Cities took centre stage at COP15 Sunday as Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante challenged local leaders around the world to protect biodiversity at the local level. The "Montreal pledge" includes 15 actions to “reduce threats” and “share the benefits” of biodiversity. They include moves to eliminate plastic waste, reduce pesticide use, increase green space, and to prioritize “nature based” protection against extreme weather.
Nearly a year after the Quebec government's self-imposed deadline passed to enshrine cultural sensitivity into its health-care law, the province's Indigenous Affairs Minister says it will happen by the end of this parliamentary session.
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AFNQL strikes wait and see attitude on Bill 96
May 19, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Quebec’s most recent attempt to strengthen the Charter of the French Language will seek to make the language even stronger in small businesses and in communities across Quebec, but respect for Indigenous languages is also paramount and must also be protected, said a Quebec Indigenous leader.
Bill 96, which was tabled in the National Assembly in Quebec City last Thursday, will seek to tighten access to English CEGEPs, limit the number of English courses taught at French CEGEPs, further limit non-French signage on commercial signs, allow shoppers to complain formally if they are not served in French, and allow Bill 101 to be extended to businesses with 25 to 49 employees. Previously small businesses with under 50 employees were exempt.
At committee: Broadcasting-regime overhaul, offshore safety By Kady O Malley. Published on May 10, 2021 6:31am Parliament Hill (Andrew Meade/iPolitics) CANADIAN HERITAGE members are set to resume debate on a Liberal-initiated pitch to get clause-by-clause review of the proposed broadcasting overhaul back on track after the last-minute removal of a blanket exemption for social media sparked widespread outrage which, in turn, led opposition members to instigate a pause in the proceedings.
“On Friday,
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather tried to break the deadlock with a motion that would ask
Justice Minister David Lametti to provide the committee with “a revised Charter statement on the bill … as soon as possible,” as well as “invite both Lametti and