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Montreal Is Getting Direct Flights To & From India 3 Times A Week, Air Canada Announced
It's about to be easier to travel to Delhi!
Air Canada is making it easier for Montrealers to travel to India. The airline announced it would be introducing new direct flights between Montreal and Delhi beginning October 31 — just in time for Diwali celebrations.
In an October 13 news release, Air Canada said the move is meant to support the "growing Indian community in Montreal."
The non-stop flights are set to be available three times per week on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, year-round.
"We [...] look forward to further strengthening the cultural and business ties between our two countries," said Mark Galardo, senior vice president of network planning and revenue management at Air Canada, in a statement. "Today's announcement also confirms Air Canada's commitment to growing its main hubs of Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, with convenient non-stop service to India from each hub."
Air Canada is the only carrier that offers non-stop service from Montreal to Delhi, according to Galardo.
The airline also announced it's expanding its India services in Toronto by adding additional flights.
Before you get going, check our Responsible Travel Guide so you can be informed, be safe, be smart, and most of all, be respectful on your trip.
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Parts Of Bill 96 Could Affect Your Access To Justice, The Montreal Bar Association Says
"It is essential to protect access to justice for all."
The Montreal bar association has been looking into elements of Bill 96 and is raising concern that certain articles could "infringe on the principle of access to justice which is at the heart of Quebec's democratic society," particularly for English speakers and bilingual people.
The association has pointed to five articles in the Bill that could affect "access to justice:" 9, 12, 13, 55, and 208.6.
Article 9 of the Bill, for instance, states that "a certified French translation shall be attached to any pleading drawn up in English that emanates from a legal person. The legal person shall bear the translation costs."
The association says that "requiring a party to bear the costs of a translation" affects access to justice and that there could be delays with processing a translated case report.
"In addition," the association continued, "there is reason to wonder about the availability of a sufficient number of legal translators in private practice."
Article 12 of Bill 96, meanwhile, relates to the appointment of judges in Quebec, stating they "shall not be required to have knowledge or a specific level of knowledge of a language other than the official language unless the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the French Language consider that the exercise of that office requires such knowledge."
For the association, this is troubling because the provision doesn't "take into account the reality of litigants in Montreal, where the percentage of cases in which English is required alone justifies the presence of judges or administrative judges who are bilingual or who have sufficient knowledge of English."
In a statement, the president of the Montreal bar, Junior Laguerre, said that "it is important to guarantee all citizens access to justice without hindrance or barrier, whether linguistic, economic or temporal."
"We, therefore, ask Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette to make the necessary amendments to the bill, so that it achieves its objectives without harming access to justice for all," Laguerre concluded.
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Legault Still Denies Systemic Racism After Reading The Coroner's Report On Joyce Echaquan
He quoted the Petit Robert dictionary definition of 'systemic.'
Despite the conclusions of the Quebec coroner's inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan, Premier François Legault still denies the existence of systemic racism in the province.
The report recommended that Quebec acknowledge systemic racism. It also said racism and prejudice played a role in Echaquan's death.
"The only place where I don't agree is when we say that there's a 'system' because for me a 'system' is coming from upstairs, coming from the top people, and I don't see this in the health care network, for example," Legault said at a press conference on Tuesday, following the release of the coroner's report.
"What happened to Mrs. Echaquan is terrible [...] and few employees, not only one, didn't deliver the right services to her."
Legault also referenced the Petit Robert dictionary definition of "systemic" to back up his argument that systemic racism doesn't exist in Quebec.
He reiterated that people who believe in systemic racism in Quebec don't have the same definition that he does.
"We don't have a system [of racism], top to bottom, and it's a question of fact," he said.
He emphasized the need to "stop dividing Quebecers" with arguments about systemic racism.
"Even [the coroner who wrote the report] Mrs. Kahmel, she's saying that we have not to put all the emphasis only on words. We have to put emphasis on actions to change the situation and, on that, I fully agree," said Legault.
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François Legault Wants To Make It A 'Collective Mission' To Fight Against Racism In Quebec
Legault said he did not "send the message of compassion" on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
In a statement on Monday, Quebec Premier François Legault explained that he had reconsidered the comments he made at the National Assembly on September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
"I am well aware that in the National Assembly last week, we did not send the message of compassion and solidarity that the situation requires of us," the premier wrote in a Facebook post.
He and other party leaders engaged in an explosive debate on September 28, the anniversary of Joyce Echaquan's death, about his refusal to recognize systemic racism in the province.
Then, after a National Assembly meeting on Thursday, Legault was asked why he didn't make September 30 a holiday in Quebec. The premier responded by saying "we need more productivity."
Legault's Facebook post follows a coroner's report on Joyce Echequan's death, which concluded that the province must do more to acknowledge systemic racism.
"I'm not sure what it's like to see your daughter, your sister, your mother, your friend, your lover disappear from one day to the next without a trace. And on top of that, to have the impression that your government doesn't really care, or at least not enough. No one should have to go through that in Quebec," Legault continued.
"I'm convinced that the vast majority of Quebecers are ready to fight racism."
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