(Quebec) Asking employers to pay additional amounts for francization in businesses is an “interesting proposal,” according to the Minister of the French Language, Jean-François Roberge.
In a parliamentary committee on Tuesday, the member for Québec solidaire, Ruba Ghazal, questioned the minister about a proposal she made to him at the start of the year. It was in the hope that this proposal would be found in the government’s action plan on the French language, of which The Press has just revealed an almost final version.
She wants a mandatory francization program, paid for by companies and offered to their employees during their working hours, to be established. As reported by The Canadian Press, this program could be included to a certain extent in “the 1% law”, which forces companies to invest the equivalent of 1% of their payroll in workforce training. ‘artwork. The idea would therefore be “to add an additional portion that employers will pay to carry out francization within their companies,” said M.me Ghazal.
The MP returned to this proposal during the study of the credits of the Ministry of the French Language on Tuesday. “It would be to add an additional measure, I don’t want to go into the technicalities, but that means that there would even be investments or additional money that could be given by employers for francization in businesses. Does (the minister) think this is a good idea? »
For Jean-François Roberge, “it’s an interesting proposition”.
“I won’t know more for today? » she asked. The minister responded in the negative.
“Am I going to have some nice surprises? » she insisted.
“A surprise is a surprise. You will see the surprise at the moment of the surprise. »
Ruba Ghazal is delighted with the minister’s openness. ” I’m happy. This means that the minister and his government are not worried about angering the business world even more. »
During a press scrum at the exit of the parliamentary committee, Jean-François Roberge remained evasive on Ms.me Ghazal, limiting himself to saying that “it’s interesting that everyone is mobilizing for the French language”.
He nevertheless suggested that we will know more when the action plan is unveiled – currently scheduled for Sunday.
“It’s an interesting proposition, but I’m not at a time today where I’m making an announcement in any area. We will announce the plan very soon,” he said.
CEGEP in French
“We went further than anyone”
The Minister of the French Language, Jean-François Roberge, maintains that his government has gone “further than anyone” in terms of protecting French in college and he is still not ready to extend Law 101 to CEGEP.
During the study of the credits of the Ministry of the French Language on Tuesday, the minister recalled that his government had already capped the number and percentage of students who attend an English-speaking CEGEP, imposed French courses as well as ‘a uniform French test.
In reality, he said, “Bill 101 now affects CEGEPs and colleges”, through these measures, he replied to PQ MP Pascal Bérubé who questioned him on this subject.
“We must take the time to measure this progress,” added the minister.
He also noted that none of the governments that preceded his had imposed the provisions of the Charter of the French language up to the college level.
The Canadian Press
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