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Pascal Vachon of #ONfr summarizes many of the talking points of the freshly launched Bloc Québécois campaign to undercut federal funding that assists Quebec’s English-speaking community. The story cites the QCGN statement contesting the foundation of MP Mario Beaulieu’s approach, including his ”completely erroneous” assertion that federal funding is being used to anglicize Quebec. Read … Read more

QCGN Director General Sylvia Martin-Laforge explains how Bill 15 could jeopardize access to health services in English. She speaks with Global Montreal’s Laura Casella. Watch here

Under the proposed Bill 15 to dramatically overhaul governance and management of the Quebec health and social service system, all 30 heads of regional authorities would report directly to Santé Québec, notes an analysis by the Quebec Community Groups Network published in the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Read more

“A sense of urgency” exists, given that Bill 15 may be rushed through the National Assembly, writes the Sherbrooke Record in its coverage of the mobilization effort under way by the Quebec Community Groups Network. Read more

Bill 15 will hurt patients, researchers, communities, and more, writes Eva Ludvig, president of the Quebec Community Groups Network. “This legislation is focused on structure and governance and will do nothing to address the crises in our emergency rooms, delays in surgeries, the lack of family doctors, or other major and urgent shortcomings of our … Read more

QCGN President Eva Ludvig joined CBC’s Radio Noon yesterday. The discussion covered the Quebec government’s intention to hike tuition costs for out-of-province students at English-language universities, as well as the universities’ rejected proposal to improve the teaching of French. “The English-speaking community of Quebec is not the enemy of the French language,” Ludvig said. Listen … Read more

The decision by Premier François Legault and his Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government to virtually double university tuitions for students from out of the province “will do little to improve the situation of francophone universities and very much to damage English ones – particularly Bishop’s, where about 2,650 students were enrolled this fall,” write Eva … Read more

QCGN President Eva Ludvig and Townshippers’ Association President Don Warholtz lay out a detailed case arguing for full reversal of the Quebec government’s targeted tuition hikes. It is vital, the two community leaders underscore, to bear in mind that “students from other provinces who study here return to their home provinces as ambassadors of Quebec, … Read more

Eric Girard, the Quebec finance minister also responsible for relations with English-speaking Quebecers, suggested last week he is monitoring reaction to the government’s controversial decision to double tuition for university students from the rest of Canada – but he provided no details. The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), the English-speaking community, and, indeed, a multitude … Read more