Is Bill C13, new language law, a real threat to Canada?

[blackbird]

"On March 1, 2022, the Federal Minister of Official Languages presented Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (Bill C-13). Bill C-13 proposes in particular the adoption of a new law which would provide a framework for the use of French in federally regulated private businesses in Québec and other regions with a strong francophone presence¹ (the applicable regions), namely the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act (the proposed Act).

The provisions of the proposed Act will come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council with respect to employers under federal jurisdiction located in Québec, then two years later for employers under federal jurisdiction located in regions with a strong francophone presence. Moreover, the obligations provided for by the proposed Act will apply only to businesses that employ a number of employees equal to or greater than the threshold that will subsequently be provided for by regulation."

"Employees of an employer under federal jurisdiction occupying a position in a workplace located in the applicable regions or whose position is attached to such a workplace will have the following rights:

• The right to perform their work and be supervised in French² ;
• The right to receive all communications and documentation from the employer under federal jurisdiction, including offers of employment or promotion, notices of termination, collective agreements and grievances, in French;
• The right to use regularly and widely used work instruments and computer systems in French."

  This proposed legislation could require countless people in places in English Canada to be bilingual in order to hold jobs which fall under Federal jurisdiction.  The bill gives preferential treatment to those who speak French and makes merit of secondary value or meaningless.

John Ivison: Canada on path to 'open hostility' between anglophones and francophones, former judge argues (msn.com)

Dentons - A look at Bill C-13: What federal jurisdiction employers need to know

 

 

Edited April 27, 2023 by blackbird

[herbie]

3 hours ago, blackbird said:

use of French in federally regulated private businesses in Québec and other regions with a strong francophone presence

Egghh! Egghh! Bilingualism! Egghh!

Let's get enraged over the metric system and the Union Jack next.

[I am Groot]

It's basically just a sign of how docile and submissive English Canadians have become in the face of attacks on their community. Two generations of being told that showing the slightest hint of pride or even care about your language, culture, values or heritage makes you a bigot and probable white supremacist have been quite effective. So all three parties know that they can suck up to Quebec's Francophone majority by kicking Quebec anglos in the teeth and pay no price elsewhere.

The federal government recruits francophone immigrants to send to french language areas outside Quebec to fight against the assimilation of those communities. If it tried to do that in Quebec, importing Anglos to prevent assimilation, there'd be riots in the street.

Now it's obeying Quebec's anti-Anglo government, which is trying to ethnically cleanse the province of English speakers by placing federally regulated industries under the control of Quebec's language cops and Quebec's bigoted language laws. So much for even the pretense of supporting both communities equally. 

And they'll pay no price. Anglos in Quebec have nowhere else to go and Anglos outside Quebec won't care.

Edited April 27, 2023 by I am Groot

[I am Groot]

Canada on path to 'open hostility' between anglophones and francophones, former judge argues

Retired Federal Court justice says Bill C-13 could threaten national unity

 

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-canada-on-path-to-open-hostility-between-anglophones-francophones?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#comments