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More young people needed in politics: UMQ

  MONTREAL As part of a plan to convince more young people to enter politics, the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ) is offering them the opportunity to talk to 17 experienced mentors. Young people between the ages of 18 and 35 represent just 8.3 per cent of elected municipal officials in Quebec. The UMQ says it wants to increase that number, both in terms of mayoralties and councillorships. The organization is launching its Ose le municipal campaign to encourage young people to take the leap into politics. In addition to being able to learn about what leading a municipal election campaign is like, those interested will be able to log onto the Ose le municipal website and speak to experienced mentors.

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Côte St. Luc VOTE BY MAIL FOR 70+ PASSES, UMQ BLASTED: Côte St. Luc council voted, as have some other municipal councils, to enable voters 70 and older to vote by mail in this November’s municipal election, as allowed by a new Quebec law Bill 85 and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. All councillors seconded the motion. But Councillor Mike Cohen, who worked on the file, blasted the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ), calling what he said was their near inaction “shameful. “They’re supposed to represent us,” the councillor said. “I tried to communicate with the president, who is the Mayor of some tiny little hamlet somewhere in Quebec and she did not really respond. They went to the National Assembly, they basically barely said a word, they didn’t speak up. We wanted this to be available to anyone who wanted to vote by mail, because as we can see, more than a year ago, everyone thought the pandemic would be long over by then. If you look at

CSL council passes resolution demanding retention of bilingual status

Côte St. Luc council unanimously passed a resolution at its May 10 meeting calling on the Quebec government to allow the city and others that want to keep it to retain their bilingual status. The resolution was tabled in light of reports that French Language Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette is considering reviewing the status of several bilingual municipalities and boroughs, having been prodded by PQ language critic Pascal Berubé. However, Jolin-Barrette revealed Thursday May 13 that municipalities that would not qualify for bilingual status today could pass a resolution saying they want to retain it. Bilingual status enables municipalities to provide services to residents in English and French. A city’s bilingual status used to be granted if most residents used a language other than French, but this was changed in 2000 to be based on residents’ mother tongue. This especially affected members older members of the Jewish community who may have originally spoken Yiddish

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