Canadian Border Services Agency: Immigration

Language Restrictions Dept: The detention centre is run by the Canadian Border Services Agency, which subcontracts the Montrealbased Garda World Security Corporation, a private security firm, according to Montreal Gazette. Language restrictions apply on site at the centre and during the transport of detainees to other sites, the memo says and at least eight Haitian security guards say they have been fired, suspended or docked pay for speaking Creole at an immigration detention centre in Laval. Garda sent an internal memo to about 150 employees last October that it will be enforcing its official language policy: languages other than French or English "are strictly prohibited" and those who speak other languages will be disciplined "right up to the end of your employment." As reported in the news.
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