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• Ottawa’s planned cuts expected to hit parliamentary interpreters

  An official said the proposed new rules would lower the quality of interpretation services and undermine public access to government proceedings in Canada’s two official languages.

  Politics

  Jul 24
  
• Quebec to invest $603M to protect French language. Critics say province has it all wrong

  Critics say the province is relying on data that reflects the private sphere versus the public, and intends on using coercive measures to bolster and protect the French language.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2024
  
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• London Calling: The Last Dinner Party and Nothing Matters

  This week's sample of what's happening across the Atlantic features a singalong chorus that might embarrass you if the neighbours hear.

  Economy

  May 23, 2023
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• Italy’s government wants to ban English, with fines up to $150K

  The proposed law targets the rise of "Anglomania" in Italy and argues that the use of English words "demeans and mortifies" the Italian language.

  World

  Apr 3, 2023
• TDSB makes Indigenous course required English credit for Grade 11

  The Toronto District School Board has voted to make its required English credit for Grade 11 students a class focused on Indigenous works.

  Education

  Feb 2, 2023
• Bill C-13 coming under fire from anglophone communities in Quebec

  Some fear that the promotion and protection of French comes at the expense of English.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
• N.B. French immersion flap at the core of Dominic Cardy’s cabinet exit

  The outspoken former minister of education resigned his post from cabinet over concerns that premier Blaine Higgs was intent on taking a 'wrecking ball' to French immersion.

  Education

  Oct 15, 2022
• Change to census question raises concerns over language data, expert says

  The national statistics agency flipped the order of two questions related to which language Canadians spoke at home on a regular basis and which languages they spoke most often.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2022
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• B.C. leads provinces for residents whose primary language at home isn’t English or French

  The 2021 census found that 17.1 per cent of British Columbians predominantly speak a language that is not English or French within their household.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2022
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• Proportion of French speakers declines in Quebec and nearly everywhere in Canada

  The number of Quebecers who reported English as their first official language topped one million, while one in 10 report speaking predominantly English at home.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2022