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FRÉDÉRIC HOUNTONDJI frederic.hountondji@eap.on.ca
The MRC stressed the importance of UIFSPMFPGUIF&OHMJTITQFBLJOHDPNNVO - ity in the region. “The MRC d’Argenteuil deplores this state of affairs and wishes to recall the values of respect and inclusion promoted by the MRC d’Argenteuil towards UIF&OHMJTITQFBLJOHDPNNVOJUZ POFPGUIF fundamental population of Argenteuil, who, for decades, has played a very important and valuable pioneering role within the Argenteuil community in many spheres of society (...),” said the institution. The MRC recalls having expressed, through a consultation, its historical at- UBDINFOUUPJUT&OHMJTITQFBLJOHDPNNVO - ity in a brief submitted April 2013 to the minister responsible for the application of la Charte de la langue française. «The MRC d’Argenteuil’s intervention focused on the importance of maintaining the bilingual status granted to certain local municipalities under the Act. It should be recalled that in the MRC d’Argenteuil, four of the nine local NVOJDJQBMJUJFTIBWFUIJTCJMJOHVBMTUBUVT v the MRC argued. &WFOJG&OHMJTIXJMMOPMPOHFSBQQFBSPO the hospital signage, users will continue to be served in both languages assured Foisy. i&WFOUIPVHIUIFDVSSFOUSFHVMBUJPOTTUJQV - late that public signage must be in French POMZuTUBUFE'PJTZi*XPVMEMJLFUPQPJOUPVU that offering services in both languages will BMXBZTSFNBJOBQSJPSJUZv)FQSPNJTFEUIBU bilingual personnel will be on site.
English will not appear in the new sign- age planned over the next months at the Centre multiservices de santé et de services sociaux d’Argenteuil. The MRC said it was “bitterly disappointed” with the situation. In a letter sent December 18 to the Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC) d’Argenteuil, Jean-François Foisy, president BOE$&0PGUIF$FOUSFJOUÊHSÊEFTBOUÊFUEF services sociaux (CISSS) des Laurentides, noted that all interior and exterior signage at the hospital is under review. «This implies that the new signage will SFNPWFBMMJOGPSNBUJPOJO&OHMJTI vUIF.3$ d’Argenteuil noted in a document published on December 20. The statement added: «The MRC d’Argenteuil is bitterly disappointed with the decision to modify the existing signage because, although it includes a portion in &OHMJTI JUEPFTOPUJOBOZXBZUISFBUFO the quality or enhancement of the French language.” The CISSS des Laurentides justified its plan, stating the goal is to “comply with the laws and regulations governing public signage in Quebec, including the Programme d’identification visuelle du gouvernement du Québec and la Charte de la langue française.”
La langue anglaise sera interdite dans l’affichage à l’hôpital de Lachute dans quelques mois. —photo Frédéric Hountondji
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