As talk of a federal election heated up, the QCGN reached out to its members and network to ask about their priorities for public policy that should be discussed during the campaign, regardless of which party forms government. Rather than assessing priorities based on party affiliation, we asked which key issues our members and stakeholders … Read more
While presenting its brief to the National Assembly’s Commission des relations avec les citoyens, the Quebec Community Groups Network expressed concern today that Bill 84 on integration makes almost no reference to Quebec’s English-speaking community. The Bill could lead to financial constraints on community groups and event organizers, represents another reduction of human rights in … Read more
The Government of Quebec has introduced a vague bill at the Assemblée Nationale that will reshape integration policy and place a strong emphasis on Quebec’s nationhood and assimilation, without providing clear details as to how this will be accomplished, the Quebec Community Groups Network said today. “The law at this stage is deceptively benign, opening … Read more
By QCGN president, Eva Ludvig “We wanted to have fireworks tonight,” Paul Simon said during Simon and Garfunkel’s 1981 concert in Central Park, “but they wouldn’t let us have that.” When the crowd started to boo, he quickly jumped in: “We’ll make our own fireworks.” As the Quebec Community Groups Network turns 30 in 2025, … Read more
The Quebec Community Groups Network is pleased to see Quebec voices at the federal cabinet table. They are familiar with the issues that touch our Official Language Minority Community and our community’s everyday lives. Read more
Federal recognition of a 10-year economic development plan aimed at Quebec’s English-speaking community was welcomed by two major groups last week. The Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CDEDC)’s report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages, entitled Economic Development of Official Languages Minority Communities in Canada, stressed a “collaborative approach when implementing … Read more
The Quebec Community Groups Network welcomes the latest (and last) report on the status of Canada’s official-minority-language communities from Commissioner of Official Languages Raymond Théberge, as his term draws to a close in 2025. “This report underlines repeatedly what we and other English-speaking community groups have been saying for years: we are not the enemy … Read more
The Quebec Community Groups Network is heartened to see significant progress on the divisive issue of how English and other languages may be used in Quebec’s health and social services network. “The revised directives on language permissions go a long way toward assuaging the fears and concerns of the 1.3-million member English-speaking community of Quebec,” … Read more
Quebec’s National Assembly has unanimously adopted a motion affirming that English-speaking Quebecers don’t have to produce a certificate proving they’re entitled to English-language education in order to receive health care and social services in their mother tongue. Read more
As Quebec’s National Assembly resumed this week, it unanimously passed a motion on Thursday highlighting that English-speaking Quebecers do not need a certificate of eligibility for English-language education in order to access health and social services in English. French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge is revising Quebec’s new French-language directives for the health-care network after facing … Read more
Montreal’s West Island health authority — home to some of Quebec’s oldest anglophone institutions, like the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres — appears to be pushing back against the provincial government’s controversial language directive regulating health and social services in English. Read more
The Quebec Community Groups Network is very pleased to see the National Assembly unanimously pass a motion telling the government to not require “English-speaking to obtain a certificate of eligibility for English-language education, in order to have access to English-language health care and social services in Quebec.” The motion went on to demand that any … Read more