Feds must track language complaints about Hill security staff, says NDP MP

'The main problem in my opinion is the lack of leadership from the minister,' says NDP MP François Choquette.

NDP MP François Choquette, pictured, wants Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to take a more forceful role to ensure that language complaints about security services on the Hill are properly addressed. The Hill Times photograph by Marco Vigliotti

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

March 22, 2017

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly needs to shoulder greater responsibility for defending access to bilingual services in the Parliamentary Precinct, says NDP MP François Choquette. Mr. Choquette (Drummond, Que.), his party’s official languages critic, said he has repeatedly called on the minist...

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