The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday resumed its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. Members discussed clauses 84 to 100, covering Articles 141 through 163.1 of the Charter of the French Language. This section introduces the new entity referred to as Francisation … Read more
The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday continued its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. Members discussed clauses 63 through 83, covering new Articles 88.14 through 140 of the Charter of the French Language. This section relates to businesses that operate within the … Read more
The QCGN presents its overview of Bill C-13, An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada’s Official Languages, introduced in the House of Commons on March 1, 2022. Read more
The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday resumed its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. Members completed their discussion of clause 62, covering the new Articles 88.9 to 88.13 of the Charter of the French Language. This clause focuses on the promotion of … Read more
The minister responsible for the French language, Simon Jolin-Barrette, has found the “perfect formula” to “eradicate” the English-speaking minority in Quebec, warns the president of the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), Marlene Jennings. She no longer knows in which language to say it in order to be taken seriously. Read more
The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education yesterday resumed its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. Members continued their discussion of clause 58 of the bill, covering Article 88.0.12 of the Charter of the French Language. There were three absences during parts of the … Read more
Over the past two days, the National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education resumed its clause-by-clause analysis of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec. They continued their discussion of clause 58, covering articles 88.0.4 to 88.0.12 of the soon-to-be modified Charter of the French Language (the “Charter”). This … Read more
QCGN President Marlene Jennings writes: “The QCGN and I have been asking the government ever since Bill 96 was tabled almost a year ago why it is necessary to create a Charter-free zone with respect to a wide range of interactions between individuals and the state in Quebec in order to promote the use of … Read more
“It’s downright asymmetrical,” says Joan Fraser, a QCGN Board member and former senator, on the recently-tabled Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act: “It only talks about promoting and protecting the use of French within private companies in Quebec. There is no word on the protection of members of the [Anglophone] linguistic … Read more
On Feb. 23 during a Quebec National Assembly committee meeting on culture and education, CAQ Minister for the French Language Simon Jolin-Barrette proposed an amendment to the bill that will require students at English CEGEPs to take at least three courses in French, which aren’t French language or physical education courses, to graduate. Quebec Community … Read more
The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) is disappointed with the bill presented by Ms. Petitpas Taylor. According to the organization, it deplores what it analyzes as an abandonment of the principle of symmetry in the Act between minority Francophones and Anglophones. We are creating a dangerous precedent, not only for us, but also for Francophones in … Read more
The federal government plans to set a target to bring more francophone immigrants to Canada as part of a drive to revive and protect French in the country. Joan Fraser, a board member of the Quebec Community Groups Network, said the proposed law focuses heavily on protecting French within Quebec, and the French-speaking minority in … Read more