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Appearing six times a year, the Network News informs our partners and stakeholders as well as members of Quebec’s English-speaking community about the latest activities, news, and views of the Quebec Community Groups Network. 

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NETWORK NEWS SUMMER 2023

RENEWED DETERMINATION IN BATTLE FOR RIGHTS AND RESPECT

After decades of relative linguistic peace, English-speaking Quebec has reached a momentous crossroad. Not since the introduction of Bill 101 in 1977 have English-speaking Quebecers been required to so vigorously defend our contributions to Quebec society, the institutions we have built and indeed our very place in this province. That was among my messages in a commentary published in The Montreal Gazette on June 15.

For more than a year now, the English-speaking community of Quebec has been galvanized as it had not been for a very long time.

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NETWORK NEWS MAY 2023

SENATE MUST EXAMINE CONSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS OF BILL C-13

On Monday, the House of Commons adopted Bill C-13, the federal government's overhaul of the Official Languages Act. The bill now moves on to the Senate, where we hope the Upper Chamber will closely scrutinize the inclusion of Quebec's Charter of the French Language within the Act.   

The bill, which is contentious for English-speaking Quebec, sailed through the House. A handful of Liberal MPs, representing mainly Montreal-area ridings with significant numbers of English constituents, objected to portions of the bill. 

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NETWORK NEWS MARCH 2023

Community intervenes to prevent deep cuts at the Montreal Gazette

NETWORK NEWS DECEMBER 2022

Standing up for our rights

NETWORK NEWS NOVEMBER 2022

QCGN leading charge against looming threat to official bilingualism in Canada

NETWORK NEWS SEPTEMBER 2022

A time of deep transformation

NETWORK NEWS JULY 2022

English-speaking Quebec is indeed at a crossroads

NETWORK NEWS JUNE 2022

It has been an honour to lead the QCGN at this crucial crossroads

NETWORK NEWS APRIL 2022

Last Tuesday, the QCGN held a press conference to discuss the harmful impacts of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec.

NETWORK NEWS FEBRUARY 2022

We hear Premier Legault's hostile and inhospitale message loud and clear

NETWORK NEWS DECEMBER 2021

The changing face of the Quebec Community Groups Network

NETWORK NEWS OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2021

Bill 96 retains attention of QCGN as English-speaking Quebecers worry about their rights and the vitality of their communities

NETWORK NEWS AUGUST 2021

Critical months ahead for QCGN and the English-speaking community.

NETWORK NEWS JULY 2021

The Montreal Gazette published an op-ed by me predicting as 2020 drew to a close that English-speaking Quebecers were witnessing the relative language peace we had enjoyed for many years was going to fade.

NETWORKS NEWS APRIL 2021

QCGN Meets with Language Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette

NETWORK NEWS DECEMBER 2020

Looking Ahead QCGN Faces Challenges, New and Old

NETWORK NEWS JUNE 2020

English-speaking Quebecers Need an Effective Advocacy.

NETWORK NEWS MARCH 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update – A message from QCGN President Geoffrey Chambers and Director General Sylvia Martin-Laforge.

NETWORK NEWS DECEMBER 2019

English-speaking Community Needs to Speak with One Voice.

NETWORK NEWS JUNE 2019

More than 100 members and stakeholders took part in the 24th annual meeting of the Quebec Community Groups Network on June 15-16.

NETWORK NEWS FEBRUARY 2019

QCGN Meets Premier Legault to Discuss Concerns of English-Speaking Community.

NETWORK NEWS NOVEMBER 2018

QCGN Takes English-Speaking Minority Community’s Concerns To Parliament Hill.

NETWORK NEWS SEPTEMBER 2018

English-Speaking Quebecers The Real Winners In First Ever Televised English Leaders’ Debate.

NETWORK NEWS JUNE 2018

Geoffrey Chambers becomes QCGN’s eighth president.

NETWORK NEWS APRIL 2018

James Shea meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly as well as our Francophone counterparts on March 28 as the government prepared to launch the Action Plan for Official Languages 2018-2023:  Investing in Our Future.

NETWORK NEWS FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018

Community Shares Concerns and Expectations with Minister Weil.

NETWORKS NEWS DECEMBER 2017

Bonjour-Hi , New Secretariat , and Meeting with MNAs.

NETWORK NEWS NOVEMBER 2017

QCGN and Community Leaders Meet with Minister Weil

NETWORK NEWS DECEMBER 2016

Cross-Canada Official Languages Consultations, House Committee Report on Official Languages, Moving Closer to Provincial Liaison for English-speaking Community.

NETWORKS NEWS NOVEMBER 2016

QCGN delegation meets with Premier Couillard.

NETWORK NEWS SEPTEMBER 2016

Parliament marks imminent departure of Commissioner Fraser, Consultation on the Next Action Plan for Official Languages.

NETWORK NEWS JUNE 2016

The QCGN’s new President James Shea and Director General Sylvia Martin-Laforge bid a fond farewell to QCGN outgoing President Dan Lamoureux during the Network’s annual general meeting on June 3.