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The pronoun iel makes it possible to upset the heteronormative order in addition to transgressing the linguistic norm
Few additions to French-language dictionaries have created as much controversy as the 2021 addition of the pronoun “iel” in the digital version of the Robert. Every year, “new” words are…
[Chronique de Jean-François Lisée] Let’s laugh a little… about linguistic tensions
In the summer of 1978, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau received a very strange missive from one of the most brilliant intellectuals in the country, Marshall McLuhan. Specialist in modern…
Linguistic tensions between the police and the family of Riley Fairholm
The mother of young Riley Fairholm, who was shot dead by law enforcement in the summer of 2018, told coroner’s hearings on Monday that a police officer at the scene…
Ottawa must be present for both linguistic communities, says Minister Rodriguez
While Quebec asks the federal government to adopt a differentiated approach between French-speaking minorities outside Quebec and the province’s English-speaking community, Justin Trudeau’s lieutenant in Quebec, Pablo Rodriguez, says the…
Linguistic discrimination: an RCMP employee stuck in a judicial maze
Caught up in a legal labyrinth for several years, a Francophone employee of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is trying to have it recognized that he was the victim…
Linguistic controversy | A “lemon prize” for Canadian National
A giant lemon has invited itself in front of the head office of Canadian National (CN) because of the language missteps of the rail carrier, plunged into controversy after closing…
Do the media contribute to a certain linguistic insecurity among minority Francophones?
This text is part of the special Francophonie booklet How do minority Francophones in Canada perceive their language and their accent through the prism of media such as Radio-Canada? Do…
Doubtful linguistic data | The duty
Next August, Statistics Canada will release data from the 2021 census on language use at home and in the workplace. It would then be preferable for the federal agency not…
Who is Quebecois? | A linguistic dispute breaks out at the Blue Salon
Désolé, votre navigateur ne supporte pas les videos (Québec ) Une chicane linguistique autour de la définition de qui est Québécois a éclaté jeudi au Salon bleu, alors que libéraux…
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…
linguistic debate or political controversy?
The pronoun “iel”, a contraction of “he” and “she”, has just entered the online version of the Le Petit Robert dictionary. This personal subject pronoun of the third person aims…
For a strong linguistic and social alliance
Balarama Holness will not win the next election for mayor of Montreal, but his plan to make Montreal a statutorily bilingual city may well end up triumphing. Brief step back.…