Bill 96 erodes legislative language equality
#Quebec #Canada #Bill96 #QuebecLaw #Bilingualism #LanguageRights #LegalEquality #CanadianLaw #Constitution #ConstitutionalLaw #FrenchAndEnglish #SupremeCourt #CharterOfTheFrenchLanguage #LanguageJustice
https://the-14.com/bill-96-erodes-legislative-language-equality/

By #AaronDerfel via the #MontrealGazette

The #MontrealChineseHospital, the #CHSLDPolonaisMarieCurieSkoldowska and #SantaCabriniHospital have all enjoyed #bilingual status for years under #Quebec’s #CharterOfTheFrenchLanguage, which allows patients in those facilities to be treated in #Chinese, #Polish, #Italian, #English and other mother tongues.

But you wouldn’t know that from looking at the website of the #OfficeQuébécoisDeLaLangueFrançaise (#OQLF).

#Montreal

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-language-watchdog-chooses-not-to-disclose-bilingual-status-of-some-hospitals

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