Simon Jolin-Barrette
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Québec solidaire to swear oath to King with plans to table bill to make pledge optionalGabriel Nadeau-Dubois says party members will take the oath so that they can enter the legislature and quickly table a bill to make the pledge optional.CanadaNov 3, 2022
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Quebec government says it is ready to make oath of office to the King optionalSimon Jolin-Barrette says the government is ready to move quickly and introduce a bill that would allow members to sit without swearing an oath of office to King Charles III.PoliticsNov 2, 2022
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Support dogs to comfort victims at Quebec’s specialized courtsSupport dogs will be offered in the province's specialized courts that were recently created to handle cases of sexual violence and domestic assault.CanadaJun 28, 2022
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‘Je suis Québécoise. Point final’: Questions remain for Anglophones after Bill 96 passesQuebec premier François Legault says "historic anglophones" will keep the right to receive government services in English. But bill 96 doesn't even define who that is.PoliticsJun 25, 2022
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Quebec’s Bill 96 officially becomes law, French language minister namedThe latest step for the legislation in Quebec also means that Simon Jolin-Barrette officially has a new role as the province's first minister of the French language.CanadaJun 1, 2022
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Bill 96: Health-care professionals say government’s reassurances misleadingHealth-care professionals who have been warning about the potential impact Bill 96 could have, say the government's repeated claims that the fears are unjustified, are misleading.CanadaMay 18, 2022
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Quebec Indigenous leaders demand exemption from Bill 96Indigenous chiefs across the province are demanding that their communities be exempt from the Bill, meant to strengthen the province's French language charter.CanadaMay 7, 2022
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Quebec education leaders relieved by Bill 96 amendmentQuebec's minister responsible for the French language said he would amend Bill 96 to allow non-French-speaking students to choose three French classes instead of core courses.EducationApr 27, 2022
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Quebec will amend Bill 96 to make allowances for anglophone studentsEligible students who don't have the required language skills to take core courses in French, will be allowed to substitute them for three French-language classes of 45 hours each.CanadaApr 26, 2022
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Quebec anglophone groups gearing up for fight against Bill 96 amendmentThe groups want an amendment to the bill that would force Anglophone college students to take three core courses in French to be rolled back. They argue many students will fail.EducationApr 18, 2022
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