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QUEBEC Invoking the memory of René Lévesque and Camille Laurin and his own bumpy upbringing as a francophone on the West Island, Premier François Legault Thursday called on a new generation of Quebecers to take up the torch of protecting French.
Grabbing a share of the limelight from his minister responsible for the French language, Simon Jolin-Barrette, after the latter tabled a long-delayed bill overhauling the Charter of the French Language, Legault made sure the linguistic debate ahead will have his personal stamp.
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QUEBEC The Legault government will table its long awaited reforms to the Charter of the French Language on Thursday.
Senior government officials confirmed Tuesday evening to the Montreal Gazette that the Coalition Avenir Québec government will proceed after publishing a formal notice of its plan on Wednesday’s order paper of the National Assembly.
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Since it is legally required to give the house a full day’s notice, that means the Minister Responsible for the French Language, Simon Jolin-Barrette, will table the sweeping legislation Thursday morning.
MONTREAL A disagreement between the parties over the bilingualism of judges at the Court of Quebec is not at all a question of judicial independence, says Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette. During a news conference in Montreal on Wednesday, the justice minister and attorney general of Quebec was asked to comment on the disagreement between him and the chief justice of the Court of Quebec regarding the bilingualism required of judges. News outlet La Presse had revealed that the minister refused to require bilingualism for all judges of this court, regardless of the courthouse where they are called to practice.
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The Quebec government will spend $19.2 million to help First Nations and Inuit communities navigate the justice system and provide them with services in their own language.
About $7.7 million will be spent on hiring Indigenous workers who will support victims of crime. The new employees will be assigned to local chapters of CAVAC, the province’s crime victims assistance centres, or other organizations that Indigenous groups may establish in their communities.
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