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Jun 09, 2021, 07:45 ET Media Advisory - QCGN Holds Media Briefing on Bill 96: An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec

MONTREAL, June 9, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - On Thursday June 10, the Quebec Community Groups Network will hold a bilingual press briefing with our legal and policy team on our analysis of Bill 96: An Act...

Jan 31, 2020, 13:10 ET Media Advisory - English-speaking Community United Against Assault on Our Education Rights

MONTREAL, Jan. 31, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - The steering committee of APPELE-Québec – the Alliance for the Promotion of Public English-language Education in Québec – invites you to a press conference...

Nov 12, 2019, 07:00 ET /R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Social Initiative Fund to Address Needs of Vulnerable English-speaking Youth and Seniors/

MONTREAL, Nov. 11, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - On Tuesday, November 12, the Quebec Community Groups Network will be hosting a press conference to mark the launch of the call for proposals for $1.1 million in ...

Nov 11, 2019, 13:26 ET Media Advisory - Social Initiative Fund to Address Needs of Vulnerable English-speaking Youth and Seniors

MONTREAL, Nov. 11, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - On Tuesday, November 12, the Quebec Community Groups Network will be hosting a press conference to mark the launch of the call for proposals for $1.1 million in ...

Oct 08, 2019, 14:59 ET Four Community Champions Honoured by QCGN

Work of Sen. Joan Fraser, Josh Freed, Martin Murphy, Joshua Arless to be celebrated MONTREAL, Oct. 8, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Their fields of accomplishment vary widely, but four champions of Quebec's...

Sep 25, 2019, 12:59 ET QCGN Intervenes in B.C. School Board Case at Supreme Court of Canada

WINNIPEG, Sept. 25, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Section 23 of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms –which guarantees minority language educational rights to French-speaking communities outside Quebec and...

Sep 20, 2019, 12:04 ET English-speaking Quebecers show high levels of distrust with Coalition Avenir Québec government

MONTREAL, Sept. 20, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - A recent poll concludes that a strong majority of English-speaking Quebecers have far greater trust in their own institutions than in the Quebec government to...

Jul 02, 2019, 11:15 ET Memorandum of Understanding between Acadians in New Brunswick, English-speaking Quebecers and Franco-Ontarians

OTTAWA, July 2, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - The Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick (SANB), the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) and the Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (AFO) have signed ...

Jul 02, 2019, 07:00 ET /R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Official Language Minority Communities in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario Join Forces/

OTTAWA, June 28, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - The Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (AFO), the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) and the Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau Brunswick (SANB) invite you ...

Jun 28, 2019, 11:01 ET Media Advisory - Official Language Minority Communities in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario Join Forces

OTTAWA, June 28, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - The Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (AFO), the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) and the Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau Brunswick (SANB) invite you ...

Jun 16, 2019, 20:11 ET QCGN wraps up 24th Annual General Meeting Prepared to Face Government Threats

MONTREAL, June 16, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - The Quebec Community Groups Network concluded its two-day Annual General Meeting Saturday united and ready to contend with an unfriendly Coalition Avenir Québec ...

May 23, 2019, 12:53 ET English-speaking community disagrees profoundly with government on secularism bill

MONTREAL, May 23, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - A clear majority of English-speaking Quebecers do not support restrictions on religious symbols worn by public officials. That conclusion stood out in a recent...

May 09, 2019, 10:45 ET QCGN Supports Commissioner's Call for a More Effective Official Languages Act

MONTREAL, May 9, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - The Quebec Community Groups Network welcomes the Commissioner of Official Languages' recommendations for a modernized Official Languages Act that further the...

Apr 25, 2019, 13:02 ET Community Unites to Fight for Democratically Elected School Boards

MONTREAL, April 25, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Community leaders and organizations representing English-speaking Quebecers have joined together to form a provincial alliance to support democratically...

Apr 25, 2019, 06:00 ET /R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Community Unites to Fight for Democratically Elected School Boards/

MONTREAL, April 24, 2019 /CNW/ - The Quebec Community Groups Network, the Quebec English School Board Association, the Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations, and the English Parent...

Apr 24, 2019, 15:26 ET Media Advisory - Community Unites to Fight for Democratically Elected School Boards

MONTREAL, April 24, 2019 /CNW/ - The Quebec Community Groups Network, the Quebec English School Board Association, the Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations, and the English Parent...

Mar 21, 2019, 19:40 ET QCGN pleased with renewed support for English-speaking Quebecers

MONTREAL, March 21, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - The Quebec Community Groups Network is pleased that in today's provincial budget, the Coalition Avenir Québec government has invested more money in our...

Mar 11, 2019, 12:53 ET QCGN Eager to Contribute to Hearings on Modernization of the Official Languages Act

MONTREAL, March 11, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - The Quebec Community Groups Network looks forward to contributing to cross-country consultations by Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly on the...

Feb 15, 2019, 17:59 ET QCGN Calls on Premier Legault to Support English-speaking Community

MONTREAL, Feb. 15, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Meeting with Premier François Legault on Friday for the first time since his election in October, the Quebec Community Groups Network called upon the Coalition...

Jan 28, 2019, 18:03 ET Shutdown of Riverdale destabilizing and ill-advised: QCGN

MONTREAL, Jan. 28, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - A steady stream of assurances that the government of Quebec Premier François Legault is taking the interests of Quebec's English-speaking community into account ...

Dec 14, 2018, 17:07 ET English-speaking Community Will Not Abandon School Boards, QCGN Advises Premier

MONTREAL, Dec. 14, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Quebec's English-speaking community has absolutely no intention of heeding Premier François Legault's advice that we abandon any plans to challenge the...

Nov 15, 2018, 18:30 ET QCGN Denounces Cuts to French Language Services in Ontario

MONTREAL, Nov. 15, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - The Quebec Community Groups Network condemns the decision by Ontario's Conservative government to abolish the Office of the French Language Services...

Oct 18, 2018, 17:36 ET QCGN Looks Forward to Working Together with Premier François Legault and his new cabinet

Our community also looks forward to working with Christopher Skeete, the new Parliamentary Assistant in charge of the Secretariat for Relations MONTREAL, Oct. 18, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - The Quebec...

Oct 02, 2018, 00:42 ET The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) Congratulates François Legault and Coalition Avenir Québec

MONTREAL, Oct. 2, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - The Quebec Community Groups Network congratulates Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault and his party for their victory in Monday's provincial election....

Sep 25, 2018, 13:40 ET QCGN to Pay Tribute to Four Remarkable Community Leaders at 10th Anniversary Community Awards Gala

John Rae, Murielle Parkes & Olga Melikoff, and Hayley Campbell to be honoured MONTREAL, Sept. 25, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Four inspirational leaders of the English-speaking community are being celebrated ...