Etiket: Francophone
Ontario’s Deputy Minister of Francophone Affairs, Marie-Lison Fougère, is retiring
Ontario’s Ministry of Francophone Affairs will lose one of its most senior officials at the end of the month. Deputy Minister Marie-Lison Fougère, one of the architects of the creation…
Official languages | Francophone and Acadian communities call for unity
(Ottawa) The Federation of Francophone and Acadian Communities (FCFA) is calling on recalcitrant Liberal MPs to rally behind Bill C-13 to modernize the Official Languages Act. A dozen Quebec elected…
The Toronto Francophone Committee will be back
The largest city in the country will once again have an advisory committee for its Francophone community. On Wednesday evening, Toronto City Council voted to reappoint the committee for a…
Francophone minorities outside Quebec | The Bloc “couldn’t give a damn”, accuses Trudeau
(Ottawa) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not mince his words about the Bloc Québécois on Wednesday, when he said he “fundamentally” believes that the sovereignist party is not concerned about…
Bloc Québécois ‘couldn’t care less’ about Francophone minorities, accuses Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not mince his words about the Bloc Québécois on Wednesday, when he said he “fundamentally” believes that the sovereignist party is not concerned about the…
Bloc Québécois ‘couldn’t care less’ about Francophone minorities, accuses Trudeau
(Ottawa) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not mince his words about the Bloc Québécois on Wednesday, when he said he “fundamentally” believes that the sovereignist party is not concerned about…
Francophone music | Mouffe award to Ariane Roy
The first Mouffe prize, created last year by the Outremont Theater to give a boost to an emerging artist singing in French, is awarded this Thursday to singer-songwriter Ariane Roy.…
Canada reaches its Francophone immigration target outside Quebec for the first time
Canada reached for the first time, in 2022, its target of 4.4% French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec set nearly 20 years ago. According to the federal government, 16,300 new French-speaking immigrants…
[Festival de bande dessinée francophone]: Quebec makes its place in Angoulême
The largest French-language comics festival in the world will begin Thursday in Angoulême, in the southwestern part of France, and it will honor Quebec and its national capital by devoting…
When will there be a Francophone gathering place in Toronto?
By investing $100,000 in a feasibility study by the Center francophone du Grand Toronto (CFGT) on the creation of a gathering place for Francophones in the Queen City, on Monday,…
Nearly $5 million from Ottawa for a Francophone community center in Welland
Ottawa’s investments in the creation of a new Franco-Ontarian multigenerational community center in Welland are doubling due to the pandemic. Le Foyer Richelieu — one of the only French-language long-term…
Nearly $5 million from Ottawa for a Francophone community center in Welland
Ottawa’s investments in the creation of a new Franco-Ontarian multigenerational community center in Welland are doubling due to the pandemic. Le Foyer Richelieu — one of the only French-speaking long-term…
Funding for a Francophone gathering place in Toronto?
The Center francophone du Grand Toronto will conduct a feasibility study to determine if there is a need for a community center for Franco-Toronto residents, and if so, to understand…
A new president and new challenges for the Francophone committee in Toronto?
Toronto’s new French-speaking city councilor, Dianne Saxe, has accepted Mayor John Tory’s offer to chair the city’s Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee. If city councilors approve the committee’s renewal for a…
Revised Commercial Radio Policy | Francophone music quotas maintained at 65%, slice the CRTC
Quotas for French-language music will be maintained at 65%, ruled the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which released a revised policy on commercial radio on Wednesday. Posted at 9:00…
Increase in Francophone immigration | Social cohesion depends on it, according to Minister Fraser
(Ottawa) The federal Minister of Immigration, Sean Fraser, considers it “essential” to increase the number of French-speaking immigrants who come to settle in Canada. It is, according to him, the…
The 2022 Francophone Public Media Prize is awarded to Maurine Mercier of RTS and franceinfo
The 2022 Francophone Public Media Prize is awarded to Maurine Mercier of RTS and franceinfo Access to accessibility menu source site-25
The 2022 Francophone Public Media Prize is awarded to Maurine Mercier of RTS and franceinfo
The 2022 Francophone Public Media Prize is awarded to Maurine Mercier of RTS and franceinfo Access to accessibility menu source site-29
Identity of Francophone judges in Ontario kept secret
The Superior Court of Ontario employs 57 judges who can preside over a hearing in French, but their identity remains a mystery since the provincial court refuses without justification to…
Fitzgibbon talks about 100% Francophone immigration… with exceptions
The reception of 100% of French-speaking economic immigrants mentioned Tuesday by Prime Minister François Legault must be subject to exceptions depending on the sector. At least that is what the…