The vitality of our community and the many institutions we created and supported for generations are increasingly endangered.
Over the next few months, a raft of Bill 96 regulations, including those affecting education, health and social services and the use of English in our court system will be rolled out.Article contentvowed the release of long-awaited regional access programs for health and social services early in 2023 will allay concerns regarding access to these services in our own language.
Moving forward the QCGN strongly suggests that Girard and his government hold formal consultations on the regulations that implement Bill 96. From our perspective, National Assembly hearings would provide the quality communications opportunity Girard seeks: a chance to explain the impacts of his government’s bill while gathering input on its real-life consequences on our community.
Meanwhile our federal Parliament is set to debate a bill to fundamentally change Canada’s Official Languages Act, the only legislation that truly protects our minority community.“An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts” is to “modernize” legislation that dates back to 1969. But as currently drafted, this quasi-constitutional federal statute.
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