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Still difficult to work in French in the federal public service PUBLISHED ON MAY 10, 2017
Posted: May 10, 2017
OTTAWA - The number of Francophones working in the federal public service remained stable in 2016, but their ability to work in the official language of their choice remains a challenge, according to a report by the Clerk on the Public Service of Canada. BENJAMIN VACHET bvachet@tfo.org | @BVachet "Many employees, especially Francophones, feel they can not […more]Education Summit: A Giant Step Forward (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: May 6, 2017
Walls carpeted with children's drawings, naive shapes with bright colors. Sitting on a tiny chair disguised as a loveseat, it is easily taken for a giant. But now a toddler comes to talk to me. (Let's call him Jacques, since I have no right to appoint a child without parental permission). I sit almost at ground level. It's […more]Anglophone West desperately seeking French immersion teachers Not enough teachers, and no backup plan in place
Posted: May 4, 2017
Anglophone School District West doesn't yet have all the French immersion teachers it needs for next year — or a plan for what to do if it can't find enough. "We haven't planned that one out," superintendent David McTimoney said Thursday on Information Morning Fredericton. 6 more schools to offer early French immersion this fall Plenty of […more]Hubert Dupuis satisfied with his meeting with Blaine Higgs (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 28, 2017
“Francophones outside Quebec are the children of the Charter” (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 17, 2017
PUBLISHED ON APRIL 17, 2017 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is often referred to in the files of Francophones in a minority situation before the Supreme Court of Canada. Archives, #ONfr OTTAWA - The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is celebrating its 35th anniversary on April 17th. Sometimes criticized, particularly in Quebec, where […more]Complaint to the Commissioner of Official Languages (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 15, 2017
New Democrat MP François Choquette asks the Commissioner of Official Languages to intervene "on an urgent basis" to force the proponent of the Chalk River nuclear waste dump project to translate its environmental impact assessment document into French , And require the postponement of the consultation process by that time. This week the Ottawa River […more]The Two Solitudes of New Brunswick (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 13, 2017
PUBLISHED ON APRIL 13, 2017 FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has officially been bilingual since 1969, but the reality is different on the ground. Between indifference, incomprehension and even tensions, the Atlantic province lives, at its level, the two solitudes of Canada, according to the specialist of linguistic rights, Michel Doucet. BENJAMIN VACHET bvachet@tfo.org | @BVachet […more]6 more schools to offer early French immersion this fall
Posted: April 13, 2017
Early French immersion will be offered at six additional schools in September, Premier Brian Gallant announced in Minto on Thursday. The six anglophone schools that will now offer French immersion, starting in Grade 1, are: Blackville School, Nelson Rural School, North & South Esk Elementary School, Keswick Ridge School, Minto Elementary Middle School and Montgomery Street […more]Equality Health in French believes that Vitalite is under the tutelage of the government
Posted: April 11, 2017
http://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2017/04/11/egalite-sante-francais-estime-vitalite-tutelle-gouvernement/NB signs an immigration agreement with government (French Immigration)
Posted: April 5, 2017
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2017/03/canada_and_new_brunswicksignimmigrationagreement.html Canadian airports: bilingualism has lead in the wing
Posted: April 5, 2017
This article highlights the struggle to fill bilingual positions. It's very difficult to hire bilingual in areas where the majority population speaks one language or the other. This results in the necessity to hire outside of local to meet bilingual mandates, and results in the forced alteration of local demographics... a problem that NB has […more]The agreement on the egalitarian envelope does not go far enough, according to the International Observatory of Linguistic Rights
Posted: April 5, 2017
PUBLISHED TODAY AT 8:40 PM 0:002:02 Auto Auto The Equal Opportunities Agreement made public If the amounts that the Gallant government were awarding under the agreement on the equalization envelope were known, the protocol was not. An unveiling that satisfied some, but an agreement that the International Observatory of linguistic rights considers insufficient. The agreement […more]
