The #Senate has voted overwhelmingly to adopt Bill C-13, an overhaul of the #OfficialLanguagesAct that has caused anger and sparked concern among #Quebec #Anglophones, one of the communities the law is intended to protect.
The #UpperHouse rejected a proposed amendment – backed by Quebec #Senators #TonyLoffreda and #JudithSeidman – that would have removed references to Quebec’s #CharterOfTheFrenchLanguage, commonly known as #Bill101, from #BillC13.
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#Quebec #anglophones will lose jobs & access 2 #English services, w/ their #ConstitutionalRights left 2 whims o provincial government under proposed new federal #language legislation, a #Senate committee has heard.
“The reality is, when you require things be done in #French but permit them 2 be done in English, businesses will stop hiring anglophones & operate solely in French 2 keep costs down,” Janice Naymark told Senate’s #OfficialLanguagesCommittee.
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I'm all about promotion of bilingualism in Canada. I'm not bilingual. The recent Census showed there was a decline in French within Canada. So is Bill C-13 amending the Official Languages Act meant to equal the playing field, especially for business, or is this a political ploy to save Liberal votes in Québec?
#québecois #québecoises #qcpoli #cdnpoli #bilingue #bilingulaism #multiculturalism #anglophone #allophone #francophonie #francophone #billC13 #bill101
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