Posted: Mar 10, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 11
As Quebec looks to accelerate its vaccination campaign, there are calls for the government to better communicate with people in smaller language or cultural groups. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
Quebecers have rarely gone a week without hearing from their premier at least twice during this pandemic. What s allowed, what isn t, the exceptions to the rules instructions from the province have changed at a dizzying pace, even for experts and journalists whose job it is to keep up.
But many of those who do not understand François Legault s predominantly French-language news conferences, or other material put out by the province, turn to community groups to get the latest information in their own language.
CBC Radio s The House: Dec. 19, 2020
On this week’s show: Three MPs reflect on what it’s been like to represent Canadians in an exceptional year. The CBC’s Murray Brewster speaks with Maj-Gen. Jennie Carignan to get a glimpse of the battle diary of one of Canada’s top soldiers. Two communications experts discuss the effectiveness of governments’ COVID-19 messaging. And the CBC’s Olivia Stefanovich shares the story of a First Nation looking to end a boil-water advisory that s lasted a quarter century.
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