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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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Implications for #Quebec's #Bill101?

The #SupremeCourtOfCanada has overturned 2021 decision by #NWTs #CourtOfAppeal affecting ability o some students 2 attend #French school there.
Decision ends legal battle between #CommissionScolaireFrancophoneDesTerritoriesDuNordOuest & the NWT #DepartmentOfEducation over whether students who don't have a #ConstitutionalRight 2 French #education, or "non-rights holders", should b permitted entry into the #Francophone school system. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/supreme-court-of-canada-overturns-n-w-t-appeal-court-ruling-on-who-can-attend-french-school-1.7052986

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.

CBC

The #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 Gazette

Hey, #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.

Cult MTL

I'm all about promotion of bilingualism in Canada. I'm not bilingual. The recent Census showed there was a decline in French within Canada. So is Bill C-13 amending the Official Languages Act meant to equal the playing field, especially for business, or is this a political ploy to save Liberal votes in Québec?

#québecois #québecoises #qcpoli #cdnpoli #bilingue #bilingulaism #multiculturalism #anglophone #allophone #francophonie #francophone #billC13 #bill101

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/robert-libman-ottawas-new-language-law-is-troubling-for-quebec-anglos?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-montrealgazette&utm_content=later-31153767&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio

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