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QUEBEC A war of words has erupted after Marlene Jennings, head of the Quebec Community Groups Network, sided with Premier François Legault over whether the English Montreal School Board is qualified to make decisions about re-opening schools.
“I love it!!!,” Jennings tweeted Wednesday after Legault questioned the EMSB’s decision to resist his government’s order to send older high school students back to class full time an order the government soon rescinded.
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Opinion: Canada s official language minorities should have same rights ottawacitizen.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ottawacitizen.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Opinion: Canada s official language minorities should have same rights English-speaking Quebecers, and indeed all Canadians, should be wary of the consequences of the measures that are being considered.
Author of the article: Marlene Jennings • Special to Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021 • 3 days ago • 3 minute read • Mélanie Joly speaks at a Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Sudbury, April 2019. Despite reassurances from Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly, the government has put forward specific proposals that would provide rights to work and receive services in French but not provide the equivalent in English, Marlene Jennings writes. Photo by John Lappa /Postmedia
OTTAWA Federal Minister Mélanie Joly has unveiled her expert panel to examine new language rights and obligations for federally-owned private companies. Official Languages Minister Joly promised to appoint the members of her committee as soon as possible after tabling her reform proposal for the Official Languages Act two weeks ago. The Canadian Press was able to consult a draft of that 30-page document, entitled French and English: towards real equality of official languages in Canada. The proposal includes reforms in areas ranging from immigration to the selection of Supreme Court judges. It would also grant the commissioner of official languages new powers.
Reforms to federal language laws will not affect English services, Joly vows I hear the anxiety of the English-speaking community, said the federal minister for official languages. We have to address that anxiety.
Author of the article: Philip Authier • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Feb 19, 2021 • February 19, 2021 • 4 minute read • Anglophones in Quebec cannot be used as scapegoats by the provincial government, said Mélanie Joly, the federal minister for official languages. We need to make sure there s a strong social cohesion in this province and in this country. Photo by Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press
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QUEBEC The federal government will step in where necessary to defend the English-speaking community as Quebec moves into its own language reforms, the federal minister for official languages says.