Briefs/Mémoires/Press Releases

• Press Release May 19, 2023: The QFHSA Supports Bill S-251: An Act to Repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to action number 6)

• Press Release February 6, 2023: The QFHSA Welcomes the Appointment of a Federal Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia

• Press Release February 3, 2023: The QFHSA Supports the Prime Minister’s Request to the Supreme Court of Canada Regarding the Notwithstanding Clause

• Brief on Bill C-13 (2022)

Read the QFHSA Board of Directors’ Brief on the federal government’s Bill C-13.

• Statement on Bill 96 (EN) (2021)

        Read the QFHSA Board of Directors’ Statement on Bill 96.

• Statement on Bill 96 (FR) (2021)

• Statement on Elections for English Schools (FR) (2020)

        Read QFHSA Board President Linton Garner’s Letter to Premier Legault.

• Statement on ERC  (EN) (2020)

        Bill 40 infringes on the constitutional rights of the English-speaking community of Quebec to manage and control our own education institutions.

• Declaration ECR  (FR) (2020)

• Statement on Bill 21  (EN) (2019)

  Act respecting the laicity of the State

• Statement on Bill 21  (FR) (2019)

  Loi sur la laïcité de l’État

• Statement on School Closures (EN) (2019)

  The QFHSA and other English education organizations must be invited to sit down with the government and be closely involved in the process going forward if we are to have any faith that the government will respect our community’s right to control and manage our education institutions.

• Quebec History Curriculum Statement

• A Response to Bill 60

  Charter affirming the values of State secularism and religious neutrality and of equality between women and men, and providing a framework for accommodation requests

• Une réponse aux projet de Loi 60 

  Loi n° 60, Charte affirmant les valeurs de laïcité et de neutralité religieuse de l’État ainsi que d’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et encadrant les demandes d’accommodement

• Opinion Statement on Bill 105 (2016)

  Bill n°105 : An Act to amend the Education Act

• Lettre d’opinion Bill 105

  Projet de loi n°105 : Loi modifiant la Loi sur l’instruction publique

• A Brief on Bill 86 (2016)

  An Act to modify the organization and governance of school boards to give schools a greater say in decision‐making and ensure parents’ presence within each school board’s decision‐making body

• Mémoire sur le projet de loi n° 86

  Loi modifiant l’organisation et la gouvernance des commissions scolaires en vue de rapprocher l’école des lieux de décision et d’assurer la présence des parents au sein de l’instance décisionnelle de la commission scolaire

• A Brief on School Board Elections Systems (2015)

• Letter of Support to QCGN concerning Bill 10 (2014)

  An Act to modify the organization and governance of the health and social services network, in particular by abolishing the regional agencies

• Press Release – Bill 14 (2013)

  Quebec Federation of Home & School Association (QFHSA) defends its brief on Bill14 before the Quebec National Assembly

• Bill 14

  An Act to Amend the Charter of the French Language, The Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and other Legislative Provisions

• Loi 14

  Loi modifiant la charte de la langue française, la charte des droits et libertés de la personne et d’autres dispositions législatives

• Bill 56 (2012)

  An Act to prevent and stop bullying and violence in schools

• Loi 56

  Un mémoire à l’intention de la Commission de la culture et de l’éducation portant sur le projet de loi no 56 : Loi visant à lutter contre l’intimidation et la violence à l’école

• Loi 103 (2010)

  Loi modifiant la charte de la langue française et d’autres dispositions législatives

• Bill 103 

  An Act to Amend the Charter of the French Language and other Legislative Provisions

• Open Letter to Minister Couillard (En/Fr)

• Standing Senate Committee on Officials Languages: A Consultation (2010)

  The QFHSA welcomes the opportunity to present this consultation brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages