TORONTO The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador is launching a new research project aimed at documenting the forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in Quebec. The AFNQL is inviting First Nations and Inuit women who believe they were sterilized without their consent to come forward and share their personal experiences, or those of loved ones with their permission. In claims as recent as 2019, there have been numerous reports across Canada of Indigenous women receiving tubal ligations after giving birth, leaving them sterilized without their full and informed consent. On Thursday, a new report by the senate committee on human rights stated that coerced sterilization of Indigenous women still happens in Canada.
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AFNQL strikes wait and see attitude on Bill 96
May 19, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Quebec’s most recent attempt to strengthen the Charter of the French Language will seek to make the language even stronger in small businesses and in communities across Quebec, but respect for Indigenous languages is also paramount and must also be protected, said a Quebec Indigenous leader.
Bill 96, which was tabled in the National Assembly in Quebec City last Thursday, will seek to tighten access to English CEGEPs, limit the number of English courses taught at French CEGEPs, further limit non-French signage on commercial signs, allow shoppers to complain formally if they are not served in French, and allow Bill 101 to be extended to businesses with 25 to 49 employees. Previously small businesses with under 50 employees were exempt.