Official Languages

• Canada developing new immigration policy to attract French-speaking people, workers

  The plan says Canada aims to recruit from Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas and attract bilingual workers to francophone minority communities.

  Politics

  Apr 26, 2023
  
• N.B. to open Secretariat of Official Languages to oversee province’s language act

  Premier Blaine Higgs says the secretariat will oversee the way the government carries out its duties under the Official Languages Act.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2022
  
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• Proposed changes to language law will create ‘barriers’ for Indigenous people: AFN

  The Assembly of First Nations says the bill "continues the federal government's approach of privileging English and French while devaluing Indigenous languages."

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2022
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• 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
• 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
• N.B. premier delaying province’s response to Official Languages Act recommendations

  New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has announced he is delaying the province's response to the recommendations to improve the Official Languages Act.

  Politics

  Jun 30, 2022
• N.B. language commissioner ‘greatly disappointed’ in recommendation silence

  The report with several recommendations to amend the Official Languages Act has been left unaddressed by the government as the latest session closed, drawing critcism.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2022
• N.B. legislature to begin translating 15-year debate backlog into both official languages

  Extra funding for the legislative assembly means a 15-year period where the official record of house proceedings was not translated into both official languages will end.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2022
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• Air Canada CEO apologizes to parliamentary committee in first comments on poor French

  Rousseau said his comments last Nov. were "insensitive'' when he said that he managed to live 14 years in Montreal without speaking French, which is ``to the credit'' of the city.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2022
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• Almost 200 complaints lodged over new GG’s lack of French, language czar says

  'I have received a significant number of complaints about the appointment – close to 200 so far,' the languages watchdog said in an emailed statement.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2021