Quebec advisory committee unveils plan to promote French cultural content online
Posted January 31, 2024 2:25 pm.
Last Updated January 31, 2024 6:14 pm.
An advisory committee mandated by the Quebec government revealed 32 recommendations on how to promote more French cultural content online.
According to a press release, the first recommendation, to “identify the best actions that the Quebec state can take, particularly at the legislative level, to improve the positioning of French-speaking Quebec cultural content on major digital platforms.”
“A global vision that aims to protect and promote original French-language cultural content,” said administrator of the International Organization of La Francophonie Clément Duhaime in French.
Back in April, Minister of Culture and Communications Mathieu Lacombe announced that he was forming a group of experts to advise him on what should be the next steps towards the conservation of Quebec culture through the web.
The committee is made up of four experts: Louise Beaudoin Clément Duhaime, Véronique Guèvremont and Patrick Taillon.
Another recommendation is to identify the best means to defend Quebec’s linguistic specificity and have this language recognized as a tool of cultural creation both here and internationally – and best ways to position Quebec as a world leader in promoting cultural diversity.
“In culture, things will never be the same again. Canadian federalism is at a decisive crossroads, a turning point,” explained Patrick Taillon, co-director of the Centre for Studies in Administrative and Constitutional Law at Université Laval in French. “Quebec cannot allow the federal government to claim that everything to do with digital technology and the Internet falls under its exclusive jurisdiction.”
Lacombe said in a press release that its essential that people in Quebec have access to Quebec culture online.
“This is a major issue for the vitality of our culture and our language,” he claimed. “This report will contribute to our government’s reflection on the actions to be taken to improve the visibility of Quebec and French-speaking cultural content in the digital environment.”
