge said in a press release. Read more
Several key members of Quebec’s English-speaking community are upset they will not have an opportunity to meet with Health Minister Christian Dubé to discuss the latest directives on language in the health-care system. Language Minister Jean-François Roberge has invited several key members to speak with him on Tuesday but some of those representatives are refusing … Read more
Quebec’s French language Minister Jean-François Roberge will meet with some representatives of the English-speaking community on Tuesday but has chosen to keep the Quebec Community Groups Network off the list. Only Roberge will be present. Provincial Health Minister Christian Dubé and English secretariat Eric Girard will not be present. Other groups have decided not to … Read more
We were not surprised to be left off the list of hand-picked invitees for a meeting about language directives in the health-care system by French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge’s office. We have made it clear from the outset the importance of meeting with Christian Dubé, the minister of Health and Social Services. This is a … Read more
QCGN Director General Sylvia Martin-Laforge speaks with CBC Radio Noon’s Shawn Appel about the government health-care directives on the circumstances under which English may be used in health care. Lawyer and QCGN board member Eric Maldoff is also in the studio. Listen here
The new directives issued by the Coalition Avenir Québec on accessing health care in English in Quebec “signals that the government is not listening to our concerns,” QCGN Director General Sylvia Martin-Laforge tells Nil Köksal and Talia Schlanger of CBC’s “As It Happens” (interview begins at 9:25). Listen here
QCGN Director General Sylvia Martin-Laforge speaks with CTV Montreal’s Maya Johnson about the recent controversy around Quebec government directives, outlining when those seeking health services are eligible to be assisted in English. “Care is the first priority” in health and social services, she says, “language acquisition is not.” Watch here