October 30, 2024
QCGN pleased by federal support for minority economic-development plan
Federal recognition of a 10-year economic development plan aimed at Quebec’s English-speaking community was welcomed by two major groups last week.
The Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation (CDEDC)’s report to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages, entitled Economic Development of Official Languages Minority Communities in Canada, stressed a “collaborative approach when implementing positive measures targeting socio-economic development,” said CEDEC President and CEO, John Buck. “Working together to leverage official-language-minority communities’ assets at the local, regional, and provincial levels is the best guarantee of responding to the economic development needs of the community.”