Hampstead lawyer Harold Staviss, who worked with the late Côte St. Luc councillor Ruth Kovac to ensure bilingual signage and communications in stores and Quebec government communications respectively, has launched
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A French-only sign at Trudeau Airport indicating Passenger and employee terminal access only has been removed following a complaint from Hampstead lawyer Harold Staviss to airport officials.
Staviss, along with the late Côte St. Luc councillor Ruth Kovac, has worked to promote bilingual signage and communications within Quebec s language law from businesses and municipal and provincial governments. And, in this case, the federal government at Trudeau Airport is federal jurisdiction and signage is supposed to be bilingual, as it is on a part of Autoroute 15 leading to and on the Champlain Bridge, as well as other federal structures.
Staviss first posted on Facebook about the unilingual signage at the airport July 4, including a picture of the sign and writing: The last time I checked, English was still one of Canadaâs official languages. It s quite clear the feds are petrified of Quebecâ itâs all for the votes. What a shame that now the Feds are ignoring angloph
There will be consultations on the bill this fall.
Among the proposals is the expansion of Quebec s language law, Bill 101, to federally-chartered institutions like banks. This could potentially include English media websites, as the federal government s proposed Bill C-10 could conceivably, through the CRTC, cover and censor online Canadian media content.
Bill 101 will apply to businesses with 25 employees and more. A permit can be suspended or revoked for non-respect of the language law, and a provincial contract can be terminated as well. Unions would be in charge of protecting French-language rights.
The law is being proposed because of perceptions that the French language is declining in Quebec.