While Quebec is asking the federal government to adopt a different approach for French -speaking minorities outside Quebec and in the province’s English -speaking community, Justin Trudeau’s lieutenant in Quebec, Pablo Rodriguez, said the federal government must be present for both language communities.
It is true that there is only one endangered language in North America and that is French.said Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez on Friday, on the sideline of the announcement of assistance to the tourism sector in the Montreal region.
” That said, the Official Languages Act and the Government of Canada are in place for the two minority communities. “
The Trudeau government recognizes that the French are under threat and Quebec has a role to play in ensuring its safety, Rodriguez said. However, the federal government’s approach should provide a guarantee that members of the English-speaking community in Quebec will receive essential services, such as access to justice and health care, in their language.
Quebec has 14 recommendations
Quebec is asking the federal government to take a different approach to French -speaking minorities outside Quebec and to the English -speaking community in Quebec, in its reform project the Official Languages Act.
Quebec Minister of Canadian Relations Sonia LeBel this week sent a list of 14 amendments to federal MPs studying the bill, Radio-Canada reports. This will ask elected officials to recognize that the needs of the two communities are different.
It is said that Ms. LeBel to elected officials not to specify the promotion of English in the new version of the law and to speak only of the promotion of French and development of minorities.
Mr. do not want to comment. Rodriguez at the request of Ms. LeBel: Personally, I think it’s important for Quebec to be able to speak up and provide its perspective, but ultimately the Standing Committee on Official Languages will review it and decide what action to take..
The Canadian Press
Source: Radio-Canada