An organization supporting Quebec’s English community says it’s a question of language – not budget – that saw the province reverse course on its promise to provide $100 million to expand Dawson College. The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) says it’s clear the province is playing favourites when it decided the funds previously earmarked for Dawson … Read more
Quebec’s French-language watchdog is experiencing record numbers of citizen complaints about the province’s French-language charter not being respected. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story, said Eva Ludvig of the Quebec Community Groups Network, an organization supporting the English community in Quebec. “Just throwing out numbers like that don’t necessarily reflect what’s going on … Read more
The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Education resumed its clause-by-clause study of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Québec on Tuesday. They continued evaluating article 25 of the bill, which introduces articles 22.2 to 22.5 of the Charter of the French Language. Read more
Many Quebec anglophones are furious with the government’s decision to pull funding for an expansion at Dawson College. Quebec Community Groups Network’s Marlene Jennings said the premier is playing partisan politics. “He’s telling anglophones: ‘Disappear, be quiet, we don’t want to see you,’ and he’s telling francophones, ‘You don’t have the right and the freedom … Read more
More members of Quebec’s English-language community have in recent days added their voices to reject the plan by Premier François Legault to limit government services in English to his restrictive definition of “historic anglophones” – only persons eligible to attend primary and secondary school in English in Quebec. The National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and … Read more
In a decision that has angered educators and enflamed language tensions, the Legault government has shelved plans to expand Dawson College. QCGN president Marlene Jennings joins Global’s Laura Casella to weigh in on the controversial move. Read more
Squeezed for space, Montreal’s Dawson College has for years been planning an expansion of its medical technology department that would include a clinic to serve the community and train its students. Marlene Jennings, the president of the anglophone organization Quebec Community Groups Network, said the cancellation of Dawson’s medical technology building is a sign that … Read more
Plans for a new pavilion and medical clinic at Dawson College in Montreal have been shelved by the province, and many supporters of the project are feeling disappointed. “At this late stage, when the demand is there […] to find out that it’s been withdrawn because of the language in which the instruction was to … Read more
“We’re being told that we’re not welcome here unless we shut up, unless we assimilate, and that the government will take every measure possible to put the squeeze on our community,” says Marlene Jennings, President of the QCGN. Read more
The Committee on Culture and Education continued its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec yesterday, discussing clause 15 of the proposed legislation. This portion of the Bill deals with exceptions to the requirement that agencies of the civil administration (i.e. government institutions) communicate in the … Read more
The Committee on Culture and Education continued its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec on Wednesday. The Committee began by continuing its consideration of article 12, which would require agencies of the civil administration to file an annual report shall stating the number of positions … Read more
Increasingly over the past few months, English-speaking Quebecers have been witnessing alarming signals. Less than two months ago, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government gutted the provincial committee responsible for advising the government on the delivery of health and social services to English-speaking Quebecers. It now seeks to replace the ousted members, presumably with others who may … Read more