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More than two weeks after raising eyebrows when COVID-19 self-care guides were mailed out to hundreds of thousands of Quebec households in French only, the Legault government announced English-language versions will be mailed out to those who file their income tax returns in English.

Coalition Avenir Québec MNA Christopher Skeete, parliamentary assistant to Premier François Legault on relations with English-speaking Quebecers, said an agreement had been reached to send out 800,000 English-language guides to those Quebecers who receive information from the government agency in English.

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Skeete said information brochures and ads would also be inserted in various English-language newspapers, including the Montreal Gazette, which would detail information on how to obtain an English version of the guide online.

In response to Skeete’s announcement, Quebec Community Groups Network president Geoffrey Chambers said Tuesday: “We welcome this multi-pronged approach to rectifying what many English-speaking Quebecers considered to be a serious oversight in distribution of the government’s guide, from both a public health and language relations perspective.”