DIEPPE, New Brunswick, May 27, 2022 Our two official languages are inseparable from our country’s heritage. This is why the Government of Canada has committed to protecting and promoting our linguistic duality, and to fostering the vitality of official-language minority communities, specifically by funding postsecondary institutions to increase learning opportunities in the minority language. Today,…

DIEPPE, New Brunswick – The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will take part in a press conference on Friday, May 27. Minister Petitpas Taylor will announce significant funding for Francophone post-secondary education, which will support the vitality of the Acadian and Francophone community in New Brunswick.…

VANCOUVER, May 25, 2022 Education is key to ensuring the equality of our two official languages in the education system, from early childhood to postsecondary. To support official language minority communities and maintain the vitality of the French language, we need to work with partners and invest in the French education system, particularly postsecondary institutions. Today,…

VANCOUVER – The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will take part in a press conference Wednesday. She will be joined by Kelli Paddon, Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Chilliwack–Kent; Yvon Laberge, President of Collège Éducacentre; Kevin Hall, President and Vice-Chancellor of…

VANCOUVER, May 24, 2022 Our two official languages are central to our history. They are part of our identity as Canadians. The Government of Canada is committed to creating a new action plan for official languages to enhance the vitality of official language minority communities and promote our two official languages for all Canadians. Today,…

OTTAWA, May 23, 2022 On May 23 in Canada, we remember the day that the Komagata Maru steamship arrived in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet in 1914. Like many immigrants who made their way to Canada’s shores before and since, the passengers on board the Komagata Maru carried with them the hopes and dreams of creating a better…