Quebec\u0027s French language minister, Jean\u002DFrançois Roberge, criticized C13 for placing Canada\u0027s linguistic minorities \u0022on an equal footing.\u0022
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C13 enshrines a new right to work and be served in French in businesses that are under federal jurisdiction in Quebec and in regions in other provinces “with a strong francophone presence.” Conservative official languages critic Joël Godin said that he and party leader Pierre Poilievre favour the amendment, however out of “respect” for his caucus colleagues he could not confirm that all of them would vote “yes.”
The MPs had asked permission to abstain and had been “accommodated,” Godin said, since the amendment would have been struck down anyway by votes cast against it by the Liberals and New Democrats.Article content “We maintain that Quebec’s linguistic development be uniform and that federal businesses established inside Quebec be subject to the Charter of the French Language,” Ashton said.
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