Etiket: Languages
Air Canada’s linguistic controversy | Fines must be imposed, says the Commissioner of Official Languages
(Ottawa) The Commissioner of Official Languages, Raymond Théberge, highlighted the controversy caused by the unilingualism of the boss of Air Canada during a meeting with Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor. He…
Ten years to save endangered indigenous languages
In 2022, the United Nations is launching the “International Decade of Indigenous Languages”. A beautiful and big project… but what will be the impacts? Posted on January 2, 2022 at…
A deficit of 75,000 francophone immigrants outside Quebec, calculates the Commissioner of Official Languages
Canada should have admitted at least 75,839 more French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec since 2008, or roughly the equivalent of the population of the city of Saint-Jérôme, to maintain the demographic…
A deficit of 75,000 francophone immigrants outside Quebec, calculates the Commissioner of Official Languages
Canada should have admitted at least 75,839 more French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec since 2008, or roughly the equivalent of the population of the city of Saint-Jérôme, to maintain the demographic…
The appointment of Mary Simon would a priori comply with the Official Languages Act
The hundreds of public complaints sparked by the appointment of a Governor General who does not speak French are “unfounded”, concludes the preliminary investigation report of the Commissioner of Official…
Minister Petitpas Taylor wants to protect Indigenous languages
(Ottawa) The new federal Minister of Official Languages, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, affirms that the protection of Indigenous languages is a priority for her government, just like the promotion of French…
Official languages: the French character of Quebec… in a legal Constitution in English
While the National Assembly of Quebec is preparing to propose, as part of Bill 96 amending the Charter of the French language, the addition of two provisions to the Constitution…
Regional languages in the spotlight on France 3 from November 22 to 28, 2021
Parlaren en Vaucluso: 12 associations to speak Provencal! November 7, 2021 Parlaren en Vaucluso fuguè founda in 1982. At the dawn of its 40th anniversary, the Parlaren en Vaucluso federation…
Support for creation in regional languages
Support for creation in regional languages Jacky Grotzinger gives you the details of this call for projects which can help you organize an initiative around regional languages. The presentation brochure…
Record of complaints to the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages against Michael Rousseau
The speech in English by the President and CEO of Air Canada, Michael Rousseau, has now generated a record number of complaints to the Office of the Commissioner of Official…
Speech in English by Michael Rousseau | Over a thousand complaints to the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
The number of complaints about the speech in English by the boss of Air Canada is on the way to breaking records. The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages…
Air Canada: over 200 complaints to the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for Canada
The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada had received at the end of the day Thursday more than 200 complaints in connection with the speech only in…