“Organizations that work with refugees are raising awareness of how inhumane this added hurdle is for people dealing with complex trauma and PTSD that makes it much harder to integrate — let alone learn a new language in six months.”
“The CAQ’s decision to halve Quebec’s capacity for family reunification dashes the hopes of approximately 40,000 applicants who’ve been waiting an average of 34 months to bring over a spouse or a child from abroad.”
“While the building’s collapse has been devastating for the tenants who lost everything and it certainly serves as a poignant reminder of the unpredictability of life, silver linings exist.”
“The truth is that those disinclined to vote for a female candidate can be appeased by nothing and aggravated by everything.”
“This doesn’t improve the French majority’s chances of better healthcare or protect the French language in any possible way.”
“It bears repeating that secularism is merely the separation of church and state. It isn’t the right not to be exposed to religion publicly, or the right not to live alongside people who may have a different relationship with faith than you do.”
“With the CAQ in power, the jokes often write themselves.”
Contrary to the Quebec government mantra that immigrants are “anglicizing” the province, most newcomers want to learn French ASAP. But how to get started is not always obvious.
“We’re feeling constantly under attack, and that’s because we are. This government has attempted to abolish school boards, imposed arbitrary measures on who we can hire as teachers with Bill 21 and imposed further language restrictions with Bill 96.”
“Bill 96’s narrower definition of who is considered an English-speaker means that close to half a million Quebecers who are more comfortable receiving healthcare or legal communications in English are no longer legally permitted to do so.”
