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It\u2019s Time for French-Language Government Services in Ontario<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Unlike the New Brunswick government, which adopted an Official Languages Act in 1969, the Ontario government was content to increase gradually its offerings of services in French. A few ministries provided French-language services in certain regions, but the number of regions providing such services would only increase slowly over time. This approach was known as the \u201cbaby steps policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this policy suited the English-speaking majority, who were rather hostile to official bilingualism in Ontario, it displeased Franco-Ontarians, who were exasperated by the slowness of the government. For many activists, the time had come to speed up the implementation of French-language services.

The spirit of the time favoured direct-action movements. Franco-Ontarians decided to take attention-grabbing action to illustrate the second-class treatment they received when they requested services in French. Civil disobedience was deemed appropriate in these circumstances since it would attract media attention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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On September 11, 1975, the C\u2019est l\u2019temps<\/em> (It\u2019s Time) movement emerged in Ottawa; it would remain active for two years. Its spokespersons called for a genuine policy of bilingualism, denounced the Ontario government\u2019s policy of taking baby steps, and demanded, as its press release put it, \u201cthe fundamental right\u201d of Franco-Ontarians to \u201cexpress themselves freely (i.e., without a translator) in provincial courts.\u201d French-speaking people went to jail because they refused to pay tickets written only in English. Their actions attracted media attention.

In 1977, the Association canadienne-fran\u00e7aise de l\u2019Ontario<\/em> called for legislation recognizing French as one of Ontario\u2019s official languages. However, the Progressive Conservative government of Bill Davis did not change its policy on French-language services. In the end, it was the Liberal government of David Peterson that, without going as far as official bilingualism, adopted the French Language Services Act in 1986. It was implemented three years later<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Titles of documents:<\/strong> Quatre prisonniers pour la cause; Communiqu\u00e9 de presse, Mouvement \u00ab\u202fC\u2019est l\u2019Temps!\u202f\u00bb; Le Mouvement C\u2019est l\u2019Temps\u2026

Dates<\/strong>: 1975

Reference:<\/strong>\u202f:<\/strong> Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa, Centre de recherche sur les francophonies canadiennes (CRCCF), Fonds Mouvement C\u2019est l\u2019temps, C23\/4\/1; … C23\/2\/5; Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa, Centre de recherche sur les francophonies canadiennes (CRCCF), Fonds Association canadienne-fran\u00e7aise de l\u2019Ontario (ACFO), C2\/443\/7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le mouvement\u202f: \u00ab\u202fc\u2019est l\u2019temps\u202f\u00bb, ONFR+, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printed sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardinal, Linda. C\u2019est l\u2019temps\u202f: le premier mouvement de revendication pour le droit \u00e0 des services de justice en fran\u00e7ais en Ontario, 1975 \u00e0 1977<\/em>, Ottawa, Chaire de recherche sur la francophonie et les politiques publiques, 2011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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C\u2019est l\u2019temps d\u2019avoir des services gouvernementaux en fran\u00e7ais en Ontario Contrairement au gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick qui adopte une loi sur les langues officielles en 1969, celui de l\u2019Ontario se contente d\u2019augmenter graduellement son offre de services en fran\u00e7ais. Quelques minist\u00e8res fournissent des services en fran\u00e7ais dans certaines r\u00e9gions; l\u2019offre et le nombre de r\u00e9gions augmenteront […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60472210,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-517","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pfdu74-8l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60472210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2195,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/517\/revisions\/2195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}