Nova Scotia has signed a new five-year funding agreement with the Government of Canada to continue advancing French-language services across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Canada-Nova Scotia Agreement on Minority-language Services commits both governments to investing $11.8 million each between 2023 and 2028 to support the development and vitality of the Acadian and francophone community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are pleased to renew this agreement with the federal government as we look at ways to provide ongoing support to departments, offices and agencies of government to provide programs and services which respond to the priorities of Nova Scotia\u2019s Acadian and francophone community,\u201d said Colton LeBlanc, Minister of Acadian Affairs and Francophonie. \u201cThis agreement strengthens our capacity to deliver French-language services and continue to promote, protect and preserve the French language and culture in Nova Scotia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nova Scotia is receiving 81 per cent more in federal funding compared to the previous agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom coast to coast to coast, official-language minority communities make up part of our rich cultural tapestry. That\u2019s why agreements like the one reached with Nova Scotia are so important. Together, we\u2019re making sure that essential services are offered in both official languages and we\u2019re supporting communities in promoting the richness they bring to Nova Scotia and to Canada as a whole.\u201d \u201cThe F\u00e9d\u00e9ration acadienne de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse is very happy with the new federal-provincial agreement between Ottawa and Nova Scotia, with enhanced federal funding for 2023-2028. This will allow the Province to better apply the updated French-language Services Act and support government institutions in delivering services in French to Acadian and francophone communities.\u201d News release \u2013 Amendments to French-language Services Act: https:\/\/news.novascotia.ca\/en\/2024\/09\/10\/amendments-french-language-services-act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Acadian Affairs and Francophonie:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nova Scotia has signed a new five-year funding agreement with the Government of Canada to continue advancing French-language services across<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8849,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848\/revisions\/8849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2014 Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Denise Comeau Desautels, president, F\u00e9d\u00e9ration acadienne de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nQuick Facts:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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