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Montreal Gazette — January 30, 2026

Quebec anglophones voice concerns as Ottawa picks francophone language commissioner

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“We want to be reassured that the new commissioner truly understands the situation that Canada’s largest official language minority community is going through here in Quebec.”

A Quebec anglophone-rights group says it’s disappointed Ottawa has nominated a francophone to be Canada’s next language watchdog. Since the 1980s, the role of Official Languages Commissioner has alternated between anglophones and francophones. This week, Kelly Burke, a Franco-Ontarian, was nominated to succeed Raymond Théberge, a Franco-Manitoban whose term ended this week. Sylvia Martin-Laforge, director general of TALQ, a coalition of anglophone groups, said the move has raised concerns among English-speaking Quebecers.

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