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Meeting Request: Health Services and French-Language University

meeting request: The moves affect about 600,000 francophones in Ontario. ; Mulroney told reporters that the government would not reverse the decision, but she had accepted Joly's meeting request because there are a lot of things that we can work together on, according to National Observer. I want to work with the federal government to make sure that we are increasing access to justice and access to health services for francophones, she said, adding that if Ottawa offered up cash to jump-start the canceled French-language university, that's something we'd be very interested in discussing with them. Federal Tourism and Official Languages Minister M lanie Joly is scheduled to meet with her Ontario counterpart, Caroline Mulroney, on Friday to urge the Conservative government to reconsider its cancellation of a French-language university and the closure of the French-language services commissioner's office. In question period in the House of Commons on Monday, Joly declared There are millions of francophones and millions of francophiles who will fight with our government and all of the parties who are in agreement about defending to a question from New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus, who represents the northern Ontario riding of Timmins-James Bay, Joly addressed federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer. When we face unacceptable situations, we must openly denounce them. I ask the leader of the Conservative party to make sure he speaks to his boss, Doug Ford, in Ontario to make the Progressive Conservative government back down from this decision. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.