Copy

LRSP LIVE
View this email in your browser

WHAT'S NEW 

WITH THE COMMISSIONERS?


 
COMMISSIONER BOILEAU SUBMITS HIS ANNUAL REPORT
 
Entitled "Rooting for Francophones" this is the seventh annual report of François Boileau, as the French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario.

It contains four key recommendations:
- To establish a standing committee on French-language services.
- To fully comply with the letter of the French Language Services Act, the Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs should table a detailed, engaged and relevant annual report on the work of the Office of Francophone Affairs.
- For the Attorney General to implement a pilot project improving access to justice in French based on the recommendations and intentions of the Rouleau-LeVay report.
- To establish a group of experts on Francophone immigration at the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration during the 2014–2015 fiscal year.
For more information:
http://csfontario.ca/en/rapports/ra1314
crédit photo :Faculté de Droit-U.Ottawacrédit photo :Faculté de Droit-U.Ottawa
LEGAL BATTLE
FOR EQUALITY IN FRENCH-LANGUAGE EDUCATION

FRANCOPHONE SCHOOL BOARD IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
The trial on the future of French-language education in British Columbia, which was to take place within 100 days and be completed in June, will be much longer than expected and must now be completed in February 2015.

Pause estivale pour le mégaprocès sur l'avenir de l'éducation en français (in French only) 

FRANCOPHONE SCHOOL BOARD IN SASKATCHEWAN
According to the Francophone School Board in Saskatchewan/ Conseil scolaire fransaskois (CSF), the government does not meet the constitutional requirements imposed by section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantee the right to education in the minority language. The province should, believes the CSF, grant additional funds to provide rights to French speakers comparable to those of English speakers.

Injonction : le CSF obtient le dixième de ce qu'il réclamait
(in French only) 

Demande d’injonction du CSF : une audience à deux vitesses (in French only)

Injonction du Conseil scolaire fransaskois : première journée en cour laborieuse (in French only)
 
LRSP PRESS REVIEW
INVITATION TO THE LRSP ANNUAL MEETING
ON NOVEMBER 19, 2014
 
"Demo-Linguistic Evolution and Immigration in Official Language Communities : Current and Upcoming Courses of Action for Constitutional Language Rights."
REGISTER ON LINE
CLICK HERE TO SUSBCRIBE TO OUR LISTS
Facebook
Facebook
Twitter
Twitter
Website
Website
CAREER OPPORTUNITY AT THE LRSP
Legal Adviser 
Closing Date:September 14, 2014
Job description

CONCERNS ABOUT
CBC/ RADIO-CANADA


Following the latest announcement of new budget cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada, the reactions were numerous. Among them, the FCFA  (in French only) "considers that the Crown corporation made ​​choices that threaten the ability of Francophone and Acadian communities to live in French". Meeting in Prince Edward Island at the 19th
Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie, the provincial and territorial ministers responsible for the Canadian Francophonie also discussed the recent budget cuts to the Société Radio-Canada. They expressed their concern about the impact that the cuts will have on the services provided by the public broadcaster, particularly for Francophone and Acadian communities, in terms of accessibility, quantity and quality. They will be monitoring the situation closely and evaluating impacts as well as measures that could be undertaken by the Conference or its members, including with the CRTC. Finally, Canada’s Commissioner of Official Languages Graham Fraser reminded the federal government and CBC/Radio-Canada that “the public broadcaster will have to be very aware of the duties incumbent upon it under the Official Languages Act pertaining to English-speaking communities in Quebec and French-speaking communities in other parts of Canada, as well as the promotion of linguistic duality.”

 
 
The Priority Setting Steering Committee (PSSC) of the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) has completed its annual survey to identify annual priorities of the Quebec’s English-speaking community. The survey was distributed to the organizations that are engaged in the Strategic Priorities Forum process and sent to more than a dozen new community sector partners. 
 
Ottawa bilingual city
the debate continues
and is gaining momentum!
 
While the majority of the candidates of the City Council of the City of Ottawa support the idea of official bilingualism, on its part the FCFA provides its support to a bilingual designation of the city of Ottawa and the professor Linda Cardinal of the University of Ottawa outlines the advantages of a bilingual capital.(*)

(*) articles in French only
 

"The omnipresence of language rights in our lives". This article was written by Jasmine Ranger, student at the University of Ottawa and communications assistant at the LRSP.
Mail address :
aschul2@uottawa.ca