
Minority language rights in the digital age | The-14
Quebec’s English-speaking minority struggles with balancing language rights and the dominance of English, creating challenges in policy and the digital age.
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Supreme Court of Canada overturns N.W.T. appeal court ruling on who can attend French school | CBC News
The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a 2021 decision by the N.W.T.’s Court of Appeal affecting the ability of non-Francophone students to attend French school in the territory.
CBCThe #Senate has voted overwhelmingly to adopt Bill C-13, an overhaul of the #OfficialLanguagesAct that has caused anger and sparked concern among #Quebec #Anglophones, one of the communities the law is intended to protect.
The #UpperHouse rejected a proposed amendment – backed by Quebec #Senators #TonyLoffreda and #JudithSeidman – that would have removed references to Quebec’s #CharterOfTheFrenchLanguage, commonly known as #Bill101, from #BillC13.
#QCGN #CanPol #Qcpol
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/bill-c-13-senate-passes-federal-language-bill-despite-opposition-from-quebec-anglophones#Echobox=1686881224

Bill C-13: Senate passes federal language bill despite opposition from Quebec anglophones
The Quebec Community Groups Network says it’s “deeply disappointed” by the adoption of the federal law, which includes references to Bill 101, as modified by Bill 96.
Montreal GazetteHey, #Quebec government! Your objective isn't to promote #French. #France does that. Your objective is to oppress #English.
You're a bunch of gawd-damned, arrogant #Anglophobes!
#qcpoli #CAQ #CAQa #OQLF #Bill101 #Bill96
“What #SugarSammy’s harshest critics resent about him, a poster child for #Bill101, is that his ability to speak impeccable #French hasn’t automatically translated into his miraculous transformation into a version of a #Quebecer they want to see materialize.”
#Québec #qcpoli
#ToulaDrimonis
#Bilingualism
#Montreal
https://cultmtl.com/2023/05/how-sweet-it-is-to-be-sugar-sammy-right-now/

How sweet it is to be Sugar Sammy right now
As his You're Gonna Rire 2 tour makes its way across Quebec, Sugar Sammy faces a very specific brand of backlash from his harshest critics.
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Robert Libman: Ottawa's new language law is troubling for Quebec anglos
Undermining official languages policy by protecting one linguistic minority in Canada and abandoning the linguistic minority in Quebec is shameful.
Montreal Gazette