Critics of Bill 15, including the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), argue that the far-reaching legislation – on which the National Assembly may hold its final vote as soon as this week – would limit access to health care in English and jeopardize the status of bilingual institutions. A surprise amendment last week to the … Read more
The purpose of the Bill 15 petition submitted to the National Assembly is to urge legislators to “listen to the community, to take a step back, to do a proper consultation so that we understand how Bill 15 could potentially impact Quebecers, and of course specifically Anglophones in the province of Quebec,” Jennifer Maccarone, Liberal … Read more
A last-minute amendment to Bill 15 sprung by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government – and subsequently dropped – was aimed at “bringing in elements of Bill 96 and the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) to the whole question of health care” under Bill 15, explains Eva Ludwig, president of the Quebec Community … Read more
The National Assembly petition, launched by the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), argues that insufficient consultation has taken place on Bill 15, Quebec’s controversial and sweeping overhaul of governance and administration across the health and social services sector. Read more
Legislation is more about command and control than care and compassion. The Quebec Community Groups Network thanks the more than 6,400 Quebecers who signed a petition demanding the provincial government put the brakes on Bill 15 – a hefty and complex piece of legislation that will massively centralize our health and social services networks. “We … Read more
“We expect our members of Parliament to support our minority language community,” Eva Ludvig, president of the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), tells Global News. Read more
Quebec’s English-speaking community has been left with “the impression of not being considered by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government and that its relations with (the government of Premier François Legault) are worse than with previous governments in Quebec, including those of the Parti Québécois,” observes commentator Michel C. Auger. He cites Friday’s news release … Read more
A Canadian Press story quotes Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé on a controversial change briefly proposed for Bill 15: “You are going to explain to me what would change because if we have to modify it or remove it, we will remove it.” The story notes the intervention by the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN). … Read more
A La Presse story on Bill 15 notes that the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) has pointed out that Quebec government has not shut the door on closure to ramming Bill 15 through the National Assembly by the end of this week. Read more
The Journal de Montréal cites Friday’s news release from the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) in its coverage of the brief attempt to add a mechanism to Bill 15 allowing access to English-language health and social services to be stripped from institutions across the Quebec system currently designated bilingual. Read more
The QCGN is alarmed by the last-minute amendment in Bill 15 by the Coalition Avenir Québec government, which aims to give Santé Québec the power to revoke the rights of health institutions from offering services in English. “We are shocked that minister (Christian) Dubé would try and drop an amendment like this into Bill 15 … Read more
The latest volley against Quebec’s English-speaking community by the Bloc Québécois – this time being a critique of the funding it receives from the federal government – is a red herring, comments columnist Toula Drimonis. She makes note of the reaction by the QCGN, which wrote in a statement that the funding is meant to … Read more