Still difficult to work in French in the federal public service PUBLISHED ON MAY 10, 2017
Posted: May 10, 2017
OTTAWA - The number of Francophones working in the federal public service remained stable in 2016, but their ability to work in the official language of their choice remains a challenge, according to a report by the Clerk on the Public Service of Canada. BENJAMIN VACHET bvachet@tfo.org | @BVachet "Many employees, especially Francophones, feel they can not […more]Education Summit: A Giant Step Forward (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: May 6, 2017
Walls carpeted with children's drawings, naive shapes with bright colors. Sitting on a tiny chair disguised as a loveseat, it is easily taken for a giant. But now a toddler comes to talk to me. (Let's call him Jacques, since I have no right to appoint a child without parental permission). I sit almost at ground level. It's […more]Anglophone West desperately seeking French immersion teachers Not enough teachers, and no backup plan in place
Posted: May 4, 2017
Anglophone School District West doesn't yet have all the French immersion teachers it needs for next year — or a plan for what to do if it can't find enough. "We haven't planned that one out," superintendent David McTimoney said Thursday on Information Morning Fredericton. 6 more schools to offer early French immersion this fall Plenty of […more]Hubert Dupuis satisfied with his meeting with Blaine Higgs (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 28, 2017
“Francophones outside Quebec are the children of the Charter” (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 17, 2017
PUBLISHED ON APRIL 17, 2017 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is often referred to in the files of Francophones in a minority situation before the Supreme Court of Canada. Archives, #ONfr OTTAWA - The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is celebrating its 35th anniversary on April 17th. Sometimes criticized, particularly in Quebec, where […more]Complaint to the Commissioner of Official Languages (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 15, 2017
New Democrat MP François Choquette asks the Commissioner of Official Languages to intervene "on an urgent basis" to force the proponent of the Chalk River nuclear waste dump project to translate its environmental impact assessment document into French , And require the postponement of the consultation process by that time. This week the Ottawa River […more]The Two Solitudes of New Brunswick (Translated using Google Translate)
Posted: April 13, 2017
PUBLISHED ON APRIL 13, 2017 FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has officially been bilingual since 1969, but the reality is different on the ground. Between indifference, incomprehension and even tensions, the Atlantic province lives, at its level, the two solitudes of Canada, according to the specialist of linguistic rights, Michel Doucet. BENJAMIN VACHET bvachet@tfo.org | @BVachet […more]6 more schools to offer early French immersion this fall
Posted: April 13, 2017
Early French immersion will be offered at six additional schools in September, Premier Brian Gallant announced in Minto on Thursday. The six anglophone schools that will now offer French immersion, starting in Grade 1, are: Blackville School, Nelson Rural School, North & South Esk Elementary School, Keswick Ridge School, Minto Elementary Middle School and Montgomery Street […more]Equality Health in French believes that Vitalite is under the tutelage of the government
Posted: April 11, 2017
http://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2017/04/11/egalite-sante-francais-estime-vitalite-tutelle-gouvernement/NB signs an immigration agreement with government (French Immigration)
Posted: April 5, 2017
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2017/03/canada_and_new_brunswicksignimmigrationagreement.htmlCanadian airports: bilingualism has lead in the wing
Posted: April 5, 2017
This article highlights the struggle to fill bilingual positions. It's very difficult to hire bilingual in areas where the majority population speaks one language or the other. This results in the necessity to hire outside of local to meet bilingual mandates, and results in the forced alteration of local demographics... a problem that NB has […more]The agreement on the egalitarian envelope does not go far enough, according to the International Observatory of Linguistic Rights
Posted: April 5, 2017
PUBLISHED TODAY AT 8:40 PM 0:002:02 Auto Auto The Equal Opportunities Agreement made public If the amounts that the Gallant government were awarding under the agreement on the equalization envelope were known, the protocol was not. An unveiling that satisfied some, but an agreement that the International Observatory of linguistic rights considers insufficient. The agreement […more]