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Publication Date: August 5, 2026 - 17:58
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Some departments in national defence, Armed Forces to toss bilingualism requirement
August 5, 2026
A change by the federal government now means Canada’s national defence and Armed Forces units will use the language of the region they are in, meaning employees will only have to speak both French and English in places designated as bilingual.
An Ontario judge has discounted the sentence for an Ecuadorian man convicted of violently sexually assaulting a woman because he’s likely going to be deported when he gets out of prison. Sergio Reyes Loor was convicted of sexual assault causing bodily harm earlier this year in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. A ban has been placed on the publication of information that would identify the victim. The Crown argued that a five-year prison sentence was in order for Reyes Loor, who is a permanent resident of Canada. “Defence counsel agreed that a five-year sentence would be fit and...
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