MensQuarante ans de pacification tranquille : du projet de reconnaissance politique de la commission Laurendeau-Dunton aux politiques de protection des francophones en situation minoritaire
L'exclusion des francophones de la législation ontarienne sur l'équité en matière d'emploi, adoptée au mois de septembre 1994 par le Parlement de la province alors que les néo-démocrates sont au pouvoir est le sujet de cet article. Toutefois, la loi est révoquée à l'été 1995 au moment de l'arrivée au pouvoir du nouveau gouvernement conservateur sous le leadership de Mike Harris. Pour ce dernier, les mesures d'équité constituent des formes de discrimination. La signification de l'équité dans les groupes où elle a été le plus revendiquée, notamment dans les groupes franco-ontariens, est ici analysée dans le cadre d'une réflexion plus large sur la question de l'application des principes de justice universelle dans les sociétés multiculturelles.The exclusion of francophones from Ontario's employment equity legislation, passed by the provincial Legislature in September 1994 while the New Democrats were in power, is the subject of this article. However, the act was repealed in the summer of 1995, upon the arrival in power of the new Conservative government under the leadership of Mike Harris, a Premier in whose view equity measures constituted a form of discrimination. The meaning of equity among those groups that have most demanded it, particularly among Franco-Ontarian groups, is analysed here in the framework of a broader reflection on the issue of the enferment of principles of universal justice in multiculural societies
The article discusses the debate on bilingualism in Wales from 2001 to 2006. It argues that while the status of Welsh has been improving perceptibly in Wales since the devolution process in 1998, there is still much disagreement on the meaning of a bilingual Wales. Building on Laponce’s concepts of collaborative and competitive bilingualisms, it discusses the positions of the main actors involved in the bilingualism debate in Wales. It also identifies some lessons from the Welsh case for furthering our understanding of the politics of language planning and policy-making.
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