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In a press release issued on Friday, June 30, 2023, the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities announced that it would not fund the University of Sudbury, stating that "the University of Sudbury's proposal, including the request for funding to create a stand-alone French-language university, does not reflect current demand or enrolment trends."
On November 28, 2022, the Attorney General of Canada filed a factum with the Supreme Court of Canada in Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment of the Northwest Territories.
On March 31, 2023, the Conseil scolaire francophone provincial de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador wrote to the Federal Court to provide an update on the status of the discussions between the parties and to inform the Court that the talks had broken down and that the case against the Department of Canadian Heritage had been reopened.
On June 15, 2023, the New Brunswick Court of Appeal considered the federal government's appointment of a unilingual English-speaking Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. A decision is expected at a later date.
Budget 2023, announced on March 28, 2023, provides for more than $1 billion in new investments in official languages, bringing the total funding for the Action Plan for Official Languages 2023-2028 to over $4 billion over five years.
On June 29, 2021, Senator Pierre J. Dalphond tabled a motion recalling the commitment made in section 55 of the Constitution Act, 1982 to have a fully bilingual Constitution.
How much broadband funding has been provided to provinces and territories that do not have federal-provincial agreements?
What are the details of the Canada-British Columbia broadband partnership announced March 8, 2022?
What are the details of the Canada-Newfoundland broadband partnership announced on February 21, 2022?
What are the details of the Canada-Ontario broadband partnership announced on July 29, 2021?