Lincoln: The UN is calling us out. It’s time we listened

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Opinion: René Lévesque didn’t refuse to debate in English

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Here’s why there will be no English-language debate before the fall Quebec election

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Winds are Changing: Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette on relations with English community

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Protéger le français : les travers du PL8

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‘Why now?’ Groups question timing of Roberge’s bill to extend French charter to vocational and adult education

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Quebec tables expansion of Bill 101 to limit English adult education

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Quebec will not remove English content from government websites, Roberge says

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New language commissioner ‘very much engaged’ in protecting anglophone education

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Tom Mulcair: Diversity is a plus for all of Quebec, not a flaw

Quebec competes in an open North American market where businesses have choices. Legislating against minorities isn’t a great calling card. Recently, Premier François Legault criticized Montreal for hiring Bochra Manaï as an anti-discrimination officer, because she opposed a discriminatory law, Bill 21. Someone tasked with fighting discrimination, who fights discrimination? Unacceptable! It’s been a couple of … Read more

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Le français « en prend pour son rhume »

(Ottawa) Oui, on a entendu « vous êtes en sourdine » une multitude de fois dans les délibérations du Parlement virtuel à Ottawa. Mais ce qui a aussi trop souvent été mis en sourdine, c’est le français, conclut-on dans un rapport qui brosse le portrait des premiers mois de l’expérience, et que l’on rend public le jour … Read more

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Analysis: Quebec braces for language reforms, but are anglophones ready?

“It looks as if we are being drawn into another intense language battle in 2021,” says former Equality Party leader Robert Libman, “and we’re being drawn into this alone and unarmed.” QUEBEC — The sense of concern, even alarm, is clear in Robert Libman’s voice when asked about the mood of Quebec’s English-speaking community these … Read more

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Language office certifies city of Montreal conformity to French language charter

The city of Montreal and two boroughs are the latest municipal bodies to be certified as conforming to Quebec’s French language charter. The city of Montreal and two boroughs are the latest municipal bodies on the island to be certified as conforming to Quebec’s French language charter, the Office québécois de la langue française announced … Read more

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La juge Karakatsanis fait honneur au bilinguisme avec humilité et professionnalisme

Il y a une grande différence entre bilinguisme et perfectionnisme. Pour être bilingue, il ne faut pas nécessairement maîtriser parfaitement les deux langues. Il faut être capable de bien se débrouiller dans la langue seconde. C’est ce qu’Andromache Karakatsanis, juge à la Cour suprême du Canada, a appris jadis de sa professeure de français. Read more … Read more

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Francisation au CEP : une session catastrophique

La session de francisation se termine et la directrice du Centre d’éducation populaire (CEP), Mylène Rioux, constate un taux d’abandon et d’échecs record. Depuis le début de la pandémie, la francisation s’est transformée en véritable parcours du combattant pour l’organisme. Celui-ci doit aussi composer avec le ralentissement important de l’immigration, ce qui a des impacts … Read more

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Opinion: Include anglos in efforts to boost French

It’s time for francophones and anglophones to work more closely together on linguistic issues. Here’s how. If the government of Quebec wants to strengthen the French language, it should do so in partnership with English-speaking Quebecers, not treat them as an opponent. Anglophones know that French requires some form of protection and promotion by the … Read more

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Forced to go online during pandemic, some new immigrants are quitting French lessons, group says

Director of non-profit organization says ‘French is crucial’ to feel a sense of belonging in Quebec. A Montreal-based organization that offers government-sanctioned French lessons to immigrants has moved online because of the pandemic, but the group’s executive director says that’s forcing some people to drop out of class. Up to 20 per cent of students … Read more

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Longueuil councillor calls for better access to municipal website after English-language pages removed

MONTREAL — When Peter Doonan recently scrolled through the Longueuil municipal website, he said he was surprised to see all of the English-language pages were missing. The borough councillor for Greenfield Park and some of his colleagues had been calling for improvements to the site because he said the new version of the website contained … Read more

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Français au Québec: la loi 101 ne suffit plus

Vous êtes dans une chaloupe qui prend l’eau au beau milieu de l’océan. Avec un seau, vous videz votre embarcation à répétition. C’est ce qu’il faut faire, mais c’est une lutte contre la montre. Vider la chaloupe est nécessaire, mais non suffisant. Vous lutterez tant que vous aurez de l’énergie. La seule solution durable, c’est … Read more

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La langue de la loi

L’année qui débute court de bonnes chances d’être marquée par plusieurs développements dans le dossier linguistique : la réforme de la Charte de la langue française du ministre Simon Jolin-Barrette, la révision de la Loi sur les langues officielles à Ottawa, le Sommet sur le rapprochement des francophonies canadiennes et, vraisemblablement, l’audition du recours introduit par … Read more

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Opinion: Do English Quebecers and other minorities need a new provincial party they can ‘count on’?

MONTREAL — Former Equality Party (EP) leader Robert Libman’s call last month for the creation of a new “single-issue party” that anglophones “can count on” also speaks indirectly to the unhealthy predicament community members and other minority groups face by not having the comfortable election choices that anglophones in other provinces enjoy. Nevertheless, and with all due … Read more

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