Indigenous groups going to court over changes to Quebec’s French-language law – Montreal | 24CA News
Two Indigenous teams are going to courtroom over the reforms handed final 12 months to Quebec’s French-language regulation.
The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador and the First Nations Education Council are looking for judicial evaluation earlier than the Quebec Superior Court concerning 14 articles within the Charter of the French Language, which was amended by Bill 96 final June.
They say the laws infringes on their rights to self-determination and to show youngsters their ancestral languages.
The teams accuse the federal government of failing to seek the advice of them earlier than adopting the regulation, which reinforces using French throughout a number of establishments, together with the training and justice programs.
Chief Ghislain Picard of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador says the Quebec authorities is utilizing insidious strategies of assimilation that date from one other century.
Sipi Flamand, chief of the Atikamekw Council of Manawan, says the regulation is a direct assault on the languages and cultural identities of the First Nations and Inuit.
