{"id":17820,"date":"2025-02-21T17:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/ruby-dhalla-wants-personal-translator-in-french-liberal-leadership-debate-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T17:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:43:03","slug":"ruby-dhalla-wants-personal-translator-in-french-liberal-leadership-debate-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/ruby-dhalla-wants-personal-translator-in-french-liberal-leadership-debate-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby Dhalla wants \u2018personal translator\u2019 in French Liberal leadership debate &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>For the second time, Liberal leadership candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/ruby-dhalla\">Ruby Dhalla<\/a> has asked the party to provide a \u201cpersonal translator\u201d for the upcoming federal French language debate, a week after her first request was denied.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The request also comes as she is calling a recent media report \u201cfake news\u201d over questions about whether there has been Indian foreign interference in her campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Global News, Dhalla said she made a new request a week ago for a \u201cpersonal translator\u201d but has yet to hear back from the party.<\/p>\n<p>Caucus members\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10954353\/liberals-party-leader-bilingual\/\">say it is \u201cessential\u201d for anyone who wants to lead the party<\/a> \u2013 and become prime minister \u2013 to be able to speak directly with Canadians in both official languages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not believe that having a language barrier, if you want to call it that, should prevent me from communicating my vision and sharing my message with so many Quebecers and so many French Canadians across Canada,\u201d Dhalla said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dhalla, who says she is learning French but is not fluent, plans to participate in the upcoming French-language debate scheduled to take place in Montreal on Feb. 24. She plans to deliver her opening and closing statements in French, despite the Liberal party denying her previous translation request.<\/p>\n<p>Party spokesperson Parker Lund said only the candidates and the moderator will be allowed on the debate stage and no translation will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>Global News asked Lund about Dhalla\u2019s new request but has yet to receive a comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11025251_67b8ba68ce8ba\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11025251\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11025251\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11025251_67b8ba68ce8ba\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Business Matters: Mark Carney leads fundraising efforts in Liberal leadership race'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/swe0a3aesb-rejsr53gtm\/BUSINESS_MATTERS_FEB19_onlinw_still.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/swe0a3aesb-rejsr53gtm\/BUSINESS_MATTERS_FEB19_onlinw_still.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/swe0a3aesb-rejsr53gtm\/BUSINESS_MATTERS_FEB19_onlinw_still.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/swe0a3aesb-rejsr53gtm\/BUSINESS_MATTERS_FEB19_onlinw_still.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">2:17<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Business Matters: Mark Carney leads fundraising efforts in Liberal leadership race<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dhalla, who served as a Liberal MP from 2004 to 2011, compared her request for translation to being a new member of Parliament.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have members of Parliament that are elected that are not fully bilingual,\u201d Dhalla said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen they speak in English, we have a French translation that appears at the bottom of the screen and when they speak in French, you have the English translation that appears. So I think that the same mechanism should apply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While there is translation for MPs in the House of Commons and during committee meetings, it is done by simultaneous translation via an earpiece and is not typed out or posted on screens within the chamber.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"section-heading\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"allegations-of-foreign-interference\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tAllegations of foreign interference\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Liberal leadership candidate also responded to allegations of foreign interference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-liberal-party-questions-ruby-dhalla-leadership-campaign\/\">The Globe and Mail reported Thursday<\/a> that the Liberal party sent a list of questions to Dhalla raising concerns about possible foreign interference from India and alleged campaign irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>Dhalla denied those allegations, called that story \u201cfake news\u201d and said she could not provide specific details about internal party matters, but she did confirm being approached by the Liberal party.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11026858\/donald-trump-backlash-king-post\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/donald-trump-king-new-york.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"\u2018Long live the king!\u2019: Trump faces backlash for comparing himself to royalty\" data-title=\"\">\u2018Long live the king!\u2019: Trump faces backlash for comparing himself to royalty<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11027888\/chris-kluwe-nfl-punter-arrested-maga-huntington-beach-library-plaque\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-466218086.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested after calling MAGA a \u2018Nazi movement\u2019\" data-title=\"\">Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested after calling MAGA a \u2018Nazi movement\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t comment on what those questions are. However, I can share that we have responded and provided all of the supporting documentation that has been requested by the party,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lund said in a written statement that the party is not reaching out to Dhalla about foreign meddling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can confirm that none of the questions put to Dr. Dhalla\u2019s campaign relate to interference by a foreign government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11010211_67b8ba68d1b96\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11010211\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11010211\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11010211_67b8ba68d1b96\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Freeland Liberal leadership campaign targeted by foreign interference: task force'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/h5acbtr4dc-cca3mfs4pf\/ONLINE_STILL_FREELAND.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/h5acbtr4dc-cca3mfs4pf\/ONLINE_STILL_FREELAND.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/h5acbtr4dc-cca3mfs4pf\/ONLINE_STILL_FREELAND.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/h5acbtr4dc-cca3mfs4pf\/ONLINE_STILL_FREELAND.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:30<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Freeland Liberal leadership campaign targeted by foreign interference: task force<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dhalla also denied Globe and Mail reporting that Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, a former Conservative MP and Ontario party leader, had \u201cbackroom involvement\u201d in her campaign and said she believes all candidates have been reaching out to Brown because he is a mayor of a \u201cvery popular city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatrick is a friend of mine,\u201d Dhalla said. \u201cI do a lot of community work in Brampton and I have spoken with Patrick, but he has in no way been involved in my campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While she is aware of some flags raised over donations made by six couples, Dhalla says the situation has been rectified to comply with Elections Canada rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were asked to do attestations that they have a joint bank account for that particular credit card, and they have done that,\u201d she said. \u201cOur campaign can\u2019t control in a family which credit card they choose to donate with, we can only ensure that they are compliant and when we are made aware of any types of issues, those are addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Public Safety Minister David McGuinty told reporters in Ottawa on Thursday that he was not aware of any foreign interference allegations in Dhalla\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really have no insight or comment on that. That\u2019s a question for the Liberal party to have,\u201d McGuinty said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, a federal task force dedicated to monitoring foreign interference said it detected \u201cco-ordinated and malicious activity\u201d from a WeChat account linked to the Chinese government <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11009798\/chrystia-freeland-liberal-leadership-campaign-foreign-interference\/\">targeting Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Politics<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11028258\/liberal-leadership-ruby-dhalla-translation-french-foreign-interference\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time, Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla has asked the party to provide a \u201cpersonal translator\u201d for the upcoming federal French language debate, a week after her first request was denied. 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