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By Erika Morris \u00c9lections Qu\u00e9bec knew it would not be allowed to send voter information in English over a year before the electoral campaign, The Canadian Press has learned. The provincial election authority had tried to pressure the government to amend its language laws \u2013 even providing proposed wording \u2013 but the government refused, according to correspondence sent between April 2023 and June 2025. The deadline for \u00c9lections Qu\u00e9bec to finalize its voting reminder cards in English is rapidly approaching, with a court process underway to force the agency to mail information in English. The provincial elections authority had to comply with 2022 language legislation making French the sole language of communication for public institutions. Earlier this month, it sent out unilingual voter documents for the first time in its… <\/p>\n

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By Erika Morris \u00c9lections Qu\u00e9bec knew it would not be allowed to send voter information in English over a year before the electoral campaign, The Canadian Press has learned. The provincial election authority had tried to pressure the government to amend its language laws \u2013 even providing proposed wording \u2013 but the government refused, according to correspondence sent between April 2023 and June 2025. The deadline for \u00c9lections Qu\u00e9bec to finalize its voting reminder cards in English is rapidly approaching, with a court process underway to force the agency to mail information in English. The provincial elections authority had to comply with 2022 language legislation making French the sole language of communication for public institutions. Earlier this month, it sent out unilingual voter documents for the first time in its... <\/p>\n

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