Élections Québec’s decides to mail out voter information documents exclusively in French. Trudie Mason speaks with Eva Ludvig about the injustice stemming from this contreversal decision. Speaking on CJAD’s Elias Makos show, TALQ president Eva Ludvig says every citizen has the right to receive “equitable information” to exercise their vote. For Ludvig, it’s a … Read more
Élections Québec says it asked for exemptions, but it has to respect the law. Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette said Wednesday that her government would “look at” the decision to stop sending English-language election information to voters. She was responding to the fact that Élections Québec, for the first time, will not send English-language mailouts ahead of the … Read more
A move to comply with Quebec’s language laws is causing controversy one month before voters head to the polls. For the first time in a Quebec general election, all eligible voters will received election information by mail in French only. Elections Quebec says the change is required under the province’s language laws but English information … Read more
For the first time in a general election, Élections Québec will send voters information documents in French only in order to comply with changes to Quebec’s language laws, the agency said in a news release on Tuesday. Although the documents typically mailed by Élections Québec ahead of voting day will be in French only, they … Read more
For the first time in a general election, voting information will only be mailed out in French. Élection Québec made the announcement in a press release today. We’ll speak about the details with Eva Ludvig, President of TALQ — formely known as the QCGN. Listen to the full story by clicking below. (9:00 minutes).
Electors in Quebec will be receiving their election guides and voter information cards in French only this election due to the language law, known as Bill 96, according to Elections Quebec. “Previously, Elections Quebec used French and English to inform electors about how they could exercise their right to vote,” the agency said Tuesday. “It … Read more
Thousands of English-speaking Quebecers may have difficulty finding out how and where to vote as election guides and notices are being mailed only in French for the first time in a provincial campaign. Voters seeking English versions will instead be directed to the Élections Québec website, either directly or through a QR code printed on … Read more
TALQ has written to Quebec’s Chief Electoral Officer, Jean-François Blanchet, calling on Élections Québec to reverse its decision to provide important electoral information to citizens by mail in French only during the upcoming provincial election and to ensure that essential information is available in both French and English. For the first time in a general election, documents including the … Read more
A group representing anglophones in Quebec is calling on the provincial elections authority to reverse its decision to only send out voter information in French. Élections Québec said Tuesday that printed voter cards will only be available in French for the first time in its history, in order to comply with language laws. In previous … Read more
“It is crucial,” said Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon about applying Bill 101 to CEGEPs in Quebec if his party is elected in the next provincial election. Gareth Madoc-Jones reports. Days into the Quebec election campaign, the leader of the Parti Québécois announced several measures to reverse what he says is a decline of French … Read more
The party also wants to investigate “the language of socialization” of young people in Montreal and Laval schools. The Parti Québécois’s proposed plan to expand Bill 101 to CEGEPs prompted serious concerns in the province’s English-language community Monday, with one anglophone-rights group calling the move “overall disappointing and disheartening.” “It’s very disheartening to see that … Read more
Sylvia Martin-Laforge speaks with Trudie Masson, guest host of the Elias Makos show on CJAD Radio. The conversation focuses on the optimism of another format of exchange between the leaders and the English-speaking community to address issues that are relevant. The two also spoke about how the community wishes to be spoken with rather than … Read more