#Loi21 goes TOO FAR.
REPEAT AFTER ME: Supporting secularism and supporting secularism laws are NOT the same thing!
#cdnpoli #polcan #CAQASTROPHE #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #legaultistan #polMTL #MTLpoli
#Loi21 goes TOO FAR.
REPEAT AFTER ME: Supporting secularism and supporting secularism laws are NOT the same thing!
#cdnpoli #polcan #CAQASTROPHE #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #legaultistan #polMTL #MTLpoli
Despite wanting to promote digital sovereignty, Québec
signs a contract with Amazon
// Article in French //
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Malgré la volonté de promouvoir la souveraineté numérique, le Québec
octroie un contrat à Amazon
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2241721/quebec-contrat-amazon-souverainete-numerique
#Québec #QCpoli #Amazon #AWS #DigitalSovereignty #SouverainetéNumérique
shame on the Quebec government.
"GRS Montreal, the sole clinic in Quebec offering fully subsidized gender-affirming surgeries, announced that a change in provincial funding will delay wait times — possibly by years. But only for Quebecers."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/transgender-surgery-delays-quebec-9.7146840

GrS Montreal, the sole clinic in Quebec offering fully subsidized gender-affirming surgeries, recently announced that a change in provincial funding will delay wait times — possibly by years — but only for Quebec patients.
Frankie Legs has always had a problem with women and with Montréal... that's unlikely to change regardless of whom CAQists select to replace him.
Montréal women's #homelessness programs hit by major funding cuts: https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/montreal-womens-homelessness-programs-hit-by-major-funding-cuts-group-warns/
#CAQASTROPHE #CAQists #misogyny #assnat #polQC #QCpoli #cdnpoli #polcan #polMTL #MTLpoli
If any of those language proposals come to become law, I promise to stop posting in French
Language knowledge is a strength.
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So n’importe quelle de ces propositions linguistiques viennent à devenir loi, je promets de cesser de publier en français.
La connaissance de langues est une force
Premiership hopefuls from the CAQ suggest further restrictions on anglophones. And blame immigrants for homelessness and schools falling apart
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/caq-leadership-debate-laval-immigration-9.7145869
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Les candidats chez la CAQ au poste de premier ministre suggèrent de nouvelles restrictions sur les anglophones. Et ils blâment les immigrants pour l’itinérance et l’écroulement des écoles
// Article en anglais //

Immigration, language and identity politics took centre stage at the final debate between the two candidates hoping to become Quebec's next premier, with Bernard Drainville booed by his rival's supporters.
Podcast: Québec’s
Bill 21 challenged in the Supreme Court
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+ABGavgQRTuk
CBC Listen: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1419-this-is-montreal/episode/16205330-quebecs-secularism-law-bill-21-is-tested-at-canadas-top-court

The legal challenge of Quebec’s secularism law, Bill 21, before the Supreme Court of Canada has evolved from a fight over whether teachers can wear hijabs in the classroom into a debate over who should get the final say when deciding questions of rights and freedoms in Canada: courts or elected legislatures? Reporter Steve Rukavina breaks down the arguments and explains why the outcome of this case will have implications across the country.
She was passed over for a promotion again in Québec
. Now, she's alleging systemic racism
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/wanda-kagan-quebec-human-rights-employment-9.7141954
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Elle a été ignorée pour une promotion à nouveau au Québec
. Maintenant, elle allègue le racisme systémique
// Article en anglais //

After over 30 years working for the same employer, Wanda Kagan has filed a human rights complaint, alleging systemic racism at her workplace in Montreal. Now in her 60s, the high school friend of former U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris is urging workers to protect themselves while navigating institutions that are stacked against them.
United Nations 🇺🇳 worried about the Province of Québec’s Bill 1
// Article in French //
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L’Organisation des Nations unies 🇺🇳 préoccupée par le projet de loi 1 de la province de Québec
via: https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/politique-provinciale-actualites/449/1598?u=edwing
#UN #ONU #Canada #CANpoli #CDNpoli #Québec #QCpoli #Bill1 #PL1