TALQ says it will seek an early meeting with Quebec’s new minority government to discuss the priorities of English-speaking communities, with access to electoral information in English among its immediate concerns. In an Oct. 6 statement, the organization congratulated premier-elect Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and said it was ready to build a constructive relationship with the … Read more
English language voters say their concerns were sidelined during the election campaign. At a TV watch party for anglos at the headquarters of advocacy group TALQ, the mood shifted from fear to stoical acceptance Monday night to news the Parti Québécois will form the next provincial government. “Oh my God! Oh my God!” some members … Read more
TALQ ready to work with new Quebec government TALQ congratulates Premier-elect Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and looks forward to working constructively with the new government on issues of importance to Quebec’s English-speaking communities. “We are ready to establish a productive relationship, as we have always done,” said Eva Ludvig, President of TALQ. “TALQ will ensure … Read more
Critics say eligibility rules do not necessarily identify who speaks English or needs services in English. A legal category created almost 50 years ago to determine who can attend English schools has become one of the main ways Quebec decides who qualifies for government services in English. But researchers, constitutional lawyers and language-rights advocates argue … Read more
Many English-speaking Quebecers are feeling sidelined in this election campaign, but it turns out anglophones have an unlikely ally: the former PQ leader. In 2018, five months before Quebec voters would go to the polls in a pivotal election, former PQ leader Jean-François Lisée caught reporters at the National Assembly by surprise when he stood … Read more
Eva Ludvig appears on CJAD’s Andrew Carter morning show to discuss the concerns of the English-speaking community as the Provincial Election based on an Op-Ed published in The Gazette. “Especially interesting now,” says Andrew Carter, “because we sometimes feel like second-class animals in Quebec. Your thoughts?” Among other things said, Eva Ludvig reiterates that TALQ, … Read more
The English-speaking community is not asking to stand apart; we are asking to participate fully in Quebec society. It has been a rough election campaign for Quebec’s English-speaking community. For much of the campaign, we have struggled to be heard in the political conversation. There was no English-language leaders’ debate. And when the focus … Read more
English-speaking Quebecers are voting to make ourselves heard after recent language policy changes. On Sunday afternoon, I headed down to the advance poll in my riding to exercise my rights. Not only did I get a jump on voting in the Oct. 5 election, discharging a democratic right that only comes around roughly every … Read more
English-language rights have emerged as an issue in the lead-up to Quebec’s Oct. 5 provincial election. “We’re here, we count and we’re important.” That’s the message English advocacy organization TALQ is pushing one week before the Quebec provincial election. It comes after Élections Québec directed polling staff not to speak English to voters in the … Read more
Responded to a lawyer’s demand letter calling on the independent elections agency and the Quebec government to reverse course. Élections Québec says only a court order suspending a specific portion of the province’s Charter of the French language would allow it to curtail a directive to polling staff to limit speaking English with voters. … Read more
“The difference between a majority and a minority is not only the stability of a government … it’s also the chance to fulfil our commitments,” Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says. With three new polls suggesting the Parti Québécois is flirting with majority status in next week’s provincial election, leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said a majority would … Read more