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
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