Two Montreal-area Liberal MPs say anglophone constituents are concerned they won’t be able to receive care from health-care providers in language other than French
Liberal candidate Anna Gainey addresses her supporters after winning the federal byelection in the Notre-Dame-de-Grace-Westmount riding on June 19, 2023 in Montreal. Two Montreal-area Liberal MPs are raising concerns about a controversial Quebec directive that outlines when health-care providers can offer services in a language other than French.
“It is clear that the confusion and uncertainty created by the directive is likely to have adverse consequences that cannot be ignored,” she wrote. “Clarity is urgently needed. The choice of language should continue to belong to the patient.” The 23-page directive comes in response to Bill 96, the contentious 2022 law designed to protect the French language in Quebec. The bill requires that government agencies, including health services, communicate with the public in French, except in certain situations.
It includes a number of examples of situations in which English or another language may be used. In one, a 14-year-old girl is seeking an abortion and is accompanied by someone who doesn’t speak French. In that case, instructions for follow-up care can be given to the support person in their language.
Furthermore, immigrants to the province are only eligible to receive health care in a language other than French for the first six months after their arrival.
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