News via RAWQ

In this section you will find media stories and items of interest to the English-speaking population of West Quebec.  Click on an item title to see the whole story.

Quebec Set to Debate the Right to Die
Sep 06, 2010
Commission to hear arguments about euthanasia, assisted suicide...

New Quebec Conservative Group Looks to Redefine Nationalism
Sep 03, 2010
Will offer right-wing viewpoint, refuses to talk sovereignty...

The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages to Hold Public Hearings in Quebec
Sep 02, 2010
The Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages will be in Quebec from September 13 to 17, 2010...

Quebec Unionized Nurses Says Contracts With Private Nurses Illegal
Aug 31, 2010
Unions representing 58,000 Quebec nurses have launched a court battle aimed at barring hospitals from using nurses provided by private agencies in the...

Legally Clear and Clearly Absurd
Aug 31, 2010
We will defer to the learned wisdom of Justice Pierre J....

The Challenge: Getting Canadians to Fill Out The Voluntary census
Aug 31, 2010
If it's too late for the government to backtrack on its controversial decision to transform the 2011 long-form census into a voluntary survey, the key...

Quebec to Draft New Language Law
Aug 30, 2010
A new language law will ask parents to prove that sending children to English schools will provide an "authentic" education....

Languages Act Called 'Quebec Nazi Act'
Aug 25, 2010
Wikipedia page altered from computer in government office The Correctional Service of Canada has launched an internal investigation to find out how t...

Is Bilingualism Merely A Hobby?
Aug 25, 2010
Only in Canada would the country's top court have to function in two official languages but let the judges who sit on the bench be exempt from having ...

Actions Taken Re: CSST and English-speaking Business Owners
Aug 16, 2010
Here is a summary of actions taken by West Quebecers regarding the CSST issue that English-speaking business owners have recently raised....