Eva Ludvig, president of TALQ, as well as Robert Libman, Taylor Noakes and Donal Gill speak with Shawn Apel about how the English-speaking community is feeling ignored and forgotten during this Election campaign. Callers weigh in and provide their perspectives on the issue as well. Listen to the full broadcast (49 minutes).
With no English-language debate and a legal controversy over English information on voter cards, some English-speaking Quebecers are calling for more attention to their concerns in this election. This is Montreal producer Rebecca Ugolini joins Ainslie MacLellan to look at how English-speaking groups have tried to assert themselves on the political scene over the … Read more
Interview with Eva Ludvig, President of TALQ The Quebec Superior Court has ordered Élection Québec to prepare election reminder cards in both English and French following a legal challenge. TALQ supported this challenge and its president, Eva Ludvig, says the decision represents progress for the rights of English-speaking Quebecers and their access to electoral information. … Read more
This was the first year Élections Québec sent out voter guides in French only, to comply with new provincial language legislation. Members of Quebec’s anglophone community are hailing a Quebec Superior Court ruling that ordered Élections Québec to mail voting reminder cards in both French and English. The ruling provides a temporary resolution to a … Read more
A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered Élections Québec to mail voting reminder cards in both French and English. This was the first year the elections authority sent out voter guides in French only, to comply with new provincial language legislation. The guides included a QR code to access information in English online. Groups representing … Read more
Eastern Townships election candidates and English-language community representatives are welcoming a Quebec Superior Court order requiring Élections Québec to prepare its election-day reminder card for mailing in French and English, with several pointing to seniors and voters who struggle with digital technology as examples of why mailed English information still matters. Justice Sylvain Lussier partially … Read more
Quebec Superior Court ordered Elections Quebec to send reminder cards in both French and English. The court also ruled that it would not force the agency to resend the original voter information cards, which were sent only in French. “The evidence on the record convinces the tribunal that this would be an impractical and extremely … Read more
“I don’t believe a moment of what you’re telling me (about the protection of French),” Quebec Liberal leader tells Christine Fréchette during TV debate. Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard accused the Coalition Avenir Québec government led by Christine Fréchette of creating a French-language policy that has no other objective than “to stir up trouble.” “I … Read more
TALQ WELCOMES MAJOR VICTORY FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKING QUEBECERS’ DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS MONTREAL, September 16, 2026 — TALQ welcomes today’s Quebec Superior Court decision as a major victory for the democratic rights of English-speaking Quebecers and their right to receive the information they need to participate fully in an election. In granting a 10-day interim injunction, Justice Sylvain … Read more
La Cour supérieure suspend pour dix jours l’application de la Charte de la langue française qui empêche le Directeur général des élections du Québec (DGEQ) d’envoyer ses documents d’information aux électeurs en français et en anglais, comme il le faisait par le passé. Le jugement est tombé ce mercredi. Dans sa décision, le juge Sylvain … Read more
It announced in September it wouldn’t send English-language election mailouts. Élections Québec must prepare a bilingual version of the reminder card mailed to voters ahead of the provincial election, but it won’t have to mail out English versions of the registration notice and voter’s guide, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled on Wednesday. The decision … Read more
On Radio-Canada’s Votre Retour, investigative reporter Violette Cantin examines concerns within Quebec’s English-speaking community ahead of the provincial election. Dawson College students told her they fear restrictions on English CEGEPs and universities could dramatically change Montreal’s multicultural character and the institutions as they know them. Another major concern is the decision to send voter information … Read more