CFN – How valid is the Non-Francophone vote in this upcoming Quebec Provincial election? Long time a bastion of the Liberal Party; mostly because there really were no other options for vastly Federalist Anglophones are those votes enough to still make an impact? With the CAC party winning some AngloContinue Reading
CFN – On Saturday, at his sprawling Maple Ponds Equestrian Centre in Williamstown, human rights activist Howard Galganov and his wife Anne hosted a bbq lunch, rally and fundraiser. About 100 invited guests from places such as Cornwall and area, Ottawa, Toronto, Timmins, Montreal, and further afield, enjoyed the burgers,Continue Reading
CFN – PQ leader Pauline Marois bared her linguistic teeth promising voters that she’d visit Bill 101, the language law in Quebec, within 100 days of being elected. LINK Marois says the province’s landmark language law, Bill 101, needs to be updated to stop the decline of French in MontrealContinue Reading
CFN – This morning some members of the Language Fairness for All group used a homemade train as their latest vehicle to promote awareness of what they see as increasingly discriminatory hiring policies at area places of employment. Amid cries that members of the Anglophone majority are being forced to:Continue Reading
CFN – You have to love PQ leader Pauline Marois if you want language laws reviewed in Canada. Official bilingualism has cost our great country billions of dollars since implemention, but what it’s chiefly done is create this special class of civil servant which grossly favours those with aContinue Reading
CFN – Jean Charest is about to face the biggest political challenge of his political career and it should be fun to watch. Badgered by Corruption scandals and students banging pots and pans while gerrymandering hopes of PQ election wins he’s about to call a Provincial election. The timing isContinue Reading
“Language Debate won’t be solved by Us” As this debate becomes ever more heated, it is apparent from recent editorials and blogs nationwide that this event is quickly becoming polarized. Canadians from Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast are commentating on the need for the existing policy of ‘Official Bilingualism’ – some for, some against, butContinue Reading
CFN-Earlier today members of the local Language Fairness for All – LFA group were joined by members of the Ottawa area Canadians for Language Fairness – CLF umbrella group in front of Cornwall’s taxpayer-funded French-only medical clinic. In late May the groups converged in Chesterville, catching James Moore, Minister ofContinue Reading
Searching for Compromise is getting more difficult Has the word compromise disappeared from our public discourse? Has there been any compromise in the Quebec Students Strike? Over the past few weeks, a number of well-known reporters have written excellent articles that examine various aspects of the students strike from lookingContinue Reading
CFN – Ah what interesting times we live in… The Montreal Student protest is becoming International news. Countless pieces have been written about it by hundreds of people… As a former Montrealer who grew up during the 70’s, the heart of linguistic purges in Quebec I saw first handContinue Reading
CFN – We apologize for being late in publishing this letter to the Editor. Dear Taxpayer Over the weekend Montreal area residents were upset and protested in the streets over a unilingual hockey coach, the media and fans have been at this constantly since mid December. We have Canada’s LanguageContinue Reading