Etiket: Languages
The modernization of the Official Languages Act will become a reality
After promising it during two election campaigns, the Liberals finally delivered their reform of the Official Languages Act late Thursday evening, when Bill C-13 passed unamended at third reading in…
Why should languages be protected? | The Press
Every time I write on the language issue, I receive a number of emails from people who see no point in protecting French at all. Posted at 1:39 a.m. Updated…
French still abused in the federal public service and at Air Canada, says the Commissioner of Official Languages
Travelers and French-speaking federal public servants are again this year the main victims of shortcomings in the area of official languages, concludes Commissioner Raymond Théberge in his most recent annual…
The Commissioner of Official Languages does not share the Anglo-Quebec fear of C-13
Criticized by representatives of the English-speaking community in Quebec, the agreement between Ottawa and Quebec on the protection of French at work is rather “interesting”, according to the Commissioner of…
Official languages: thanks to Ottawa, our universities anglicize immigrants well…
The federal government has just passed its reform of the Official Languages Act. In theory, there should be more protection for French. In practice, there is still a lot of…
The Senate will not be rushed to pass the Official Languages Act
The Senate will take the time necessary to rigorously study Bill C-13, which reforms the Official Languages Act, indicated Acadian Senator René Cormier, who chairs the Upper House committee that…
in Korea, an artificial intelligence can now modify the voice to translate songs into all languages
The software, developed by Supertsone and acquired by Hybe Studios, has stored thousands of voices in dozens of languages and then uses AI to correct the pronunciation of its customers.…
Only one MP votes against the federal reform of the Official Languages Act
Montreal MP Anthony Housefather followed through on his threat by being the only member of the House of Commons to oppose the final vote on federal Bill C-13 on official…
Official languages | The House of Commons passes Bill C-13 almost unanimously
(Ottawa) Against all odds, Bill C-13 to modernize the Official Languages Act passed third and final reading in the House of Commons almost unanimously on Monday afternoon. The vote was…
Indigenous languages: “Nothing about us without us”
This text is part of the special booklet 90th Acfas Congress The slogan of the Los Pinos Declaration for the Decade of Indigenous Languages, “Nothing About Us Without Us,” implies…
Anglo-Montreal Liberals denounce the reform of the Official Languages Act
Liberal activists from West Montreal told their party convention on Friday that not everyone is happy with the agreement between Quebec and Ottawa on the protection of the French language…
[Éditorial] Official languages, real inequality
The Trudeau government presented its new Action Plan for Official Languages 2023-2028 even before Bill C-13 was passed, which gives the current Official Languages Act some teeth. This plan renews…
Indigenous languages | Public consultations, a false good idea
The public consultations on Indigenous languages held from 1er May the Minister responsible for First Nations and Inuit Relations, Ian Lafrenière, might seem like a good idea, since they aim…
Coronation of Charles III | Non-Christian worship and three languages will be incorporated into the ceremony
(London) Non-Christian faiths and the languages of the four nations that make up the United Kingdom will be included for the first time in a coronation ceremony for a British…
[Chronique] The languages of Ti-Jean Kerouac
The “Quebecness” of Jack Kerouac had caused a stir among us in 1967 at the salt of the week, at Radio-Canada (to see on YouTube). In this interview in French…
Federal Plan on Official Languages | Part of the 138 million already planned for francization
(Ottawa) The action plan on official languages already provides money for learning French as a second language, included in the additional $138 million allocated to the Anglophone community in Quebec.…
Federal plan on official languages: Roberge asks that the money for English-speaking communities be used for francization
The Minister of the French Language, Jean-François Roberge, will ask that the $137.5 million provided for by the federal plan on official languages for English-speaking communities be used for francization.…
Official languages | The federal plan leaves Quebec unsatisfied
(Ottawa and Quebec) While it notes “interesting measures” for Francophone communities in other provinces in the federal action plan on official languages, the Legault government regrets that it has seen…
Federal Plan on Official Languages | Nothing at first sight for French in Quebec, deplores Roberge
(Quebec) If it notes “interesting measures” for the French-speaking communities of the other provinces in the federal action plan on official languages, the Legault government regrets having seen nothing so…
Ottawa adds $1.4 billion to its official languages plan
About “20%” of the $1.4 billion over five years that Ottawa is adding to its action plan on official languages will support English in Quebec, the federal government indicated the…