TALQ is still trying to secure an English-language election event after plans for an official leaders’ debate in English collapsed when the CAQ and Parti Québécois declined to participate. TALQ says it is open to alternatives, such as a town hall or panel discussion, and argues that English-speaking Quebecers deserve direct engagement from party leaders. … Read more
As the Quebec election approaches, there are growing calls for greater English-language representation during the campaign. At least three leaders’ debates are planned in French, but none are currently scheduled in English. TALQ and the Mouvement National des Québecois et Québecoise, a Quebec sovereigntist organization are joining forces to call for more opportunities for English-speaking … Read more
TALQ and MNQ share an interest in getting provincial parties to address the English-speaking community. Speaking on CTV News, TALQ general director Sylvia Martin-Laforge says the organization has moved away from demanding a traditional televised debate and is instead pushing the five main parties to participate in an English-language town hall, panel or public meeting. … Read more
The Gazette’s Allison Hanes says English-speaking Quebecers should be skeptical of PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s outreach, arguing past promises of inclusion by sovereignist and nationalist leaders were followed by policies weakening anglophone rights. She says his pledge to hold a first-mandate sovereignty referendum would create uncertainty and distract from issues like housing, the … Read more
In an op-ed in the Gazette, Mona Beck, president of TALQ member Seniors Action Quebec, argues that Quebec’s rapidly aging population should be a central election issue. By 2031, one in four Quebecers will be over 65, increasing pressure on an already strained health-care system, with thousands of seniors waiting for home care or … Read more
TALQ’s new identity reflects a broader membership base and a sharper focus on legislation, language rights and municipal practices as English-speaking Quebecers prepare for an uncertain provincial election and changes to the federal official-languages framework. Sylvia Martin-Laforge said in an Aug. 6 interview that the organization’s rebranding was not simply a change of name or … Read more
In an op-ed in Le Devoir, TALQ board member and president of the Quebec Board of Black Educators Alix Adrien, says Quebec’s political leaders should directly engage with the province’s English-speaking minority during the upcoming election whether through debates, forums, or public discussions. Drawing on his own experience as a Francophone immigrant who worked in … Read more
Unhappy with the absence of an English-language leaders’ debate ahead of the upcoming provincial election, elected officials in the Township of Low, located in the Gatineau Valley, are criticizing the stance taken by the major political parties. … The elected officials in Low are calling on the five parties to “commit unconditionally to fully participating … Read more
Concordia University Television interviews president Eva Ludvig on the cancelation of the English Language Debate for 2026 Provincial Election. In an interview on CUTV’s The Debrief, TALQ president Eva Ludvig says the cancellation of an English-language leaders’ debate is a missed opportunity for more than one million English-speaking Quebecers. “We believe that political leaders seeking … Read more
Canada and Quebec are rightly seen as open societies, which makes the rapporteurs’ concerns all the worthier of priority attention. The International Commission of Jurists Canada should be commended for having asked the UN Human Rights Council to review Quebec’s proposed constitution (Bill 1) on the basis that the legislation infringes upon minority and Indigenous rights. … Read more
He understood that you must be able to address the other side in its own language — to persuade, to negotiate, or simply to be understood. On March 25, 1968, René Lévesque walked into an auditorium at Scarborough College — today the University of Toronto Scarborough. He was warmly received by students who had come … Read more
It’s an opportunity to demonstrate that they aspire to govern all Quebecers, not only those watching in French. Quebec’s next premier will govern nearly 9 million people. Among them are more than a million English-speaking Quebecers, people who raise families, build businesses and contribute to every aspect of Quebec society. They deserve the opportunity to … Read more