--December 2025.
QAHN's past president Grant Myers and executive director Matthew Farfan appeared yesterday in Ottawa before the Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages (OLLO). They were invited to speak to the senators about Quebec's English-language heritage sector, various training programs being offered by QAHN to heritage groups across Quebec, and the importance of continued direct federal investments in these programs.
The presentation by QAHN read (in part):
"...federal government investments in training and capacity-building in all its forms for Quebec’s English-language community represent a critical component of minority-language vitality. This is true of the many skills-enhancing programs we have just outlined, but the continuation of federal investments in these programs is probably most essential in the area of digital media and technology. Furthermore, in our view, official language minority community development must take a “by and for” approach.
This approach, along with a commitment by the federal government to directly fund and support the development of Quebec’s OLMC, without the intervention of the Government of Quebec, should be key elements of Canada’s next Action Plan for Official Languages, due for adoption in 2028."